1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 71edb8b36341..8862498fd4a6 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ static inline size_t if_nlmsg_size(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
         return NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct ifinfomsg))
                + nla_total_size(IFNAMSIZ) /* IFLA_IFNAME */
+               + nla_total_size(IFALIASZ) /* IFLA_IFALIAS */
                + nla_total_size(IFNAMSIZ) /* IFLA_QDISC */
                + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct rtnl_link_ifmap))
                + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct rtnl_link_stats))
@@ -640,6 +641,9 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
         if (txq->qdisc_sleeping)
                 NLA_PUT_STRING(skb, IFLA_QDISC, txq->qdisc_sleeping->ops->id);
 
+        if (dev->ifalias)
+                NLA_PUT_STRING(skb, IFLA_IFALIAS, dev->ifalias);
+
         if (1) {
                 struct rtnl_link_ifmap map = {
                         .mem_start   = dev->mem_start,
@@ -713,6 +717,7 @@ const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1] = {
         [IFLA_LINKMODE]         = { .type = NLA_U8 },
         [IFLA_LINKINFO]         = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
         [IFLA_NET_NS_PID]       = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+        [IFLA_IFALIAS]          = { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = IFALIASZ-1 },
 };
 
 static const struct nla_policy ifla_info_policy[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1] = {
@@ -853,6 +858,14 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
                 modified = 1;
         }
 
+        if (tb[IFLA_IFALIAS]) {
+                err = dev_set_alias(dev, nla_data(tb[IFLA_IFALIAS]),
+                                    nla_len(tb[IFLA_IFALIAS]));
+                if (err < 0)
+                        goto errout;
+                modified = 1;
+        }
+
         if (tb[IFLA_BROADCAST]) {
                 nla_memcpy(dev->broadcast, tb[IFLA_BROADCAST], dev->addr_len);
                 send_addr_notify = 1;