[TUNTAP]: Allow setting the linktype of the tap device from userspace

Currently tun/tap only supports the EN10MB ARP type.  For use with
wireless and other networking types it should be possible to set the
ARP type via an ioctl.

Patch v2: Included check that the tap interface is down before changing the
link type out from underneath it

Signed-off-by: Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index effab0b9adca..50b8c6754b1e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 /*
  *  Changes:
  *
+ *  Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net> 2005/08/14
+ *    Add TUNSETLINK ioctl to set the link encapsulation
+ *
  *  Mark Smith <markzzzsmith@yahoo.com.au>
  *   Use random_ether_addr() for tap MAC address.
  *
@@ -612,6 +615,18 @@ static int tun_chr_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
                 DBG(KERN_INFO "%s: owner set to %d\n", tun->dev->name, tun->owner);
                 break;
 
+        case TUNSETLINK:
+                /* Only allow setting the type when the interface is down */
+                if (tun->dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
+                        DBG(KERN_INFO "%s: Linktype set failed because interface is up\n",
+                                tun->dev->name);
+                        return -EBUSY;
+                } else {
+                        tun->dev->type = (int) arg;
+                        DBG(KERN_INFO "%s: linktype set to %d\n", tun->dev->name, tun->dev->type);
+                }
+                break;
+
 #ifdef TUN_DEBUG
         case TUNSETDEBUG:
                 tun->debug = arg;