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IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME is a new attribute intended to contain a device (sysfs, struct device) name that can be used instead when creating a new netdev, if the rtnetlink family implements it. Suggested-by: Sergey Ryazanov Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 6 ++++++ net/core/rtnetlink.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+) -- 2.7.4 diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h index cd5b382..0ac1f6a 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h @@ -341,6 +341,12 @@ enum { IFLA_ALT_IFNAME, /* Alternative ifname */ IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS, IFLA_PROTO_DOWN_REASON, + + /* device (sysfs) name as parent, used instead + * of IFLA_LINK where there's no parent netdev + */ + IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME, + __IFLA_MAX }; diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index c0c8dec..56ac16a 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -1878,6 +1878,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1] = { [IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS] = { .type = NLA_REJECT }, [IFLA_PROTO_DOWN_REASON] = { .type = NLA_NESTED }, [IFLA_NEW_IFINDEX] = NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_S32, 1), + [IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME] = { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING }, }; static const struct nla_policy ifla_info_policy[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1] = {