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| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/rtnetlink.c | 10 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h index a5a7f0e64865..4882e81514b6 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h @@ -341,6 +341,13 @@ enum { IFLA_ALT_IFNAME, /* Alternative ifname */ IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS, IFLA_PROTO_DOWN_REASON, + + /* device (sysfs) name as parent, used instead + * of IFLA_LINK where there's no parent netdev + */ + IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME, + IFLA_PARENT_DEV_BUS_NAME, + __IFLA_MAX }; diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 92c3e43db812..170e97f3b3c6 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -1821,6 +1821,16 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, if (rtnl_fill_prop_list(skb, dev)) goto nla_put_failure; + if (dev->dev.parent && + nla_put_string(skb, IFLA_PARENT_DEV_NAME, + dev_name(dev->dev.parent))) + goto nla_put_failure; + + if (dev->dev.parent && dev->dev.parent->bus && + nla_put_string(skb, IFLA_PARENT_DEV_BUS_NAME, + dev->dev.parent->bus->name)) + goto nla_put_failure; + nlmsg_end(skb, nlh); return 0; |