netdev_notify_peers (9) Linux Manual Page
netdev_notify_peers – notify network peers about existence of dev
Synopsis
void netdev_notify_peers(struct net_device *dev);Arguments
dev
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- network device
Description
Generate traffic such that interested network peers are aware of dev, such as by generating a gratuitous ARP. This may be used when a device wants to inform the rest of the network about some sort of reconfiguration such as a failover event or virtual machine migration.