netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/6 v4] rtnetlink: Netlink interface for setting MAC and VLAN filters

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Date:	Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:17:01 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Roopa Prabhu <roprabhu@...co.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<chrisw@...hat.com>, <sri@...ibm.com>, <dragos.tatulea@...il.com>,
	<kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <arnd@...db.de>, <mst@...hat.com>,
	<gregory.v.rose@...el.com>, <mchan@...adcom.com>,
	<dwang2@...co.com>, <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	<eric.dumazet@...il.com>, <kaber@...sh.net>, <benve@...co.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/6 v4] rtnetlink: Netlink interface for
 setting MAC and VLAN filters

On Tue, 2011-11-08 at 23:55 -0800, Roopa Prabhu wrote:
> From: Roopa Prabhu <roprabhu@...co.com>
> 
> This patch introduces the following netlink interface to set
> MAC and VLAN filters on an network interface. It can be used to
> set RX filter on any network interface (if supported by the driver) and
> also on a SRIOV VF via its PF
>
> Interface to set RX filter on a SRIOV VF
> [IFLA_VF_RX_FILTERS] = {
> 	[IFLA_VF_RX_FILTER] = {
> 		[IFLA_RX_FILTER_VF]
> 		[IFLA_RX_FILTER_ADDR] = {
> 			[IFLA_RX_FILTER_ADDR_FLAGS]
> 			[IFLA_RX_FILTER_ADDR_UC_LIST] = {
> 				[IFLA_ADDR_LIST_ENTRY]
> 			}
> 			[IFLA_RX_FILTER_ADDR_MC_LIST] = {
> 				[IFLA_ADDR_LIST_ENTRY]
> 			}
> 		}
> 		[IFLA_RX_FILTER_VLAN] = {
> 			[IFLA_RX_FILTER_VLAN_BITMAP]
> 		}
> 	}
> 	...
> }
[...]

Please put the details of both syntax *and semantics* in if_link.h.

Ben.

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