Re: [patch net-next 04/10] net: Add netif_is_vrf_master helper
From: Ido Schimmel <hidden>
Date: 2017-03-13 15:01:21
On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 08:39:19AM -0600, David Ahern wrote:
On 3/13/17 1:38 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:quoted
From: Ido Schimmel <redacted> Drivers capable of offloading VRF configurations need to know the ports are enslaved to an actual VRF device and not some other L3 master. Add a flag to indicate netdev is a VRF master and a corresponding helper. Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <redacted> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <redacted> --- drivers/net/vrf.c | 2 +- include/linux/netdevice.h | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)IFF_VRF_MASTER was renamed IFF_L3MDEV_MASTER 18 months ago.
But IFF_L3MDEV_MASTER isn't specific to the VRF driver. It can be set by other drivers including future ones that might be introduced. I need to allow enslavement to a VRF master, but reject others.