linux/net/core
Thomas Graf f8ff182c71 rtnetlink: Link address family API
Each net_device contains address family specific data such as
per device settings and statistics. We already expose this data
via procfs/sysfs and partially netlink.

The netlink method requires the requester to send one RTM_GETLINK
request for each address family it wishes to receive data of
and then merge this data itself.

This patch implements a new API which combines all address family
specific link data in a new netlink attribute IFLA_AF_SPEC.
IFLA_AF_SPEC contains a sequence of nested attributes, one for each
address family which in turn defines the structure of its own
attribute. Example:

   [IFLA_AF_SPEC] = {
       [AF_INET] = {
           [IFLA_INET_CONF] = ...,
       },
       [AF_INET6] = {
           [IFLA_INET6_FLAGS] = ...,
           [IFLA_INET6_CONF] = ...,
       }
   }

The API also allows for address families to implement a function
which parses the IFLA_AF_SPEC attribute sent by userspace to
implement address family specific link options.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-11-17 11:28:24 -08:00
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datagram.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-10-23 11:47:02 -07:00
dev_addr_lists.c net: include linux/proc_fs.h in dev_addr_lists.c 2010-04-07 16:46:36 -07:00
dev.c net: Export netif_get_vlan_features(). 2010-11-15 20:15:03 -08:00
drop_monitor.c drop_monitor: use genl_register_family_with_ops() 2010-07-26 20:59:42 -07:00
dst.c net/dst: dst_dev_event() called after other notifiers 2010-11-09 12:17:16 -08:00
ethtool.c ethtool: Add support for vlan accleration. 2010-10-21 01:26:54 -07:00
fib_rules.c fib_rules: __rcu annotates ctarget 2010-10-27 11:37:32 -07:00
filter.c filter: make sure filters dont read uninitialized memory 2010-11-10 10:38:24 -08:00
flow.c net: return operator cleanup 2010-09-23 14:33:39 -07:00
gen_estimator.c pkt_sched: remov unnecessary bh_disable 2010-09-10 12:47:59 -07:00
gen_stats.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00
iovec.c net: Limit socket I/O iovec total length to INT_MAX. 2010-10-28 11:47:52 -07:00
kmap_skb.h
link_watch.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00
Makefile net: support time stamping in phy devices. 2010-07-18 19:15:26 -07:00
neighbour.c net/neighbour: cancel_delayed_work() + flush_scheduled_work() -> cancel_delayed_work_sync() 2010-10-21 04:25:48 -07:00
net_namespace.c net_ns: add __rcu annotations 2010-10-25 14:18:27 -07:00
net-sysfs.c net: Simplify RX queue allocation 2010-11-15 10:57:28 -08:00
net-sysfs.h net: Allow changing number of RX queues after device allocation 2010-09-27 22:09:49 -07:00
net-traces.c netdev: Add tracepoints to netdev layer 2010-09-07 17:51:33 +02:00
netevent.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00
netpoll.c netpoll: Revert napi_poll fix for bonding driver 2010-10-20 01:44:30 -07:00
pktgen.c pktgen: correct uninitialized queue_map 2010-11-08 12:17:07 -08:00
request_sock.c net: convert BUG_TRAP to generic WARN_ON 2008-07-25 21:43:18 -07:00
rtnetlink.c rtnetlink: Link address family API 2010-11-17 11:28:24 -08:00
scm.c net/core: EXPORT_SYMBOL cleanups 2010-07-12 12:57:55 -07:00
skbuff.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-10-23 11:47:02 -07:00
sock.c net: avoid limits overflow 2010-11-10 12:12:00 -08:00
stream.c net: Fix the condition passed to sk_wait_event() 2010-10-03 20:41:32 -07:00
sysctl_net_core.c rps: add __rcu annotations 2010-10-25 14:18:27 -07:00
timestamping.c net: support time stamping in phy devices. 2010-07-18 19:15:26 -07:00
user_dma.c net/core/user_dma.c: Use frag list abstraction interfaces. 2009-06-09 00:19:10 -07:00
utils.c net: return operator cleanup 2010-09-23 14:33:39 -07:00