[SRU] [B/C] [PATCH 0/1] Allow userspace to change tun's carrier state

Kai-Heng Feng kai.heng.feng at canonical.com
Wed Mar 6 18:00:17 UTC 2019


BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1806392

[Impact]
Userspace cannot change tun's carrier state.

[Fix]
Add .ndo_change_carrier callback for tun.

[Test]
User confirm the backport works.

[Regression Potential]
Low. It add a new function and a new case switch for ioctl, but the new
code doesn't affect existing behavior.

Nicolas Dichtel (1):
  tun: implement carrier change

 drivers/net/tun.c           | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 include/uapi/linux/if_tun.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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2.17.1




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