Merge branch 'RFC-2863-Testing-Oper-status'

Andrew Lunn says:

====================
RFC 2863 Testing Oper status

This patchset add support for RFC 2863 Oper status testing.  An
interface is placed into this state when a self test is performed
using ethtool.

v2:
Fix date/kernel version in Documentation
Add reviewed-by tags
====================

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 130a668049ab..0750b54b3765 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ enum netdev_state_t {
 	__LINK_STATE_NOCARRIER,
 	__LINK_STATE_LINKWATCH_PENDING,
 	__LINK_STATE_DORMANT,
+	__LINK_STATE_TESTING,
 };
 
 
@@ -3908,6 +3909,46 @@ static inline bool netif_dormant(const struct net_device *dev)
 
 
 /**
+ *	netif_testing_on - mark device as under test.
+ *	@dev: network device
+ *
+ * Mark device as under test (as per RFC2863).
+ *
+ * The testing state indicates that some test(s) must be performed on
+ * the interface. After completion, of the test, the interface state
+ * will change to up, dormant, or down, as appropriate.
+ */
+static inline void netif_testing_on(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(__LINK_STATE_TESTING, &dev->state))
+		linkwatch_fire_event(dev);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	netif_testing_off - set device as not under test.
+ *	@dev: network device
+ *
+ * Device is not in testing state.
+ */
+static inline void netif_testing_off(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_TESTING, &dev->state))
+		linkwatch_fire_event(dev);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	netif_testing - test if device is under test
+ *	@dev: network device
+ *
+ * Check if device is under test
+ */
+static inline bool netif_testing(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	return test_bit(__LINK_STATE_TESTING, &dev->state);
+}
+
+
+/**
  *	netif_oper_up - test if device is operational
  *	@dev: network device
  *