[PATCH net-next v10 1/4] virtio_net: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY feature bit

Sridhar Samudrala
Mon, 07 May 2018 22:10:43 -0000

This feature bit can be used by hypervisor to indicate virtio_net device to
act as a standby for another device with the same MAC address.

VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY is defined as bit 62 as it is a device feature bit.

Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala at intel.com>
---
 drivers/net/virtio_net.c        | 2 +-
 include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index f34794a76c4d..213fddc70fd0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -2999,7 +2999,7 @@ static struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
 	VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE, VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ, \
 	VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR, \
 	VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS, \
-	VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX, VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY

 static unsigned int features[] = {
 	VIRTNET_FEATURES,
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h
index 5de6ed37695b..a3715a3224c1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
 					 * Steering */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR 23	/* Set MAC address */

+#define VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY	  62	/* Act as standby for another device
+					 * with the same MAC.
+					 */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX 63	/* Device set linkspeed and duplex */

 #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_NO_LEGACY
--
2.14.3