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| author | Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> | 2011-02-13 10:15:37 (GMT) |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-02-14 00:58:39 (GMT) |
| commit | fbaec0ea54f7d9131891ff98744e82c073ce03b1 (patch) | |
| tree | d0622d38a51b7e4a1e853338e7cbd954d3977cf2 /include | |
| parent | f45437efff460aa033978180da88229c5fc68455 (diff) | |
| download | linux-fsl-qoriq-fbaec0ea54f7d9131891ff98744e82c073ce03b1.tar.xz | |
rtnetlink: implement setting of master device
This patch allows userspace to enslave/release slave devices via netlink
interface using IFLA_MASTER. This introduces generic way to add/remove
underling devices.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netdevice.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 5a42b10..d08ef65 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -783,6 +783,14 @@ struct netdev_tc_txq { * Set hardware filter for RFS. rxq_index is the target queue index; * flow_id is a flow ID to be passed to rps_may_expire_flow() later. * Return the filter ID on success, or a negative error code. + * + * Slave management functions (for bridge, bonding, etc). User should + * call netdev_set_master() to set dev->master properly. + * int (*ndo_add_slave)(struct net_device *dev, struct net_device *slave_dev); + * Called to make another netdev an underling. + * + * int (*ndo_del_slave)(struct net_device *dev, struct net_device *slave_dev); + * Called to release previously enslaved netdev. */ #define HAVE_NET_DEVICE_OPS struct net_device_ops { @@ -862,6 +870,10 @@ struct net_device_ops { u16 rxq_index, u32 flow_id); #endif + int (*ndo_add_slave)(struct net_device *dev, + struct net_device *slave_dev); + int (*ndo_del_slave)(struct net_device *dev, + struct net_device *slave_dev); }; /* |