rtnetlink: implement setting of master device

This patch allows userspace to enslave/release slave devices via netlink
interface using IFLA_MASTER. This introduces generic way to add/remove
underling devices.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index da0fe457c858..49f7ea5b4c75 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1036,6 +1036,7 @@ const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1] = {
 	[IFLA_MAP]		= { .len = sizeof(struct rtnl_link_ifmap) },
 	[IFLA_MTU]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFLA_LINK]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[IFLA_MASTER]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFLA_TXQLEN]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFLA_WEIGHT]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFLA_OPERSTATE]	= { .type = NLA_U8 },
@@ -1178,6 +1179,41 @@ static int do_setvfinfo(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *attr)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int do_set_master(struct net_device *dev, int ifindex)
+{
+	struct net_device *master_dev;
+	const struct net_device_ops *ops;
+	int err;
+
+	if (dev->master) {
+		if (dev->master->ifindex == ifindex)
+			return 0;
+		ops = dev->master->netdev_ops;
+		if (ops->ndo_del_slave) {
+			err = ops->ndo_del_slave(dev->master, dev);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		} else {
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (ifindex) {
+		master_dev = __dev_get_by_index(dev_net(dev), ifindex);
+		if (!master_dev)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		ops = master_dev->netdev_ops;
+		if (ops->ndo_add_slave) {
+			err = ops->ndo_add_slave(master_dev, dev);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		} else {
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
 		      struct nlattr **tb, char *ifname, int modified)
 {
@@ -1301,6 +1337,13 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
 			goto errout;
 	}
 
+	if (tb[IFLA_MASTER]) {
+		err = do_set_master(dev, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MASTER]));
+		if (err)
+			goto errout;
+		modified = 1;
+	}
+
 	if (tb[IFLA_TXQLEN])
 		dev->tx_queue_len = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]);