net: rtnetlink: add linkprop commands to add and delete alternative ifnames

Add two commands to add and delete list of link properties. Implement
the first property type along - alternative ifnames.
Each net device can have multiple alternative names.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

4 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index e92bc5467256..48cc71aae466 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -927,10 +927,14 @@ struct tlsdev_ops;
 
 struct netdev_name_node {
 	struct hlist_node hlist;
+	struct list_head list;
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	const char *name;
 };
 
+int netdev_name_node_alt_create(struct net_device *dev, const char *name);
+int netdev_name_node_alt_destroy(struct net_device *dev, const char *name);
+
 /*
  * This structure defines the management hooks for network devices.
  * The following hooks can be defined; unless noted otherwise, they are
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if.h b/include/uapi/linux/if.h
index 7fea0fd7d6f5..4bf33344aab1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #define	IFNAMSIZ	16
 #endif /* __UAPI_DEF_IF_IFNAMSIZ */
 #define	IFALIASZ	256
+#define	ALTIFNAMSIZ	128
 #include <linux/hdlc/ioctl.h>
 
 /* For glibc compatibility. An empty enum does not compile. */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
index 4a8c02cafa9a..8aec8769d944 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ enum {
 	IFLA_NEW_IFINDEX,
 	IFLA_MIN_MTU,
 	IFLA_MAX_MTU,
+	IFLA_PROP_LIST,
+	IFLA_ALT_IFNAME, /* Alternative ifname */
 	__IFLA_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
index ce2a623abb75..1418a8362bb7 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ enum {
 	RTM_GETNEXTHOP,
 #define RTM_GETNEXTHOP	RTM_GETNEXTHOP
 
+	RTM_NEWLINKPROP = 108,
+#define RTM_NEWLINKPROP	RTM_NEWLINKPROP
+	RTM_DELLINKPROP,
+#define RTM_DELLINKPROP	RTM_DELLINKPROP
+	RTM_GETLINKPROP,
+#define RTM_GETLINKPROP	RTM_GETLINKPROP
+
 	__RTM_MAX,
 #define RTM_MAX		(((__RTM_MAX + 3) & ~3) - 1)
 };