virtio_net: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY feature bit

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@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
mariux64 · May 29, 2018 · 9805069 · 9805069
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diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -3030,7 +3030,7 @@ 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
@@ -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