netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 1/2] iplink: add support for parent device

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Date:   Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:55:07 +0200
From:   Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>
To:     Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com>
Cc:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next 1/2] iplink: add support for parent device

Hi Sergey,

On Tue, 22 Jun 2021 at 02:32, Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Add support for specifying a parent device (struct device) by its name
> during the link creation and printing parent name in the links list.
> This option will be used to create WWAN links and possibly by other
> device classes that do not have a "natural parent netdev".
>
> Add the parent device bus name printing for links list info
> completeness. But do not add a corresponding command line argument, as
> we do not have a use case for this attribute.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com>
> ---
>  ip/ipaddress.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  ip/iplink.c    |  6 +++++-
>  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/ip/ipaddress.c b/ip/ipaddress.c
> index 06ca7273..7dc38ff1 100644
> --- a/ip/ipaddress.c
> +++ b/ip/ipaddress.c
> @@ -1242,6 +1242,20 @@ int print_linkinfo(struct nlmsghdr *n, void *arg)
>                                                    RTA_PAYLOAD(tb[IFLA_PHYS_SWITCH_ID]),
>                                                    b1, sizeof(b1)));
>                 }
> +
> +               if (tb[IFLA_PARENT_DEV_BUS_NAME]) {
> +                       print_string(PRINT_ANY,
> +                                    "parentdevbus",

Parav suggested previously to simply name it 'parentbus'.

> +                                    "parentdevbus %s ",
> +                                    rta_getattr_str(tb[IFLA_PARENT_DEV_BUS_NAME]));
> +               }
> +
> +               if (tb[IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME]) {
> +                       print_string(PRINT_ANY,
> +                                    "parentdev",
> +                                    "parentdev %s ",
> +                                    rta_getattr_str(tb[IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME]));
> +               }
>         }
>