Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] macvlan: export macvlan mode through netlink

From: Eric Dumazet <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:48:52 +0100

Arnd Bergmann a écrit :
> In order to support all three modes of macvlan at
> runtime, extend the existing netlink protocol
> to allow choosing the mode per macvlan slave
> interface.
> 
> This depends on a matching patch to iproute2
> in order to become accessible in user land.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  drivers/net/macvlan.c   |   67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  include/linux/if_link.h |   15 ++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
> index fa8b568..731017e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
> @@ -33,12 +33,6 @@
>  
>  #define MACVLAN_HASH_SIZE	(1 << BITS_PER_BYTE)
>  
> -enum macvlan_type {
> -	MACVLAN_PRIVATE		= 1,
> -	MACVLAN_VEPA		= 2,
> -	MACVLAN_BRIDGE		= 4,
> -};

I realize you defined MACVLAN_PRIVATE in patch 2, but used MACVLAN_MODE_PRIVATE,
so patch 2 is not compilable and breaks bisection ?

> +
> +enum ifla_macvlan_mode {
> +	MACVLAN_MODE_PRIVATE = 1, /* don't talk to other macvlans */
> +	MACVLAN_MODE_VEPA    = 2, /* talk to other ports through ext bridge */
> +	MACVLAN_MODE_BRIDGE  = 4, /* talk to bridge ports directly */
> +};