[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>

3 files changed, 74 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)
 
diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
index 3b3d4745618d..3861c05cdf0f 100644
--- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
@@ -22,4 +22,62 @@ static inline int rtnl_msg_family(struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
                 return AF_UNSPEC;
 }
 
+/**
+ *      struct rtnl_link_ops - rtnetlink link operations
+ *
+ *      @list: Used internally
+ *      @kind: Identifier
+ *      @maxtype: Highest device specific netlink attribute number
+ *      @policy: Netlink policy for device specific attribute validation
+ *      @validate: Optional validation function for netlink/changelink parameters
+ *      @priv_size: sizeof net_device private space
+ *      @setup: net_device setup function
+ *      @newlink: Function for configuring and registering a new device
+ *      @changelink: Function for changing parameters of an existing device
+ *      @dellink: Function to remove a device
+ *      @get_size: Function to calculate required room for dumping device
+ *                 specific netlink attributes
+ *      @fill_info: Function to dump device specific netlink attributes
+ *      @get_xstats_size: Function to calculate required room for dumping devic
+ *                        specific statistics
+ *      @fill_xstats: Function to dump device specific statistics
+ */
+struct rtnl_link_ops {
+        struct list_head        list;
+
+        const char              *kind;
+
+        size_t                  priv_size;
+        void                    (*setup)(struct net_device *dev);
+
+        int                     maxtype;
+        const struct nla_policy *policy;
+        int                     (*validate)(struct nlattr *tb[],
+                                            struct nlattr *data[]);
+
+        int                     (*newlink)(struct net_device *dev,
+                                           struct nlattr *tb[],
+                                           struct nlattr *data[]);
+        int                     (*changelink)(struct net_device *dev,
+                                              struct nlattr *tb[],
+                                              struct nlattr *data[]);
+        void                    (*dellink)(struct net_device *dev);
+
+        size_t                  (*get_size)(const struct net_device *dev);
+        int                     (*fill_info)(struct sk_buff *skb,
+                                             const struct net_device *dev);
+
+        size_t                  (*get_xstats_size)(const struct net_device *dev);
+        int                     (*fill_xstats)(struct sk_buff *skb,
+                                               const struct net_device *dev);
+};
+
+extern int      __rtnl_link_register(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops);
+extern void     __rtnl_link_unregister(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops);
+
+extern int      rtnl_link_register(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops);
+extern void     rtnl_link_unregister(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops);
+
+#define MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK(kind) MODULE_ALIAS("rtnl-link-" kind)
+
 #endif