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1 files changed, 36 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
index bc0069a8b6ea..ec65a8cebb99 100644
--- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
@@ -70,6 +70,40 @@ static inline int rtnl_msg_family(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
}
/**
+ * struct rtnl_newlink_params - parameters of rtnl_link_ops::newlink()
+ *
+ * @src_net: Source netns of rtnetlink socket
+ * @link_net: Link netns by IFLA_LINK_NETNSID, NULL if not specified
+ * @peer_net: Peer netns
+ * @tb: IFLA_* attributes
+ * @data: IFLA_INFO_DATA attributes
+ */
+struct rtnl_newlink_params {
+ struct net *src_net;
+ struct net *link_net;
+ struct net *peer_net;
+ struct nlattr **tb;
+ struct nlattr **data;
+};
+
+/* Get effective link netns from newlink params. Generally, this is link_net
+ * and falls back to src_net. But for compatibility, a driver may * choose to
+ * use dev_net(dev) instead.
+ */
+static inline struct net *rtnl_newlink_link_net(struct rtnl_newlink_params *p)
+{
+ return p->link_net ? : p->src_net;
+}
+
+/* Get peer netns from newlink params. Fallback to link netns if peer netns is
+ * not specified explicitly.
+ */
+static inline struct net *rtnl_newlink_peer_net(struct rtnl_newlink_params *p)
+{
+ return p->peer_net ? : rtnl_newlink_link_net(p);
+}
+
+/**
* struct rtnl_link_ops - rtnetlink link operations
*
* @list: Used internally, protected by link_ops_mutex and SRCU
@@ -125,10 +159,8 @@ struct rtnl_link_ops {
struct nlattr *data[],
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
- int (*newlink)(struct net *src_net,
- struct net_device *dev,
- struct nlattr *tb[],
- struct nlattr *data[],
+ int (*newlink)(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct rtnl_newlink_params *params,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
int (*changelink)(struct net_device *dev,
struct nlattr *tb[],