[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>

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/if_link.h b/include/linux/if_link.h
index 604c2434f71c..3144babd2357 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_link.h
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ enum
 #define IFLA_WEIGHT IFLA_WEIGHT
         IFLA_OPERSTATE,
         IFLA_LINKMODE,
+        IFLA_LINKINFO,
+#define IFLA_LINKINFO IFLA_LINKINFO
         __IFLA_MAX
 };
 
@@ -140,4 +142,15 @@ struct ifla_cacheinfo
         __u32   retrans_time;
 };
 
+enum
+{
+        IFLA_INFO_UNSPEC,
+        IFLA_INFO_KIND,
+        IFLA_INFO_DATA,
+        IFLA_INFO_XSTATS,
+        __IFLA_INFO_MAX,
+};
+
+#define IFLA_INFO_MAX   (__IFLA_INFO_MAX - 1)
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_IF_LINK_H */
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)