From: Sriram Narasimhan <sriram.narasimhan@hp.com>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 12:36:29 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: iptuntap: allow creation of multi-queue tun/tap device
X-Git-Tag: v3.10.0~26
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c41e038f48a3da9d39df00614c2f7c9429cae5b1;p=thirdparty%2Fiproute2.git

iptuntap: allow creation of multi-queue tun/tap device

This patch adds multi_queue option to ip tuntap.
This allows IFF_MULTI_QUEUE flag to be specified during
tun/tap device creation enabling multi-queue support in tun/tap
device.

Example: ip tuntap add dev tap0 mode tap multi_queue

Signed-off-by: Sriram Narasimhan <sriram.narasimhan@hp.com>
---

diff --git a/ip/iptuntap.c b/ip/iptuntap.c
index 3d9ad7ded..2391af2bf 100644
--- a/ip/iptuntap.c
+++ b/ip/iptuntap.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static void usage(void)
 {
 	fprintf(stderr, "Usage: ip tuntap { add | del } [ dev PHYS_DEV ] \n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "          [ mode { tun | tap } ] [ user USER ] [ group GROUP ]\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "          [ one_queue ] [ pi ] [ vnet_hdr ]\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "          [ one_queue ] [ pi ] [ vnet_hdr ] [ multi_queue ]\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "Where: USER  := { STRING | NUMBER }\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "       GROUP := { STRING | NUMBER }\n");
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ static int parse_args(int argc, char **argv, struct ifreq *ifr, uid_t *uid, gid_
 			ifr->ifr_flags |= IFF_ONE_QUEUE;
 		} else if (matches(*argv, "vnet_hdr") == 0) {
 			ifr->ifr_flags |= IFF_VNET_HDR;
+		} else if (matches(*argv, "multi_queue") == 0) {
+			ifr->ifr_flags |= IFF_MULTI_QUEUE;
 		} else if (matches(*argv, "dev") == 0) {
 			NEXT_ARG();
 			strncpy(ifr->ifr_name, *argv, IFNAMSIZ-1);