net_device: add support for network device groups
Net devices can now be grouped, enabling simpler manipulation from
userspace. This patch adds a group field to the net_device structure, as
well as rtnetlink support to query and modify it.
Signed-off-by: Vlad Dogaru <ddvlad@rosedu.org>
Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/linux/if_link.h b/include/linux/if_link.h
index 6485d2a..f4a2e6b 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_link.h
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
IFLA_VF_PORTS,
IFLA_PORT_SELF,
IFLA_AF_SPEC,
+ IFLA_GROUP, /* Group the device belongs to */
__IFLA_MAX
};
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index d971346..68a4627 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
#define NET_RX_SUCCESS 0 /* keep 'em coming, baby */
#define NET_RX_DROP 1 /* packet dropped */
+/* Initial net device group. All devices belong to group 0 by default. */
+#define INIT_NETDEV_GROUP 0
+
/*
* Transmit return codes: transmit return codes originate from three different
* namespaces:
@@ -1153,6 +1156,9 @@
/* phy device may attach itself for hardware timestamping */
struct phy_device *phydev;
+
+ /* group the device belongs to */
+ int group;
};
#define to_net_dev(d) container_of(d, struct net_device, dev)
@@ -1844,6 +1850,7 @@
extern int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *,
struct net *, const char *);
extern int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *, int);
+extern void dev_set_group(struct net_device *, int);
extern int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *,
struct sockaddr *);
extern int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 7741507..2b85d4a 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4572,6 +4572,17 @@
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_mtu);
/**
+ * dev_set_group - Change group this device belongs to
+ * @dev: device
+ * @new_group: group this device should belong to
+ */
+void dev_set_group(struct net_device *dev, int new_group)
+{
+ dev->group = new_group;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_group);
+
+/**
* dev_set_mac_address - Change Media Access Control Address
* @dev: device
* @sa: new address
@@ -5678,6 +5689,7 @@
dev->priv_flags = IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
setup(dev);
strcpy(dev->name, name);
+ dev->group = INIT_NETDEV_GROUP;
return dev;
free_pcpu:
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index a5f7535..09062b0 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -868,6 +868,7 @@
netif_running(dev) ? dev->operstate : IF_OPER_DOWN);
NLA_PUT_U8(skb, IFLA_LINKMODE, dev->link_mode);
NLA_PUT_U32(skb, IFLA_MTU, dev->mtu);
+ NLA_PUT_U32(skb, IFLA_GROUP, dev->group);
if (dev->ifindex != dev->iflink)
NLA_PUT_U32(skb, IFLA_LINK, dev->iflink);
@@ -1265,6 +1266,11 @@
modified = 1;
}
+ if (tb[IFLA_GROUP]) {
+ dev_set_group(dev, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_GROUP]));
+ modified = 1;
+ }
+
/*
* Interface selected by interface index but interface
* name provided implies that a name change has been
