From patchwork Fri Jan 12 05:58:38 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Samudrala, Sridhar" X-Patchwork-Id: 859518 X-Patchwork-Delegate: davem@davemloft.net Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; spf=none (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=vger.kernel.org (client-ip=209.132.180.67; helo=vger.kernel.org; envelope-from=netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org; receiver=) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3zHsWB3Jb2z9t3p for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:58:46 +1100 (AEDT) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754243AbeALF6m (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jan 2018 00:58:42 -0500 Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:44687 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754134AbeALF6l (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jan 2018 00:58:41 -0500 X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga008.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.65]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 11 Jan 2018 21:58:40 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.46,347,1511856000"; d="scan'208";a="10174586" Received: from arch-p28.jf.intel.com ([10.166.187.31]) by orsmga008.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 11 Jan 2018 21:58:40 -0800 From: Sridhar Samudrala To: mst@redhat.com, stephen@networkplumber.org, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, virtio-dev@lists.oasis-open.org, jesse.brandeburg@intel.com, alexander.h.duyck@intel.com, kubakici@wp.pl, sridhar.samudrala@intel.com Subject: [RFC PATCH net-next v2 1/2] virtio_net: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F_BACKUP feature bit Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 21:58:38 -0800 Message-Id: <1515736720-39368-2-git-send-email-sridhar.samudrala@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.3.1 In-Reply-To: <1515736720-39368-1-git-send-email-sridhar.samudrala@intel.com> References: <1515736720-39368-1-git-send-email-sridhar.samudrala@intel.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org This feature bit can be used by hypervisor to indicate virtio_net device to act as a backup for another device with the same MAC address. Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 2 +- include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c index 12dfc5fee58e..f149a160a8c5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c @@ -2829,7 +2829,7 @@ static struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = { VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE, VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ, \ VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR, \ VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS, \ - VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX + VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX, VIRTIO_NET_F_BACKUP static unsigned int features[] = { VIRTNET_FEATURES, diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h index 5de6ed37695b..c7c35fd1a5ed 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h @@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ * Steering */ #define VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR 23 /* Set MAC address */ +#define VIRTIO_NET_F_BACKUP 62 /* Act as backup for another device + * with the same MAC. + */ #define VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX 63 /* Device set linkspeed and duplex */ #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_NO_LEGACY