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>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/if_link.h b/include/linux/if_link.h
index 6485d2a89bec..f4a2e6b1b864 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_link.h
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ enum {
         IFLA_VF_PORTS,
         IFLA_PORT_SELF,
         IFLA_AF_SPEC,
+        IFLA_GROUP,             /* Group the device belongs to */
         __IFLA_MAX
 };