if_tun: add TUNSETVNETLE/TUNGETVNETLE
authorMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:05:01 +0000 (15:05 +0200)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:19:41 +0000 (11:19 -0500)
commit5eea84f478537de769330079dc068414f9d417f4
treee41a7f8c33e87894ce9cd99a46388766d8db331e
parent39ec7de7092ba9789f211d112a66bd19d4cb5d36
if_tun: add TUNSETVNETLE/TUNGETVNETLE

ifreq flags field is only 16 bit wide, so setting IFF_VNET_LE there has
no effect:
doesn't fit in two bytes.

The tests passed apparently because they have an even number of bugs,
all cancelling out.

Luckily we didn't release a kernel with this flag, so it's
not too late to fix this.

Add TUNSETVNETLE/TUNGETVNETLE to really achieve the purpose
of IFF_VNET_LE.

This has an added benefit that if we ever want a BE flag,
we won't have to deal with weird configurations like
setting both LE and BE at the same time.

IFF_VNET_LE will be dropped in a follow-up patch.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
include/uapi/linux/if_tun.h