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authorPatrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>2010-02-26 09:34:54 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-02-27 13:43:40 +0300
commit3729d5021257b283f7fce33d957893162ccb2c9d (patch)
treed44d5333dfb0cf11cfec8b05a8c7697b5c8d4c07 /include/net/rtnetlink.h
parentbd38081160bb3d036db98472e537b6a7dd4da51a (diff)
downloadlinux-3729d5021257b283f7fce33d957893162ccb2c9d.tar.xz
rtnetlink: support specifying device flags on device creation
commit e8469ed959c373c2ff9e6f488aa5a14971aebe1f Author: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Date: Tue Feb 23 20:41:30 2010 +0100 Support specifying the initial device flags when creating a device though rtnl_link. Devices allocated by rtnl_create_link() are marked as INITIALIZING in order to surpress netlink registration notifications. To complete setup, rtnl_configure_link() must be called, which performs the device flag changes and invokes the deferred notifiers if everything went well. Two examples: # add macvlan to eth0 # $ ip link add link eth0 up allmulticast on type macvlan [LINK]11: macvlan0@eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,ALLMULTI,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/ether 26:f8:84:02:f9:2a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff [ROUTE]ff00::/8 dev macvlan0 table local metric 256 mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 0 [ROUTE]fe80::/64 dev macvlan0 proto kernel metric 256 mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 0 [LINK]11: macvlan0@eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,ALLMULTI,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 link/ether 26:f8:84:02:f9:2a [ADDR]11: macvlan0 inet6 fe80::24f8:84ff:fe02:f92a/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever [ROUTE]local fe80::24f8:84ff:fe02:f92a via :: dev lo table local proto none metric 0 mtu 16436 advmss 16376 hoplimit 0 [ROUTE]default via fe80::215:e9ff:fef0:10f8 dev macvlan0 proto kernel metric 1024 mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 0 [NEIGH]fe80::215:e9ff:fef0:10f8 dev macvlan0 lladdr 00:15:e9:f0:10:f8 router STALE [ROUTE]2001:6f8:974::/64 dev macvlan0 proto kernel metric 256 expires 0sec mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 0 [PREFIX]prefix 2001:6f8:974::/64 dev macvlan0 onlink autoconf valid 14400 preferred 131084 [ADDR]11: macvlan0 inet6 2001:6f8:974:0:24f8:84ff:fe02:f92a/64 scope global dynamic valid_lft 86399sec preferred_lft 14399sec # add VLAN to eth1, eth1 is down # $ ip link add link eth1 up type vlan id 1000 RTNETLINK answers: Network is down <no events> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
index 48d3efcb0880..af60fd050844 100644
--- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ extern void rtnl_link_unregister(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops);
extern struct net *rtnl_link_get_net(struct net *src_net, struct nlattr *tb[]);
extern struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *src_net, struct net *net,
char *ifname, const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops, struct nlattr *tb[]);
+extern int rtnl_configure_link(struct net_device *dev,
+ const struct ifinfomsg *ifm);
extern const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1];
#define MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK(kind) MODULE_ALIAS("rtnl-link-" kind)