@@ -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
@@ -1379,6 +1379,8 @@ struct net_device {
struct kset *queues_kset;
#endif
+ unsigned char name_assign_type;
+
bool uc_promisc;
unsigned int promiscuity;
unsigned int allmulti;
@@ -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 {
@@ -6438,11 +6438,12 @@ void netdev_freemem(struct net_device *dev)
/**
* alloc_netdev_mqs - allocate network device
- * @sizeof_priv: size of private data to allocate space for
- * @name: device name format string
- * @setup: callback to initialize device
- * @txqs: the number of TX subqueues to allocate
- * @rxqs: the number of RX subqueues to allocate
+ * @sizeof_priv: size of private data to allocate space for
+ * @name: device name format string
+ * @name_assign_type: origin of device name
+ * @setup: callback to initialize device
+ * @txqs: the number of TX subqueues to allocate
+ * @rxqs: the number of RX subqueues to allocate
*
* Allocates a struct net_device with private data area for driver use
* and performs basic initialization. Also allocates subqueue structs
@@ -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,