On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 08:39:19AM -0600, David Ahern wrote: > On 3/13/17 1:38 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote: > > From: Ido Schimmel <ido...@mellanox.com> > > > > Drivers capable of offloading VRF configurations need to know the ports > > are enslaved to an actual VRF device and not some other L3 master. > > > > Add a flag to indicate netdev is a VRF master and a corresponding > > helper. > > > > Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <ido...@mellanox.com> > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com> > > --- > > drivers/net/vrf.c | 2 +- > > include/linux/netdevice.h | 8 ++++++++ > > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > IFF_VRF_MASTER was renamed IFF_L3MDEV_MASTER 18 months ago.
But IFF_L3MDEV_MASTER isn't specific to the VRF driver. It can be set by other drivers including future ones that might be introduced. I need to allow enslavement to a VRF master, but reject others.
