[RTNETLINK]: Link creation API
Add rtnetlink API for creating, changing and deleting software devices.
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/linux/if_link.h b/include/linux/if_link.h
index 604c243..3144bab 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_link.h
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
#define IFLA_WEIGHT IFLA_WEIGHT
IFLA_OPERSTATE,
IFLA_LINKMODE,
+ IFLA_LINKINFO,
+#define IFLA_LINKINFO IFLA_LINKINFO
__IFLA_MAX
};
@@ -140,4 +142,15 @@
__u32 retrans_time;
};
+enum
+{
+ IFLA_INFO_UNSPEC,
+ IFLA_INFO_KIND,
+ IFLA_INFO_DATA,
+ IFLA_INFO_XSTATS,
+ __IFLA_INFO_MAX,
+};
+
+#define IFLA_INFO_MAX (__IFLA_INFO_MAX - 1)
+
#endif /* _LINUX_IF_LINK_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 94cc77c..e7913ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -540,6 +540,9 @@
struct device dev;
/* space for optional statistics and wireless sysfs groups */
struct attribute_group *sysfs_groups[3];
+
+ /* rtnetlink link ops */
+ const struct rtnl_link_ops *rtnl_link_ops;
};
#define to_net_dev(d) container_of(d, struct net_device, dev)