[IFLA_BOND_FAIL_OVER_MAC]       = { .type = NLA_U8 },
        [IFLA_BOND_XMIT_HASH_POLICY]    = { .type = NLA_U8 },
        [IFLA_BOND_RESEND_IGMP]         = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+       [IFLA_BOND_NUM_PEER_NOTIF]      = { .type = NLA_U8 },
 };
 
 static int bond_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
                if (err)
                        return err;
        }
+       if (data[IFLA_BOND_NUM_PEER_NOTIF]) {
+               int num_peer_notif =
+                       nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_BOND_NUM_PEER_NOTIF]);
+
+               err = bond_option_num_peer_notif_set(bond, num_peer_notif);
+               if (err)
+                       return err;
+       }
        return 0;
 }
 
                nla_total_size(sizeof(u8)) +    /* IFLA_BOND_FAIL_OVER_MAC */
                nla_total_size(sizeof(u8)) +    /* IFLA_BOND_XMIT_HASH_POLICY */
                nla_total_size(sizeof(u32)) +   /* IFLA_BOND_RESEND_IGMP */
+               nla_total_size(sizeof(u8)) +    /* IFLA_BOND_NUM_PEER_NOTIF */
                0;
 }
 
                        bond->params.resend_igmp))
                goto nla_put_failure;
 
+       if (nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_BOND_NUM_PEER_NOTIF,
+                      bond->params.num_peer_notif))
+               goto nla_put_failure;
+
        return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
 
 
        return 0;
 }
+
+int bond_option_num_peer_notif_set(struct bonding *bond, int num_peer_notif)
+{
+       bond->params.num_peer_notif = num_peer_notif;
+       return 0;
+}
 
                                            const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
        struct bonding *bond = to_bond(d);
-       int err = kstrtou8(buf, 10, &bond->params.num_peer_notif);
-       return err ? err : count;
+       u8 new_value;
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = kstrtou8(buf, 10, &new_value);
+       if (!ret) {
+               pr_err("%s: invalid value %s specified.\n",
+                      bond->dev->name, buf);
+               return ret;
+       }
+
+       if (!rtnl_trylock())
+               return restart_syscall();
+
+       ret = bond_option_num_peer_notif_set(bond, new_value);
+       if (!ret)
+               ret = count;
+
+       rtnl_unlock();
+       return ret;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR(num_grat_arp, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
                   bonding_show_num_peer_notif, bonding_store_num_peer_notif);
 
 int bond_option_xmit_hash_policy_set(struct bonding *bond,
                                     int xmit_hash_policy);
 int bond_option_resend_igmp_set(struct bonding *bond, int resend_igmp);
+int bond_option_num_peer_notif_set(struct bonding *bond, int num_peer_notif);
 struct net_device *bond_option_active_slave_get_rcu(struct bonding *bond);
 struct net_device *bond_option_active_slave_get(struct bonding *bond);
 
 
        IFLA_BOND_FAIL_OVER_MAC,
        IFLA_BOND_XMIT_HASH_POLICY,
        IFLA_BOND_RESEND_IGMP,
+       IFLA_BOND_NUM_PEER_NOTIF,
        __IFLA_BOND_MAX,
 };