sysfs: add attribute to indicate hw address assignment type
Add addr_assign_type to struct net_device and expose it via sysfs.
This new attribute has the purpose of giving user-space the ability to
distinguish between different assignment types of MAC addresses.
For example user-space can treat NICs with randomly generated MAC
addresses differently than NICs that have permanent (locally assigned)
MAC addresses.
For the former udev could write a persistent net rule by matching the
device path instead of the MAC address.
There's also the case of devices that 'steal' MAC addresses from slave
devices. In which it is also be beneficial for user-space to be aware
of the fact.
This patch also introduces a helper function to assist adoption of
drivers that generate MAC addresses randomly.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index b626289..1bca617 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
#define HAVE_FREE_NETDEV /* free_netdev() */
#define HAVE_NETDEV_PRIV /* netdev_priv() */
+/* hardware address assignment types */
+#define NET_ADDR_PERM 0 /* address is permanent (default) */
+#define NET_ADDR_RANDOM 1 /* address is generated randomly */
+#define NET_ADDR_STOLEN 2 /* address is stolen from other device */
+
/* Backlog congestion levels */
#define NET_RX_SUCCESS 0 /* keep 'em coming, baby */
#define NET_RX_DROP 1 /* packet dropped */
@@ -919,6 +924,7 @@
/* Interface address info. */
unsigned char perm_addr[MAX_ADDR_LEN]; /* permanent hw address */
+ unsigned char addr_assign_type; /* hw address assignment type */
unsigned char addr_len; /* hardware address length */
unsigned short dev_id; /* for shared network cards */