[NET] core: add RFC2863 operstate
this patch adds a dormant flag to network devices, RFC2863 operstate derived
from these flags and possibility for userspace interaction. It allows drivers
to signal that a device is unusable for user traffic without disabling
queueing (and therefore the possibility for protocol establishment traffic to
flow) and a userspace supplicant (WPA, 802.1X) to mark a device unusable
without changes to the driver.
It is the result of our long discussion. However I must admit that it
represents what Jamal and I agreed on with compromises towards Krzysztof, but
Thomas and Krzysztof still disagree with some parts. Anyway I think it should
be applied.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Rompf <stefan@loplof.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ef56c03..8763c99 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2174,12 +2174,20 @@
flags = (dev->flags & ~(IFF_PROMISC |
IFF_ALLMULTI |
- IFF_RUNNING)) |
+ IFF_RUNNING |
+ IFF_LOWER_UP |
+ IFF_DORMANT)) |
(dev->gflags & (IFF_PROMISC |
IFF_ALLMULTI));
- if (netif_running(dev) && netif_carrier_ok(dev))
- flags |= IFF_RUNNING;
+ if (netif_running(dev)) {
+ if (netif_oper_up(dev))
+ flags |= IFF_RUNNING;
+ if (netif_carrier_ok(dev))
+ flags |= IFF_LOWER_UP;
+ if (netif_dormant(dev))
+ flags |= IFF_DORMANT;
+ }
return flags;
}