This flag is allowed for devices in passthru mode to prevent forcing the
underlying interface into promiscuous mode.
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
After eliminating the minor differences in both files which existed
solely because features/fixes were applied to only one of them and not
the other, the remaining differences were in function naming and error
messages. The latter is addressed by using the 'id' field of struct
link_util.
Fold both files into one in order to share common code and eliminate the
chance of having fixes/enhancements applied to only one of them.
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Allow to print particular link type usage by:
ip link help [TYPE]
Currently to print usage for some link type it is needed
to use the following way:
ip link { add | del | set } type TYPE help
Signed-off-by: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@gmail.com>
The mode information is contained in IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE instead
of IFLA_VLAN_ID (both evaluating to "1" in their enums).
Signed-off-by: Lutz Jaenicke <ljaenicke@innominate.com>
This patch improves many error messages as follows:
- For incorrect parameters, show the value of the offending parameter, rather than just say that it is incorrect
- Rephrased messages for clarity
- Rephrased to more `mainstream' english
Signed-off-by: Kees van Reeuwijk <reeuwijk@few.vu.nl>
Add support for 'passthru' mode when creating a macvlan/macvtap device
which allows takeover of the underlying device and passing it to a KVM
guest using virtio with macvtap backend.
Only one macvlan device is allowed in passthru mode and it inherits
the mac address from the underlying device and sets it in promiscuous
mode to receive and forward all the packets.
Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com>
Macvlan can now optionally support forwarding between its
ports, if they are in "bridge" mode. This adds support
for this option to "ip link add", "ip link set" and "ip
-d link show".
The default mode in the kernel is now "vepa" mode, meaning
"virtual ethernet port aggregator". This mode is used
together with the "hairpin" mode of an ethernet bridge
that the parent of the macvlan device is connected to.
All frames still get sent out to the external interface,
but the adjacent bridge is able to send them back on
the same wire in hairpin mode, so the macvlan ports
are able to see each other, which the bridge can be
configured to monitor and control traffic between
all macvlan instances. Multicast traffic coming in
from the external interface is checked for the source
MAC address and only delivered to ports that have not
yet seen it.
In bridge mode, macvlan will send all multicast traffic
to other interfaces that are also in bridge mode but
not to those in vepa mode, which get them on the way
back from the hairpin.
The third supported mode is "private", which prevents
communication between macvlans even if the adjacent
bridge is in hairpin mode. This behavior is closer to
the original implementation of macvlan but stricly
maintains isolation.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
