Phonet: back-end for autoconfigured addresses
In some cases, the network device driver knows what layer-3 address the
device should have. This adds support for the Phonet stack to
automatically request from the driver and add that address to the
network device.
Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/phonet/pn_dev.c b/net/phonet/pn_dev.c
index 5ae4c01..2f65dca 100644
--- a/net/phonet/pn_dev.c
+++ b/net/phonet/pn_dev.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/phonet.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/if_arp.h>
#include <net/sock.h>
#include <net/netns/generic.h>
#include <net/phonet/pn_dev.h>
@@ -195,14 +196,37 @@
return err;
}
+/* automatically configure a Phonet device, if supported */
+static int phonet_device_autoconf(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ struct if_phonet_req req;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!dev->netdev_ops->ndo_do_ioctl)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ ret = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_do_ioctl(dev, (struct ifreq *)&req,
+ SIOCPNGAUTOCONF);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+ return phonet_address_add(dev, req.ifr_phonet_autoconf.device);
+}
+
/* notify Phonet of device events */
static int phonet_device_notify(struct notifier_block *me, unsigned long what,
void *arg)
{
struct net_device *dev = arg;
- if (what == NETDEV_UNREGISTER)
+ switch (what) {
+ case NETDEV_REGISTER:
+ if (dev->type == ARPHRD_PHONET)
+ phonet_device_autoconf(dev);
+ break;
+ case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
phonet_device_destroy(dev);
+ break;
+ }
return 0;
}