netdev - [patch net-next rfc 7/7] net: rtnetlink: add possibility to use alternative names as message handle

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Date:   Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:00:29 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com,
        sthemmin@...rosoft.com, dsahern@...il.com, dcbw@...hat.com,
        mkubecek@...e.cz, andrew@...n.ch, parav@...lanox.com,
        saeedm@...lanox.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: [patch net-next rfc 7/7] net: rtnetlink: add possibility to use alternative names as message handle

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>

Extend the basic rtnetlink commands to use alternative interface names
as a handle instead of ifindex and ifname.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
---
 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 1fa30d514e3f..68ad12a7fc4d 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1793,6 +1793,8 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1] = {
 	[IFLA_MAX_MTU]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME_MOD]	= { .type = NLA_STRING,
 				    .len = ALTIFNAMSIZ - 1 },
+	[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME]	= { .type = NLA_STRING,
+				    .len = ALTIFNAMSIZ - 1 },
 };
 
 static const struct nla_policy ifla_info_policy[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1] = {
@@ -2767,14 +2769,17 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 static struct net_device *rtnl_dev_get(struct net *net,
 				       struct nlattr *ifname_attr,
+				       struct nlattr *altifname_attr,
 				       char *ifname)
 {
-	char buffer[IFNAMSIZ];
+	char buffer[ALTIFNAMSIZ];
 
 	if (!ifname) {
 		ifname = buffer;
 		if (ifname_attr)
 			nla_strlcpy(ifname, ifname_attr, IFNAMSIZ);
+		else if (altifname_attr)
+			nla_strlcpy(ifname, altifname_attr, ALTIFNAMSIZ);
 		else
 			return NULL;
 	}
@@ -2810,8 +2815,8 @@ static int rtnl_setlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	if (ifm->ifi_index > 0)
 		dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ifm->ifi_index);
-	else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME])
-		dev = rtnl_dev_get(net, NULL, ifname);
+	else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME] || tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME])
+		dev = rtnl_dev_get(net, NULL, tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME], ifname);
 	else
 		goto errout;
 
@@ -2908,8 +2913,9 @@ static int rtnl_dellink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	if (ifm->ifi_index > 0)
 		dev = __dev_get_by_index(tgt_net, ifm->ifi_index);
-	else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME])
-		dev = rtnl_dev_get(net, tb[IFLA_IFNAME], NULL);
+	else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME] || tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME])
+		dev = rtnl_dev_get(net, tb[IFLA_IFNAME],
+				   tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME], NULL);
 	else if (tb[IFLA_GROUP])
 		err = rtnl_group_dellink(tgt_net, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_GROUP]));
 	else
@@ -3080,8 +3086,8 @@ static int __rtnl_newlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	if (ifm->ifi_index > 0)
 		dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ifm->ifi_index);
-	else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME])
-		dev = rtnl_dev_get(net, NULL, ifname);
+	else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME] || tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME])
+		dev = rtnl_dev_get(net, NULL, tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME], ifname);
 	else
 		dev = NULL;
 
@@ -3345,6 +3351,7 @@ static int rtnl_valid_getlink_req(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 		switch (i) {
 		case IFLA_IFNAME:
+		case IFLA_ALT_IFNAME:
 		case IFLA_EXT_MASK:
 		case IFLA_TARGET_NETNSID:
 			break;
@@ -3392,8 +3399,9 @@ static int rtnl_getlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	if (ifm->ifi_index > 0)
 		dev = __dev_get_by_index(tgt_net, ifm->ifi_index);
-	else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME])
-		dev = rtnl_dev_get(tgt_net, tb[IFLA_IFNAME], NULL);
+	else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME] || tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME])
+		dev = rtnl_dev_get(tgt_net, tb[IFLA_IFNAME],
+				   tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME], NULL);
 	else
 		goto out;
 
@@ -3444,8 +3452,9 @@ static int rtnl_newaltifname(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	if (ifm->ifi_index > 0)
 		dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ifm->ifi_index);
-	else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME])
-		dev = rtnl_dev_get(net, tb[IFLA_IFNAME], NULL);
+	else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME] || tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME])
+		dev = rtnl_dev_get(net, tb[IFLA_IFNAME],
+				   tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME], NULL);
 	else
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -3491,8 +3500,9 @@ static int rtnl_delaltifname(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	if (ifm->ifi_index > 0)
 		dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ifm->ifi_index);
-	else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME])
-		dev = rtnl_dev_get(net, tb[IFLA_IFNAME], NULL);
+	else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME] || tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME])
+		dev = rtnl_dev_get(net, tb[IFLA_IFNAME],
+				   tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME], NULL);
 	else
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-- 
2.21.0