dev: introduce dev_get_iflink()

The goal of this patch is to prepare the removal of the iflink field. It
introduces a new ndo function, which will be implemented by virtual interfaces.

There is no functional change into this patch. All readers of iflink field
now call dev_get_iflink().

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 967bb4c8caf1..788eb7a622ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1030,6 +1030,8 @@ typedef u16 (*select_queue_fallback_t)(struct net_device *dev,
  *                           int queue_index, u32 maxrate);
  *      Called when a user wants to set a max-rate limitation of specific
  *      TX queue.
+ * int (*ndo_get_iflink)(const struct net_device *dev);
+ *      Called to get the iflink value of this device.
  */
 struct net_device_ops {
         int                     (*ndo_init)(struct net_device *dev);
@@ -1191,6 +1193,7 @@ struct net_device_ops {
         int                     (*ndo_set_tx_maxrate)(struct net_device *dev,
                                                       int queue_index,
                                                       u32 maxrate);
+        int                     (*ndo_get_iflink)(const struct net_device *dev);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -2149,6 +2152,7 @@ void __dev_remove_pack(struct packet_type *pt);
 void dev_add_offload(struct packet_offload *po);
 void dev_remove_offload(struct packet_offload *po);
 
+int dev_get_iflink(const struct net_device *dev);
 struct net_device *__dev_get_by_flags(struct net *net, unsigned short flags,
                                       unsigned short mask);
 struct net_device *dev_get_by_name(struct net *net, const char *name);