bridge: Assign rtnl_link_ops to bridge devices created via ioctl (v2)

This ensures that bridges created with brctl(8) or ioctl(2) directly also carry IFLA_LINKINFO when dumped over netlink. This also allows to create a bridge with ioctl(2) and delete it with RTM_DELLINK. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
svenkatr · Jun 27, 2012 · 149ddd8 · 149ddd8
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diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ int br_add_bridge(struct net *net, const char *name)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	dev_net_set(dev, net);
+	dev->rtnl_link_ops = &br_link_ops;
 
 	res = register_netdev(dev);
 	if (res)

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static int br_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct rtnl_link_ops br_link_ops __read_mostly = {
+struct rtnl_link_ops br_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.kind		= "bridge",
 	.priv_size	= sizeof(struct net_bridge),
 	.setup		= br_dev_setup,

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -549,6 +549,7 @@ extern int (*br_fdb_test_addr_hook)(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr)
 #endif
 
 /* br_netlink.c */
+extern struct rtnl_link_ops br_link_ops;
 extern int br_netlink_init(void);
 extern void br_netlink_fini(void);
 extern void br_ifinfo_notify(int event, struct net_bridge_port *port);