netdev - [RFC PATCH net-next v5 1/4] virtio_net: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F

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Message-Id: <1522962503-3963-2-git-send-email-sridhar.samudrala@intel.com>
Date:   Thu,  5 Apr 2018 14:08:20 -0700
From:   Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>
To:     mst@...hat.com, stephen@...workplumber.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        virtio-dev@...ts.oasis-open.org, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
        alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, kubakici@...pl,
        sridhar.samudrala@...el.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
        loseweigh@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us
Subject: [RFC PATCH net-next v5 1/4] virtio_net: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F_BACKUP feature bit

This feature bit can be used by hypervisor to indicate virtio_net device to
act as a backup for another device with the same MAC address.

VIRTIO_NET_F_BACKUP is defined as bit 62 as it is a device feature bit.

Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/virtio_net.c        | 2 +-
 include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 7b187ec7411e..befb5944f3fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -2962,7 +2962,7 @@ static struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
 	VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE, VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ, \
 	VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR, \
 	VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS, \
-	VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX, VIRTIO_NET_F_BACKUP
 
 static unsigned int features[] = {
 	VIRTNET_FEATURES,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h
index 5de6ed37695b..c7c35fd1a5ed 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
 					 * Steering */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR 23	/* Set MAC address */
 
+#define VIRTIO_NET_F_BACKUP	  62	/* Act as backup for another device
+					 * with the same MAC.
+					 */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX 63	/* Device set linkspeed and duplex */
 
 #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_NO_LEGACY
-- 
2.14.3