netns: add rtnl cmd to add and get peer netns ids

With this patch, a user can define an id for a peer netns by providing a FD or a
PID. These ids are local to the netns where it is added (ie valid only into this
netns).

The main function (ie the one exported to other module), peernet2id(), allows to
get the id of a peer netns. If no id has been assigned by the user, this
function allocates one.

These ids will be used in netlink messages to point to a peer netns, for example
in case of a x-netns interface.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

3 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild b/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild
index 00b10002..14b7b6e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/Kbuild
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ header-y += net.h
 header-y += netlink_diag.h
 header-y += netlink.h
 header-y += netrom.h
+header-y += net_namespace.h
 header-y += net_tstamp.h
 header-y += nfc.h
 header-y += nfs2.h
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/net_namespace.h b/include/uapi/linux/net_namespace.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..778cd2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/net_namespace.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2015 6WIND S.A.
+ * Author: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_NET_NAMESPACE_H_
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_NET_NAMESPACE_H_
+
+/* Attributes of RTM_NEWNSID/RTM_GETNSID messages */
+enum {
+	NETNSA_NONE,
+#define NETNSA_NSID_NOT_ASSIGNED -1
+	NETNSA_NSID,
+	NETNSA_PID,
+	NETNSA_FD,
+	__NETNSA_MAX,
+};
+
+#define NETNSA_MAX		(__NETNSA_MAX - 1)
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_NET_NAMESPACE_H_ */
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
index a1d1859..5cc5d66 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ enum {
 	RTM_GETMDB = 86,
 #define RTM_GETMDB RTM_GETMDB
 
+	RTM_NEWNSID = 88,
+#define RTM_NEWNSID RTM_NEWNSID
+	RTM_GETNSID = 90,
+#define RTM_GETNSID RTM_GETNSID
+
 	__RTM_MAX,
 #define RTM_MAX		(((__RTM_MAX + 3) & ~3) - 1)
 };