netdev - [PATCH 3/5] veth: Allow to create peer link with given ifindex

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Message-ID: <501F9D07.9040104@parallels.com>
Date:	Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:31:35 +0400
From:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] veth: Allow to create peer link with given ifindex

The ifinfomsg is in there (thanks kaber@ for foreseeing this long time ago),
so take the given ifidex and register netdev with it.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>

---
 drivers/net/veth.c |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 5852361..496c026 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -348,6 +348,9 @@ static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (tbp[IFLA_ADDRESS] == NULL)
 		eth_hw_addr_random(peer);
 
+	if (ifmp)
+		peer->ifindex = ifmp->ifi_index;
+
 	err = register_netdevice(peer);
 	put_net(net);
 	net = NULL;
-- 
1.7.6.5
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