1) Rename @hdr parameter to @n to be coherent with rest of the parsing
code.
2) Use NLMSG_DATA() to get pointer to the data after nlmsghdr instead
of calculating it directly in ip/tunnel code.
Signed-off-by: Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
It is already given for original device we configure this
peer for.
Results from following command before/after change applied
are shown below:
$ ip link add dev veth1a type veth peer name veth1b \
type veth peer name veth1c
Before:
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<no output, no netdevs created>
After:
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Error: duplicate "type": "veth" is the second value.
Signed-off-by: Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Since commit 625df645b7 (Check user supplied interface name lengths)
iplink_parse() validates network device name using check_ifname()
helpers.
Remove redundant "name" length checks from iplink_parse() callers.
Signed-off-by: Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Since commit a8f820a380a2a06 ('can: add Virtual CAN Tunnel driver (vxcan)')
for Linux 4.12 a virtual CAN tunnel driver analogue to veth is available in
Linux.
This patch adds the ability to create vxcan device pairs.
Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan@hartkopp.net>
Serhey Popovych
Oliver Hartkopp