netdev - [RFC PATCH v2 3/6] if_link: Add SR-IOV configuration methods

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Message-ID: <20091218013427.4510.37522.stgit@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:34:27 -0800
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	gospo@...hat.com, Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 3/6] if_link: Add SR-IOV configuration methods

From: Williams, Mitch A <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>

Add SR-IOV VF management methods to IFLA_LINKINFO. This allows userspace to
use rtnetlink to configure VF network devices.

Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams <mitch.a.williams@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---

 include/linux/if_link.h |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/if_link.h b/include/linux/if_link.h
index 6674791..7d0c687 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_link.h
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ enum {
 #define IFLA_LINKINFO IFLA_LINKINFO
 	IFLA_NET_NS_PID,
 	IFLA_IFALIAS,
+	IFLA_NUM_VF,		/* Number of VFs if device is SR-IOV PF */
+	IFLA_VF_MAC,		/* Hardware queue specific attributes */
+	IFLA_VF_VLAN,
+	IFLA_VF_TX_RATE,	/* TX Bandwidth Allocation */
+	IFLA_VFINFO,
 	__IFLA_MAX
 };
 
@@ -196,4 +201,27 @@ enum macvlan_mode {
 	MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE  = 4, /* talk to bridge ports directly */
 };
 
+/* SR-IOV virtual function managment section */
+
+struct ifla_vf_mac {
+	__u32 vf;
+	__u8 mac[32]; /* MAX_ADDR_LEN */
+};
+
+struct ifla_vf_vlan {
+	__u32 vf;
+	__s32 vlan; /* 0 - 4095, -1 disables VLAN filter */
+};
+
+struct ifla_vf_tx_rate {
+	__u32 vf;
+	__u32 rate; /* Max TX bandwidth in Mbps, 0 disables throttling */
+};
+
+struct ifla_vf_info {
+	__u32 vf;
+	__u8 mac[32];
+	__s32 vlan;
+	__u32 tx_rate;
+};
 #endif /* _LINUX_IF_LINK_H */

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