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2014-06-02macvlan: add netpoll supportdingtianhong
Add netpoll support to macvlan devices. Based on the netpoll support in the 802.1q vlan code. Tested and macvlan could work well with netconsole. Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2014-05-16macvlan: Fix lockdep warnings with stacked macvlan devicesVlad Yasevich
Macvlan devices try to avoid stacking, but that's not always successfull or even desired. As an example, the following configuration is perefectly legal and valid: eth0 <--- macvlan0 <---- vlan0.10 <--- macvlan1 However, this configuration produces the following lockdep trace: [ 115.620418] ====================================================== [ 115.620477] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] [ 115.620516] 3.15.0-rc1+ #24 Not tainted [ 115.620540] ------------------------------------------------------- [ 115.620577] ip/1704 is trying to acquire lock: [ 115.620604] (&vlan_netdev_addr_lock_key/1){+.....}, at: [<ffffffff815df49c>] dev_uc_sync+0x3c/0x80 [ 115.620686] but task is already holding lock: [ 115.620723] (&macvlan_netdev_addr_lock_key){+.....}, at: [<ffffffff815da5be>] dev_set_rx_mode+0x1e/0x40 [ 115.620795] which lock already depends on the new lock. [ 115.620853] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: [ 115.620894] -> #1 (&macvlan_netdev_addr_lock_key){+.....}: [ 115.620935] [<ffffffff810d57f2>] lock_acquire+0xa2/0x130 [ 115.620974] [<ffffffff816f62e7>] _raw_spin_lock_nested+0x37/0x50 [ 115.621019] [<ffffffffa07296c3>] vlan_dev_set_rx_mode+0x53/0x110 [8021q] [ 115.621066] [<ffffffff815da557>] __dev_set_rx_mode+0x57/0xa0 [ 115.621105] [<ffffffff815da5c6>] dev_set_rx_mode+0x26/0x40 [ 115.621143] [<ffffffff815da6be>] __dev_open+0xde/0x140 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815da9ad>] __dev_change_flags+0x9d/0x170 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815daaa9>] dev_change_flags+0x29/0x60 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815e7f11>] do_setlink+0x321/0x9a0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815ea59f>] rtnl_newlink+0x51f/0x730 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815e6e75>] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x95/0x250 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff81608b19>] netlink_rcv_skb+0xa9/0xc0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815e6dca>] rtnetlink_rcv+0x2a/0x40 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff81608150>] netlink_unicast+0xf0/0x1c0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff8160851f>] netlink_sendmsg+0x2ff/0x740 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815bc9db>] sock_sendmsg+0x8b/0xc0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815bd4b9>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x369/0x380 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815bdbb2>] __sys_sendmsg+0x42/0x80 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815bdc02>] SyS_sendmsg+0x12/0x20 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff816ffd69>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 115.621174] -> #0 (&vlan_netdev_addr_lock_key/1){+.....}: [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff810d4d43>] __lock_acquire+0x1773/0x1a60 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff810d57f2>] lock_acquire+0xa2/0x130 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff816f62e7>] _raw_spin_lock_nested+0x37/0x50 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815df49c>] dev_uc_sync+0x3c/0x80 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffffa0696d2a>] macvlan_set_mac_lists+0xca/0x110 [macvlan] [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815da557>] __dev_set_rx_mode+0x57/0xa0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815da5c6>] dev_set_rx_mode+0x26/0x40 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815da6be>] __dev_open+0xde/0x140 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815da9ad>] __dev_change_flags+0x9d/0x170 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815daaa9>] dev_change_flags+0x29/0x60 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815e7f11>] do_setlink+0x321/0x9a0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815ea59f>] rtnl_newlink+0x51f/0x730 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815e6e75>] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x95/0x250 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff81608b19>] netlink_rcv_skb+0xa9/0xc0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815e6dca>] rtnetlink_rcv+0x2a/0x40 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff81608150>] netlink_unicast+0xf0/0x1c0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff8160851f>] netlink_sendmsg+0x2ff/0x740 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815bc9db>] sock_sendmsg+0x8b/0xc0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815bd4b9>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x369/0x380 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815bdbb2>] __sys_sendmsg+0x42/0x80 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815bdc02>] SyS_sendmsg+0x12/0x20 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff816ffd69>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 115.621174] other info that might help us debug this: [ 115.621174] Possible unsafe locking scenario: [ 115.621174] CPU0 CPU1 [ 115.621174] ---- ---- [ 115.621174] lock(&macvlan_netdev_addr_lock_key); [ 115.621174] lock(&vlan_netdev_addr_lock_key/1); [ 115.621174] lock(&macvlan_netdev_addr_lock_key); [ 115.621174] lock(&vlan_netdev_addr_lock_key/1); [ 115.621174] *** DEADLOCK *** [ 115.621174] 2 locks held by ip/1704: [ 115.621174] #0: (rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff815e6dbb>] rtnetlink_rcv+0x1b/0x40 [ 115.621174] #1: (&macvlan_netdev_addr_lock_key){+.....