linux-stable/net/ethtool/netlink.c
Michal Kubecek 2b4a8990b7 ethtool: introduce ethtool netlink interface
Basic genetlink and init infrastructure for the netlink interface, register
genetlink family "ethtool". Add CONFIG_ETHTOOL_NETLINK Kconfig option to
make the build optional. Add initial overall interface description into
Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst, further patches will add more
detailed information.

Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2019-12-27 16:40:01 -08:00

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
#include <linux/ethtool_netlink.h>
#include "netlink.h"
/* genetlink setup */
static const struct genl_ops ethtool_genl_ops[] = {
};
static struct genl_family ethtool_genl_family = {
.name = ETHTOOL_GENL_NAME,
.version = ETHTOOL_GENL_VERSION,
.netnsok = true,
.parallel_ops = true,
.ops = ethtool_genl_ops,
.n_ops = ARRAY_SIZE(ethtool_genl_ops),
};
/* module setup */
static int __init ethnl_init(void)
{
int ret;
ret = genl_register_family(&ethtool_genl_family);
if (WARN(ret < 0, "ethtool: genetlink family registration failed"))
return ret;
return 0;
}
subsys_initcall(ethnl_init);