rtnl: add a new type of msg to advertise protocol configuration

A new type is added to allow userland to monitor protocol configuration, like
IPv4 or IPv6.
For example, monitoring the state of the forwarding status of an interface of
the system.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Nicolas Dichtel 2012-10-25 22:28:49 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent f019948dbb
commit d900082bd9
2 changed files with 27 additions and 0 deletions

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#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_NETCONF_H_
#define _UAPI_LINUX_NETCONF_H_
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/netlink.h>
struct netconfmsg {
__u8 ncm_family;
};
enum {
NETCONFA_UNSPEC,
NETCONFA_IFINDEX,
NETCONFA_FORWARDING,
__NETCONFA_MAX
};
#define NETCONFA_MAX (__NETCONFA_MAX - 1)
#define NETCONFA_IFINDEX_ALL -1
#define NETCONFA_IFINDEX_DEFAULT -2
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_NETCONF_H_ */

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@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ enum {
RTM_SETDCB,
#define RTM_SETDCB RTM_SETDCB
RTM_NEWNETCONF = 80,
#define RTM_NEWNETCONF RTM_NEWNETCONF
RTM_GETNETCONF = 82,
#define RTM_GETNETCONF RTM_GETNETCONF
__RTM_MAX,
#define RTM_MAX (((__RTM_MAX + 3) & ~3) - 1)
};