}, at: [<ffffffff815da5be>] dev_set_rx_mode+0x1e/0x40 [ 115.621174] stack backtrace: [ 115.621174] CPU: 3 PID: 1704 Comm: ip Not tainted 3.15.0-rc1+ #24 [ 115.621174] Hardware name: Hewlett-Packard HP xw8400 Workstation/0A08h, BIOS 786D5 v02.38 10/25/2010 [ 115.621174] ffffffff82339ae0 ffff880465f79568 ffffffff816ee20c ffffffff82339ae0 [ 115.621174] ffff880465f795a8 ffffffff816e9e1b ffff880465f79600 ffff880465b019c8 [ 115.621174] 0000000000000001 0000000000000002 ffff880465b019c8 ffff880465b01230 [ 115.621174] Call Trace: [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff816ee20c>] dump_stack+0x4d/0x66 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff816e9e1b>] print_circular_bug+0x200/0x20e [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff810d4d43>] __lock_acquire+0x1773/0x1a60 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff810d3172>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xb2/0x1d0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff810d57f2>] lock_acquire+0xa2/0x130 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815df49c>] ? dev_uc_sync+0x3c/0x80 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff816f62e7>] _raw_spin_lock_nested+0x37/0x50 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815df49c>] ? dev_uc_sync+0x3c/0x80 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815df49c>] dev_uc_sync+0x3c/0x80 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffffa0696d2a>] macvlan_set_mac_lists+0xca/0x110 [macvlan] [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815da557>] __dev_set_rx_mode+0x57/0xa0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815da5c6>] dev_set_rx_mode+0x26/0x40 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815da6be>] __dev_open+0xde/0x140 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815da9ad>] __dev_change_flags+0x9d/0x170 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815daaa9>] dev_change_flags+0x29/0x60 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff811e1db1>] ? mem_cgroup_bad_page_check+0x21/0x30 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815e7f11>] do_setlink+0x321/0x9a0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff810d394c>] ? __lock_acquire+0x37c/0x1a60 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815ea59f>] rtnl_newlink+0x51f/0x730 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815ea169>] ? rtnl_newlink+0xe9/0x730 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815e6e75>] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x95/0x250 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff810d329d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815e6dbb>] ? rtnetlink_rcv+0x1b/0x40 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815e6de0>] ? rtnetlink_rcv+0x40/0x40 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff81608b19>] netlink_rcv_skb+0xa9/0xc0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815e6dca>] rtnetlink_rcv+0x2a/0x40 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff81608150>] netlink_unicast+0xf0/0x1c0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff8160851f>] netlink_sendmsg+0x2ff/0x740 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815bc9db>] sock_sendmsg+0x8b/0xc0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff8119d4af>] ? might_fault+0x5f/0xb0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff8119d4f8>] ? might_fault+0xa8/0xb0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff8119d4af>] ? might_fault+0x5f/0xb0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815cb51e>] ? verify_iovec+0x5e/0xe0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815bd4b9>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x369/0x380 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff816faa0d>] ? __do_page_fault+0x11d/0x570 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff810cfe9f>] ? up_read+0x1f/0x40 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff816fab04>] ? __do_page_fault+0x214/0x570 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff8120a10b>] ? mntput_no_expire+0x6b/0x1c0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff8120a0b7>] ? mntput_no_expire+0x17/0x1c0 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff8120a284>] ? mntput+0x24/0x40 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815bdbb2>] __sys_sendmsg+0x42/0x80 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff815bdc02>] SyS_sendmsg+0x12/0x20 [ 115.621174] [<ffffffff816ffd69>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b Fix this by correctly providing macvlan lockdep class. Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2014-01-04macvlan: unify macvlan_pcpu_stats and vlan_pcpu_statsLi RongQing
They are same, so unify them as one; since macvlan is a kind of vlan, vlan_pcpu_stats should be a proper name for vlan and macvlan. Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-12-28macvlan: make start_xmit localstephen hemminger
Only used in one file, no need to expose Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-12-12macvlan: Remove custom recieve and forward handlersVlad Yasevich
Since now macvlan and macvtap use the same receive and forward handlers, we can remove them completely and use netif_rx and dev_forward_skb() directly. Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-11-15macvlan: introduce macvlan_dev_real_dev() helper functionMichal Kubeček
Introduce helper function macvlan_dev_real_dev which returns the underlying device of a macvlan device, similar to vlan_dev_real_dev() for 802.1q VLAN devices. v2: IFF_MACVLAN flag and equivalent of is_macvlan_dev() were introduced in the meantime v3: do BUG() if compiled without macvlan support Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-11-07net: Add layer 2 hardware acceleration operations for macvlan devicesJohn Fastabend
