[NET] core: add RFC2863 operstate

this patch adds a dormant flag to network devices, RFC2863 operstate derived
from these flags and possibility for userspace interaction. It allows drivers
to signal that a device is unusable for user traffic without disabling
queueing (and therefore the possibility for protocol establishment traffic to
flow) and a userspace supplicant (WPA, 802.1X) to mark a device unusable
without changes to the driver.

It is the result of our long discussion. However I must admit that it
represents what Jamal and I agreed on with compromises towards Krzysztof, but
Thomas and Krzysztof still disagree with some parts. Anyway I think it should
be applied.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Rompf <stefan@loplof.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index d50482b..edccefb 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -733,6 +733,8 @@ enum
 #define IFLA_MAP IFLA_MAP
 	IFLA_WEIGHT,
 #define IFLA_WEIGHT IFLA_WEIGHT
+	IFLA_OPERSTATE,
+	IFLA_LINKMODE,
 	__IFLA_MAX
 };