From b9067f5dc4a07c8e24e01a1b277c6722d91be39e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arnd Bergmann Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 15:44:47 +0200 Subject: net: split out SIOCDEVPRIVATE handling from dev_ioctl SIOCDEVPRIVATE ioctl commands are mainly used in really old drivers, and they have a number of problems: - They hide behind the normal .ndo_do_ioctl function that is also used for other things in modern drivers, so it's hard to spot a driver that actually uses one of these - Since drivers use a number different calling conventions, it is impossible to support compat mode for them in a generic way. - With all drivers using the same 16 commands codes, there is no way to introspect the data being passed through things like strace. Add a new net_device_ops callback pointer, to address the first two of these. Separating them from .ndo_do_ioctl makes it easy to grep for drivers with a .ndo_siocdevprivate callback, and the unwieldy name hopefully makes it easier to spot in code review. By passing the ifreq structure and the ifr_data pointer separately, it is no longer necessary to overload these, and the driver can use either one for a given command. Cc: Cong Wang Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index c871dc223dfa..670e1a8e5928 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -1361,6 +1361,9 @@ struct net_device_ops { int (*ndo_validate_addr)(struct net_device *dev); int (*ndo_do_ioctl)(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd); + int (*ndo_siocdevprivate)(struct net_device *dev, + struct ifreq *ifr, + void __user *data, int cmd); int (*ndo_set_config)(struct net_device *dev, struct ifmap *map); int (*ndo_change_mtu)(struct net_device *dev, -- cgit v1.2.3