Add a operations structure that allows a network interface to export the fact that it supports package forwarding in hardware between physical interfaces and other mac layer devices assigned to it (such as macvlans). This operaions structure can be used by virtual mac devices to bypass software switching so that forwarding can be done in hardware more efficiently. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> CC: Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net> CC: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-06-25macvtap: Let TUNSETOFFLOAD actually controll offload features.Vlad Yasevich
When the user issues TUNSETOFFLOAD ioctl, macvtap does not do anything other then to verify arguments. This patch adds functionality to allow users to actually control offload features. NETIF_F_GSO and NETIF_F_GRO are always on, but the rest of the features can be controlled. Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-06-13macvtap: slient sparse warningsJason Wang
This patch silents the following sparse warnings: drivers/net/macvtap.c:98:9: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) drivers/net/macvtap.c:98:9: expected struct macvtap_queue *<noident> drivers/net/macvtap.c:98:9: got struct macvtap_queue [noderef] <asn:4>*<noident> drivers/net/macvtap.c:120:9: warning: incorrect type in assignment (different address spaces) drivers/net/macvtap.c:120:9: expected struct macvtap_queue *<noident> drivers/net/macvtap.c:120:9: got struct macvtap_queue [noderef] <asn:4>*<noident> drivers/net/macvtap.c:151:22: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces) drivers/net/macvtap.c:233:23: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces) drivers/net/macvtap.c:243:23: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces) drivers/net/macvtap.c:247:15: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces) CC [M] drivers/net/macvtap.o drivers/net/macvlan.c:232:24: error: incompatible types in comparison expression (different address spaces) Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-06-07macvtap: add TUNSETQUEUE ioctlJason Wang
This patch adds TUNSETQUEUE ioctl to let userspace can temporarily disable or enable a queue of macvtap. This is used to be compatible at API layer of tuntap to simplify the userspace to manage the queues. This is done through introducing a linked list to track all taps while using vlan->taps array to only track active taps. Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-06-07macvlan: change the max number of queues to 16Jason Wang
Macvtap should be at least compatible with tap, so change the max number to 16. Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-06-07macvlan: switch to use IS_ENABLED()Jason Wang
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-02-06macvlan: add multicast filterEric Dumazet
Setting up IPv6 addresses on configurations with many macvlans is not really working, as many multicast messages are dropped. Add a multicast filter to macvlan to reduce the amount of cloned skbs and overhead. Successfully tested with 1024 macvlans on one ethernet device. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-04-15macvlan: add FDB bridge ops and macvlan flagsJohn Fastabend
This adds FDB bridge ops to the macvlan device passthru mode. Additionally a flags field was added and a NOPROMISC bit to allow users to use passthru mode without the driver calling dev_set_promiscuity(). The flags field is a u16 placed in a 4 byte hole (consuming 2 bytes) of the macvlan_dev struct. We want to do this so that the macvlan driver or stack above the macvlan driver does not have to process every packet. For the use case where we know all the MAC addresses of the endstations above us this works well. This patch is a result of Roopa Prabhu's work. Follow up patches are needed for VEPA and VEB macvlan modes. v2: Change from distinct nopromisc mode to a flags field to configure this. This avoids the tendency to add a new mode every time we need some slightly different behavior. v3: fix error in dev_set_promiscuity and add change and get link attributes for flags. CC: Roopa Prabhu <roprabhu@cisco.com> CC: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-10-21macvtap: Fix the minor device number allocationEric W. Biederman
On systems that create and delete lots of dynamic devices the 31bit linux ifindex fails to fit in the 16bit macvtap minor, resulting in unusable macvtap devices. I have systems running automated tests that that hit this condition in just a few days. Use a linux idr allocator to track which mavtap minor numbers are available and and to track the association between macvtap minor numbers and macvtap network devices. Remove the unnecessary unneccessary check to see if the network device we have found is indeed a macvtap device. With macvtap specific data structures it is impossible to find any other kind of networking device. Increase the macvtap minor range from 65536 to the full 20 bits that is supported by linux device numbers. It doesn't solve the original problem but there is no penalty for a larger minor device range. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-11-16macvlan: lockless tx pathEric Dumazet
macvlan is a stacked device, like tunnels. We should use the lockless mechanism we are using in tunnels and loopback. This patch completely removes locking in TX path. tx stat counters are added into existing percpu stat structure, renamed from rx_stats to pcpu_stats. Note : this reverts commit 2c11455321f37 (macvlan: add multiqueue capability) Note : rx_errors converted to a 32bit counter, like tx_dropped, since they dont need 64bit range. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> Cc: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-11-15include/linux/if_macvlan.h: Remove unnecessary semicolonsJoe Perches
