Re: [PATCH net-next] sysfs: add entry to indicate network interfaceswith random MAC address

From: Stefan Assmann
Date: Wed Jul 21 2010 - 04:10:40 EST


On 20.07.2010 22:18, David Miller wrote:
> From: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:17:30 +0200
>
>> On 20.07.2010 13:58, Alex Badea wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 07/20/2010 02:47 PM, Stefan Assmann wrote:
>>>>> What about devices that 'steal' MAC addresses from slave devices?
>>>
>>> Might I suggest an attribute such as "address_type", which could report
>>> "permanent", "random", "stolen", or something else in the future?
>>
>> In case there's demand for such a multi-purpose attribute I see no
>> reason to object. More thoughts on this?
>
> I think this is a great idea.
>
> Now it makes sense to use a new 'u8' in struct netdevice or similar to
> store this, since we'll have more than a boolean here.
>

I put Alex' idea into code for further discussion, keeping the names
mentioned here until we agree on the scope of this attribute. When we
have settled I'll post a patch with proper patch description.

Stefan
---
include/linux/etherdevice.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
include/linux/netdevice.h | 6 ++++++
net/core/net-sysfs.c | 2 ++
3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 3d7a668..f15cac8 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -127,6 +127,20 @@ static inline void random_ether_addr(u8 *addr)
}

/**
+ * dev_hw_addr_random - Create random MAC and set device flag
+ * @dev: pointer to net_device structure
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Generate random MAC to be used by a device and set addr_type
+ * so the state can be read by sysfs and be used by udev.
+ */
+static inline void dev_hw_addr_random(struct net_device *dev, u8 *hwaddr)
+{
+ dev->addr_type |= NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
+ random_ether_addr(hwaddr);
+}
+
+/**
* compare_ether_addr - Compare two Ethernet addresses
* @addr1: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
* @addr2: Pointer other six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index b626289..2718895 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ struct wireless_dev;
#define HAVE_FREE_NETDEV /* free_netdev() */
#define HAVE_NETDEV_PRIV /* netdev_priv() */

+/* hardware address types */
+#define NET_ADDR_PERM 0 /* address is permanent (default) */
+#define NET_ADDR_RANDOM 1 /* address is generated randomly */
+#define NET_ADDR_STOLEN 2 /* address is stolen from other device */
+
/* Backlog congestion levels */
#define NET_RX_SUCCESS 0 /* keep 'em coming, baby */
#define NET_RX_DROP 1 /* packet dropped */
@@ -920,6 +925,7 @@ struct net_device {
/* Interface address info. */
unsigned char perm_addr[MAX_ADDR_LEN]; /* permanent hw address */
unsigned char addr_len; /* hardware address length */
+ unsigned char addr_type; /* hardware address type */
unsigned short dev_id; /* for shared network cards */

spinlock_t addr_list_lock;
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index d2b5965..052ab14 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ static ssize_t netdev_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,

NETDEVICE_SHOW(dev_id, fmt_hex);
NETDEVICE_SHOW(addr_len, fmt_dec);
+NETDEVICE_SHOW(addr_type, fmt_dec);
NETDEVICE_SHOW(iflink, fmt_dec);
NETDEVICE_SHOW(ifindex, fmt_dec);
NETDEVICE_SHOW(features, fmt_long_hex);
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@ static ssize_t show_ifalias(struct device *dev,

static struct device_attribute net_class_attributes[] = {
__ATTR(addr_len, S_IRUGO, show_addr_len, NULL),
+ __ATTR(addr_type, S_IRUGO, show_addr_type, NULL),
__ATTR(dev_id, S_IRUGO, show_dev_id, NULL),
__ATTR(ifalias, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_ifalias, store_ifalias),
__ATTR(iflink, S_IRUGO, show_iflink, NULL),
--
1.7.1

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