[RTNETLINK]: Link creation API

Add rtnetlink API for creating, changing and deleting software devices.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 94cc77cd3aa3..e7913ee5581c 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -540,6 +540,9 @@ struct net_device
         struct device           dev;
         /* space for optional statistics and wireless sysfs groups */
         struct attribute_group  *sysfs_groups[3];
+
+        /* rtnetlink link ops */
+        const struct rtnl_link_ops *rtnl_link_ops;
 };
 #define to_net_dev(d) container_of(d, struct net_device, dev)