* [PATCH iproute2] Support 'mode' parameter when creating macvtap device
@ 2010-10-28 23:10 Sridhar Samudrala
2010-10-29 6:27 ` Arnd Bergmann
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Sridhar Samudrala @ 2010-10-28 23:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Arnd Bergmann, Stephen Hemminger, Patrick McHardy, Michael S. Tsirkin
Cc: netdev, kvm
Add support for 'mode' parameter when creating a macvtap device.
This allows a macvtap device to be created in bridge, private or
the default vepa modes.
Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com>
-------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/ip/Makefile b/ip/Makefile
index 2f223ca..6054e8a 100644
--- a/ip/Makefile
+++ b/ip/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ IPOBJ=ip.o ipaddress.o ipaddrlabel.o iproute.o iprule.o \
ipmaddr.o ipmonitor.o ipmroute.o ipprefix.o iptuntap.o \
ipxfrm.o xfrm_state.o xfrm_policy.o xfrm_monitor.o \
iplink_vlan.o link_veth.o link_gre.o iplink_can.o \
- iplink_macvlan.o
+ iplink_macvlan.o iplink_macvtap.o
RTMONOBJ=rtmon.o
diff --git a/ip/iplink_macvtap.c b/ip/iplink_macvtap.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35199b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ip/iplink_macvtap.c
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * iplink_macvtap.c macvtap device support
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <linux/if_link.h>
+
+#include "rt_names.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "ip_common.h"
+
+static void explain(void)
+{
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "Usage: ... macvtap mode { private | vepa | bridge }\n"
+ );
+}
+
+static int mode_arg(void)
+{
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: argument of \"mode\" must be \"private\", "
+ "\"vepa\" or \"bridge\"\n");
+ return -1;
+}
+
+static int macvtap_parse_opt(struct link_util *lu, int argc, char **argv,
+ struct nlmsghdr *n)
+{
+ while (argc > 0) {
+ if (matches(*argv, "mode") == 0) {
+ __u32 mode = 0;
+ NEXT_ARG();
+
+ if (strcmp(*argv, "private") == 0)
+ mode = MACVLAN_MODE_PRIVATE;
+ else if (strcmp(*argv, "vepa") == 0)
+ mode = MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA;
+ else if (strcmp(*argv, "bridge") == 0)
+ mode = MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE;
+ else
+ return mode_arg();
+
+ addattr32(n, 1024, IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE, mode);
+ } else if (matches(*argv, "help") == 0) {
+ explain();
+ return -1;
+ } else {
+ fprintf(stderr, "macvtap: what is \"%s\"?\n", *argv);
+ explain();
+ return -1;
+ }
+ argc--, argv++;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void macvtap_print_opt(struct link_util *lu, FILE *f, struct rtattr *tb[])
+{
+ __u32 mode;
+
+ if (!tb)
+ return;
+
+ if (!tb[IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE] ||
+ RTA_PAYLOAD(tb[IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE]) < sizeof(__u32))
+ return;
+
+ mode = *(__u32 *)RTA_DATA(tb[IFLA_VLAN_ID]);
+ fprintf(f, " mode %s ",
+ mode == MACVLAN_MODE_PRIVATE ? "private"
+ : mode == MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA ? "vepa"
+ : mode == MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE ? "bridge"
+ : "unknown");
+}
+
+struct link_util macvtap_link_util = {
+ .id = "macvtap",
+ .maxattr = IFLA_MACVLAN_MAX,
+ .parse_opt = macvtap_parse_opt,
+ .print_opt = macvtap_print_opt,
+};
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* Re: [PATCH iproute2] Support 'mode' parameter when creating macvtap device
2010-10-28 23:10 [PATCH iproute2] Support 'mode' parameter when creating macvtap device Sridhar Samudrala
@ 2010-10-29 6:27 ` Arnd Bergmann
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Arnd Bergmann @ 2010-10-29 6:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sridhar Samudrala
Cc: Stephen Hemminger, Patrick McHardy, Michael S. Tsirkin, netdev,
kvm@vger.kernel.org l
On Friday 29 October 2010, Sridhar Samudrala wrote:
> Add support for 'mode' parameter when creating a macvtap device.
> This allows a macvtap device to be created in bridge, private or
> the default vepa modes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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