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| author | Vlad Dogaru <ddvlad@rosedu.org> | 2011-01-14 02:38:30 +0300 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-01-20 10:31:09 +0300 |
| commit | cbda10fa97d72c7a1923be4426171aa90e8c6dab (patch) | |
| tree | 113206ef603189e9f91f075e154cbdc8e1ac3f40 /include/linux/netdevice.h | |
| parent | 441c793a56502638d45d5da2195056d686147370 (diff) | |
| download | linux-cbda10fa97d72c7a1923be4426171aa90e8c6dab.tar.xz | |
net_device: add support for network device groups
Net devices can now be grouped, enabling simpler manipulation from
userspace. This patch adds a group field to the net_device structure, as
well as rtnetlink support to query and modify it.
Signed-off-by: Vlad Dogaru <ddvlad@rosedu.org>
Acked-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/netdevice.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netdevice.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index d971346b0340..68a4627b74f5 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ struct wireless_dev; #define NET_RX_SUCCESS 0 /* keep 'em coming, baby */ #define NET_RX_DROP 1 /* packet dropped */ +/* Initial net device group. All devices belong to group 0 by default. */ +#define INIT_NETDEV_GROUP 0 + /* * Transmit return codes: transmit return codes originate from three different * namespaces: @@ -1153,6 +1156,9 @@ struct net_device { /* phy device may attach itself for hardware timestamping */ struct phy_device *phydev; + + /* group the device belongs to */ + int group; }; #define to_net_dev(d) container_of(d, struct net_device, dev) @@ -1844,6 +1850,7 @@ extern int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *, const char *, size_t); extern int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *, struct net *, const char *); extern int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *, int); +extern void dev_set_group(struct net_device *, int); extern int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *, struct sockaddr *); extern int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, |