kernel_optimize_test/net
Stefan Assmann c1f79426e2 sysfs: add attribute to indicate hw address assignment type
Add addr_assign_type to struct net_device and expose it via sysfs.
This new attribute has the purpose of giving user-space the ability to
distinguish between different assignment types of MAC addresses.

For example user-space can treat NICs with randomly generated MAC
addresses differently than NICs that have permanent (locally assigned)
MAC addresses.
For the former udev could write a persistent net rule by matching the
device path instead of the MAC address.
There's also the case of devices that 'steal' MAC addresses from slave
devices. In which it is also be beneficial for user-space to be aware
of the fact.

This patch also introduces a helper function to assist adoption of
drivers that generate MAC addresses randomly.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-07-24 20:49:29 -07:00
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9p 9p: strlen() doesn't count the terminator 2010-07-12 20:21:43 -07:00
802 Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
8021q vlan_dev: VLAN 0 should be treated as "no vlan tag" (802.1p packet) 2010-07-18 15:38:44 -07:00
appletalk Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
atm atm/br2684: register notifier event for carrier signal changes. 2010-07-09 00:09:21 -07:00
ax25 net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
bluetooth Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-07-20 18:25:24 -07:00
bridge bridge: Partially disable netpoll support 2010-07-19 23:28:25 -07:00
caif caif: precedence bug 2010-07-22 14:14:47 -07:00
can net/can: Use memdup_user 2010-05-31 00:24:11 -07:00
core sysfs: add attribute to indicate hw address assignment type 2010-07-24 20:49:29 -07:00
dcb include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
dccp net: dccp: fix sign bug 2010-07-18 15:07:14 -07:00
decnet net-next: remove useless union keyword 2010-06-10 23:31:35 -07:00
dsa Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-07-20 18:25:24 -07:00
econet econet: fix locking 2010-06-11 18:37:08 -07:00
ethernet Net: ethernet: pe2.c: fix EXPORT_SYMBOL macro code style issue 2010-07-14 18:27:09 -07:00
ieee802154 ieee802154: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in wpan_phy_alloc 2010-05-23 23:11:07 -07:00
ipv4 net: RTA_MARK addition 2010-07-22 13:46:21 -07:00
ipv6 Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-07-20 18:25:24 -07:00
ipx include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
irda net/irda: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data 2010-07-12 21:13:37 -07:00
iucv net: use __packed annotation 2010-06-03 03:21:52 -07:00
key pfkey: add severity to printk 2010-05-17 23:23:13 -07:00
l2tp net-next: remove useless union keyword 2010-06-10 23:31:35 -07:00
lapb include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
llc Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-05-12 00:05:35 -07:00
mac80211 Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 2010-07-23 14:03:38 -07:00
netfilter Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kaber/nf-next-2.6 2010-07-02 22:42:06 -07:00
netlabel net: Remove unnecessary returns from void function()s 2010-05-17 23:23:14 -07:00
netlink drop_monitor: convert some kfree_skb call sites to consume_skb 2010-07-20 13:28:05 -07:00
netrom net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
packet packet_mmap: expose hw packet timestamps to network packet capture utilities 2010-06-02 05:53:56 -07:00
phonet Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-07-20 18:25:24 -07:00
rds net/rds: Add missing mutex_unlock 2010-05-29 00:18:48 -07:00
rfkill Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -07:00
rose net: sk_sleep() helper 2010-04-20 16:37:13 -07:00
rxrpc net-next: remove useless union keyword 2010-06-10 23:31:35 -07:00
sched Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-07-20 18:25:24 -07:00
sctp snmp: add align parameter to snmp_mib_init() 2010-06-25 21:33:17 -07:00
sunrpc sunrpc: fix leak on error on socket xprt setup 2010-05-26 08:43:50 -04:00
tipc tipc: Reduce footprint by un-inlining tipc_msg_* routines 2010-05-12 23:02:29 -07:00
unix drop_monitor: convert some kfree_skb call sites to consume_skb 2010-07-20 13:28:05 -07:00
wanrouter net: autoconvert trivial BKL users to private mutex 2010-07-12 20:21:47 -07:00
wimax Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-05-20 21:04:44 -07:00
wireless Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 2010-07-23 14:03:38 -07:00
x25 X25: Remove bkl in sockopts 2010-05-17 17:39:28 -07:00
xfrm Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-07-20 18:25:24 -07:00
compat.c From abbffa2aa9bd6f8df16d0d0a102af677510d8b9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 2010-06-03 20:03:40 -07:00
Kconfig net: support time stamping in phy devices. 2010-07-18 19:15:26 -07:00
Makefile net/Makefile: conditionally descend to wireless and ieee802154 2010-06-29 15:32:43 -07:00
nonet.c
socket.c net: support time stamping in phy devices. 2010-07-18 19:15:26 -07:00
sysctl_net.c net: Remove unnecessary returns from void function()s 2010-05-17 23:23:14 -07:00
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