From: Mike Kershaw Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 00:40:05 +0000 (-0700) Subject: [TUNTAP]: Allow setting the linktype of the tap device from userspace X-Git-Tag: v2.6.14-rc1~777^2~16 X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ff4cc3ac93e1d0369928fd60ec1fe82417afc576;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git [TUNTAP]: Allow setting the linktype of the tap device from userspace Currently tun/tap only supports the EN10MB ARP type. For use with wireless and other networking types it should be possible to set the ARP type via an ioctl. Patch v2: Included check that the tap interface is down before changing the link type out from underneath it Signed-off-by: Mike Kershaw Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c index effab0b9adc..50b8c6754b1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tun.c +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c @@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ /* * Changes: * + * Mike Kershaw 2005/08/14 + * Add TUNSETLINK ioctl to set the link encapsulation + * * Mark Smith * Use random_ether_addr() for tap MAC address. * @@ -612,6 +615,18 @@ static int tun_chr_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, DBG(KERN_INFO "%s: owner set to %d\n", tun->dev->name, tun->owner); break; + case TUNSETLINK: + /* Only allow setting the type when the interface is down */ + if (tun->dev->flags & IFF_UP) { + DBG(KERN_INFO "%s: Linktype set failed because interface is up\n", + tun->dev->name); + return -EBUSY; + } else { + tun->dev->type = (int) arg; + DBG(KERN_INFO "%s: linktype set to %d\n", tun->dev->name, tun->dev->type); + } + break; + #ifdef TUN_DEBUG case TUNSETDEBUG: tun->debug = arg; diff --git a/include/linux/if_tun.h b/include/linux/if_tun.h index 096a85a58ae..88aef7b86ef 100644 --- a/include/linux/if_tun.h +++ b/include/linux/if_tun.h @@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ struct tun_struct { #define TUNSETIFF _IOW('T', 202, int) #define TUNSETPERSIST _IOW('T', 203, int) #define TUNSETOWNER _IOW('T', 204, int) +#define TUNSETLINK _IOW('T', 205, int) /* TUNSETIFF ifr flags */ #define IFF_TUN 0x0001