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| author | Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> | 2025-03-19 19:17:59 +0100 |
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| committer | Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> | 2025-03-19 19:18:00 +0100 |
| commit | 8904eeb9de86e940cb635a42453855790d53b838 (patch) | |
| tree | 241de4c98866986f1836a93af5fb5719a7b05f7f /include/linux | |
| parent | 34e5ededf4b8ad4c9e58f0cab8596e26c8fa59a2 (diff) | |
| parent | f8a10bed32f5fbede13a5f22fdc4ab8740ea213a (diff) | |
Merge branch 'netconsole-allow-selection-of-egress-interface-via-mac-address'
Uday Shankar says:
====================
netconsole: allow selection of egress interface via MAC address
This series adds support for selecting a netconsole egress interface by
specifying the MAC address (in place of the interface name) in the
boot/module parameter.
Signed-off-by: Uday Shankar <ushankar@purestorage.com>
====================
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250312-netconsole-v6-0-3437933e79b8@purestorage.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/if_ether.h | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netpoll.h | 6 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/if_ether.h b/include/linux/if_ether.h index 8a9792a6427a..61b7335aa037 100644 --- a/include/linux/if_ether.h +++ b/include/linux/if_ether.h @@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ #include <linux/skbuff.h> #include <uapi/linux/if_ether.h> +/* XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX */ +#define MAC_ADDR_STR_LEN (3 * ETH_ALEN - 1) + static inline struct ethhdr *eth_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb) { return (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb); diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h index f6e8abe0b1f1..0477208ed9ff 100644 --- a/include/linux/netpoll.h +++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h @@ -25,7 +25,13 @@ union inet_addr { struct netpoll { struct net_device *dev; netdevice_tracker dev_tracker; + /* + * Either dev_name or dev_mac can be used to specify the local + * interface - dev_name is used if it is a nonempty string, else + * dev_mac is used. + */ char dev_name[IFNAMSIZ]; + u8 dev_mac[ETH_ALEN]; const char *name; union inet_addr local_ip, remote_ip; |