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authorNicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>2015-01-15 15:11:18 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2015-01-19 14:32:03 -0500
commit317f4810e45eebe65d4f8897670df8b779de1467 (patch)
treea4a57164c556d10ad468840aa2534ee3e4798553 /net/core/rtnetlink.c
parenttunnels: advertise link netns via netlink (diff)
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rtnl: allow to create device with IFLA_LINK_NETNSID set
This patch adds the ability to create a netdevice in a specified netns and then move it into the final netns. In fact, it allows to have a symetry between get and set rtnl messages. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/rtnetlink.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c25
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index bd6370f0cb31..a12eecc0f976 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1248,6 +1248,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1] = {
[IFLA_PHYS_PORT_ID] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, .len = MAX_PHYS_ITEM_ID_LEN },
[IFLA_CARRIER_CHANGES] = { .type = NLA_U32 }, /* ignored */
[IFLA_PHYS_SWITCH_ID] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, .len = MAX_PHYS_ITEM_ID_LEN },
+ [IFLA_LINK_NETNSID] = { .type = NLA_S32 },
};
static const struct nla_policy ifla_info_policy[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1] = {
@@ -2021,7 +2022,7 @@ replay:
struct nlattr *slave_attr[m_ops ? m_ops->slave_maxtype + 1 : 0];
struct nlattr **data = NULL;
struct nlattr **slave_data = NULL;
- struct net *dest_net;
+ struct net *dest_net, *link_net = NULL;
if (ops) {
if (ops->maxtype && linkinfo[IFLA_INFO_DATA]) {
@@ -2127,7 +2128,18 @@ replay:
if (IS_ERR(dest_net))
return PTR_ERR(dest_net);
- dev = rtnl_create_link(dest_net, ifname, name_assign_type, ops, tb);
+ if (tb[IFLA_LINK_NETNSID]) {
+ int id = nla_get_s32(tb[IFLA_LINK_NETNSID]);
+
+ link_net = get_net_ns_by_id(dest_net, id);
+ if (!link_net) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ }
+
+ dev = rtnl_create_link(link_net ? : dest_net, ifname,
+ name_assign_type, ops, tb);
if (IS_ERR(dev)) {
err = PTR_ERR(dev);
goto out;
@@ -2155,9 +2167,16 @@ replay:
}
}
err = rtnl_configure_link(dev, ifm);
- if (err < 0)
+ if (err < 0) {
unregister_netdevice(dev);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (link_net)
+ err = dev_change_net_namespace(dev, dest_net, ifname);
out:
+ if (link_net)
+ put_net(link_net);
put_net(dest_net);
return err;
}