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-08-16macvtap: Implement multiqueue for macvtap driverKrishna Kumar
Implement multiqueue facility for macvtap driver. The idea is that a macvtap device can be opened multiple times and the fd's can be used to register eg, as backend for vhost. Signed-off-by: Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@in.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-07-27Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/bnx2x_main.c Merge bnx2x bug fixes in by hand... :-/ Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-07-22macvtap: Limit packet queue lengthHerbert Xu
Mark Wagner reported OOM symptoms when sending UDP traffic over a macvtap link to a kvm receiver. This appears to be caused by the fact that macvtap packet queues are unlimited in length. This means that if the receiver can't keep up with the rate of flow, then we will hit OOM. Of course it gets worse if the OOM killer then decides to kill the receiver. This patch imposes a cap on the packet queue length, in the same way as the tuntap driver, using the device TX queue length. Please note that macvtap currently has no way of giving congestion notification, that means the software device TX queue cannot be used and packets will always be dropped once the macvtap driver queue fills up. This shouldn't be a great problem for the scenario where macvtap is used to feed a kvm receiver, as the traffic is most likely external in origin so congestion notification can't be applied anyway. Of course, if anybody decides to complain about guest-to-guest UDP packet loss down the track, then we may have to revisit this. Incidentally, this patch also fixes a real memory leak when macvtap_get_queue fails. Chris Wright noticed that for this patch to work, we need a non-zero TX queue length. This patch includes his work to change the default macvtap TX queue length to 500. Reported-by: Mark Wagner <mwagner@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Acked-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-28macvlan: 64 bit rx countersEric Dumazet
Use u64_stats_sync infrastructure to implement 64bit stats. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-02net: replace hooks in __netif_receive_skb V5Jiri Pirko
What this patch does is it removes two receive frame hooks (for bridge and for macvlan) from __netif_receive_skb. These are replaced them with a single hook for both. It only supports one hook per device because it makes no sense to do bridging and macvlan on the same device. Then a network driver (of virtual netdev like macvlan or bridge) can register an rx_handler for needed net device. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-15net: adjust handle_macvlan to pass port struct to hookJiri Pirko
Now there's null check here and also again in the hook. Looking at bridge bits which are simmilar, port structure is rcu_dereferenced right away in handle_bridge and passed to hook. Looks nicer. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-02-18net/macvtap: add vhost supportArnd Bergmann
This adds support for passing a macvtap file descriptor into vhost-net, much like we already do for tun/tap. Most of the new code is taken from the respective patch in the tun driver and may get consolidated in the future. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Acked-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-02-16percpu: add __percpu sparse annotations to net driversTejun Heo
Add __percpu sparse annotations to net drivers. These annotations are to make sparse consider percpu variables to be in a different address space and warn if accessed without going through percpu accessors. This patch doesn't affect normal builds. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-02-03net: macvtap driverArnd Bergmann
In order to use macvlan with qemu and other tools that require a tap file descriptor, the macvtap driver adds a small backend with a character device with the same interface as the tun driver, with a minimum set of features. Macvtap interfaces are created in the same way as macvlan interfaces using ip link, but the netif is just used as a handle for configuration and accounting, while the data goes through the chardev. Each macvtap interface has its own character device, simplifying permission management significantly over the generic tun/tap driver. Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Cc: David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Cc: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@voltaire.com> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-02-03macvlan: allow multiple driver backendsArnd Bergmann
This makes it possible to hook into the macvlan driver from another kernel module. In particular, the goal is to extend it with the macvtap backend that provides a tun/tap compatible interface directly on the macvlan device. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-04-30Remove "#ifdef __KERNEL__" checks from unexported headersRobert P. J. Day
Remove the "#ifdef __KERNEL__" tests from unexported header files in linux/include whose entire contents are wrapped in that preprocessor test. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-14[NET]: Add macvlan driverPatrick McHardy
Add macvlan driver, which allows to create virtual ethernet devices based on MAC address. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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