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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net11
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h2
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/netdevice.h6
-rw-r--r--net/core/net-sysfs.c20
4 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
index 416c5d59f52e..d322b0581194 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/name_assign_type
+Date: July 2014
+KernelVersion: 3.17
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the name assignment type. Possible values are:
+ 1: enumerated by the kernel, possibly in an unpredictable way
+ 2: predictably named by the kernel
+ 3: named by userspace
+ 4: renamed
+
What: /sys/class/net/<iface>/addr_assign_type
Date: July 2010
KernelVersion: 3.2
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 3a320db96180..9be34732142f 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1381,6 +1381,8 @@ struct net_device {
struct kset *queues_kset;
#endif
+ unsigned char name_assign_type;
+
bool uc_promisc;
unsigned int promiscuity;
unsigned int allmulti;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netdevice.h b/include/uapi/linux/netdevice.h
index fdfbd1c17065..55818543342d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
#define INIT_NETDEV_GROUP 0
+/* interface name assignment types (sysfs name_assign_type attribute) */
+#define NET_NAME_UNKNOWN 0 /* unknown origin (not exposed to userspace) */
+#define NET_NAME_ENUM 1 /* enumerated by kernel */
+#define NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE 2 /* predictably named by the kernel */
+#define NET_NAME_USER 3 /* provided by user-space */
+#define NET_NAME_RENAMED 4 /* renamed by user-space */
/* Media selection options. */
enum {
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 1cac29ebb05b..7752f2ad49a5 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -112,6 +112,25 @@ NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(ifindex, fmt_dec);
NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(type, fmt_dec);
NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(link_mode, fmt_dec);
+static ssize_t format_name_assign_type(const struct net_device *net, char *buf)
+{
+ return sprintf(buf, fmt_dec, net->name_assign_type);
+}
+
+static ssize_t name_assign_type_show(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ char *buf)
+{
+ struct net_device *net = to_net_dev(dev);
+ ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
+
+ if (net->name_assign_type != NET_NAME_UNKNOWN)
+ ret = netdev_show(dev, attr, buf, format_name_assign_type);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(name_assign_type);
+
/* use same locking rules as GIFHWADDR ioctl's */
static ssize_t address_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
char *buf)
@@ -387,6 +406,7 @@ static struct attribute *net_class_attrs[] = {
&dev_attr_dev_port.attr,
&dev_attr_iflink.attr,
&dev_attr_ifindex.attr,
+ &dev_attr_name_assign_type.attr,
&dev_attr_addr_assign_type.attr,
&dev_attr_addr_len.attr,
&dev_attr_link_mode.attr,