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Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 20:05:23 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org> To: Govindarajulu Varadarajan <_govind@....com> Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, ssujith@...co.com, benve@...co.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] if_link: add client name to port profile On Fri, 3 Oct 2014 04:11:22 +0530 Govindarajulu Varadarajan <_govind@....com> wrote: > This patch adds client name to port profile. > > This is used by netlink client to send the client name in port profile. > > Signed-off-by: Govindarajulu Varadarajan <_govind@....com> > --- > include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 1 + > net/core/rtnetlink.c | 2 ++ > 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h > index 0bdb77e..6ae0b0b 100644 > --- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h > @@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ enum { > IFLA_PORT_HOST_UUID, /* binary UUID */ > IFLA_PORT_REQUEST, /* __u8 */ > IFLA_PORT_RESPONSE, /* __u16, output only */ > + IFLA_PORT_VMNAME, /* vm-name used by port profile */ > __IFLA_PORT_MAX, > }; > > diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c > index a688268..116d647 100644 > --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c > +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c > @@ -1238,6 +1238,8 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifla_port_policy[IFLA_PORT_MAX+1] = { > .len = PORT_UUID_MAX }, > [IFLA_PORT_REQUEST] = { .type = NLA_U8, }, > [IFLA_PORT_RESPONSE] = { .type = NLA_U16, }, > + [IFLA_PORT_VMNAME] = { .type = NLA_STRING, > + .len = PORT_PROFILE_MAX }, > }; > > static int rtnl_dump_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb) Maybe you could use the existing IFLA_IFALIAS? It is already supported by iproute tools and sysfs, and can be used by net-snmp as well. You would just be setting the default string, users could change it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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