[PATCH v3] netifd: add devtype to ubus call

Hans Dedecker dedeckeh at gmail.com
Sat Dec 25 11:44:02 PST 2021


Hi Florian,

Can you create the patch against the netifd repo ?
Further comments inline

Hans

On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 4:18 PM Florian Eckert <fe at dev.tdt.de> wrote:
>
> Every network device has a type. There is no standard interface here.
> The type can be determined either from the file
> '/sys/class/net/<device>/uevent' or, if no information is found
> there, from the file '/sys/class/net/<device>/type'.
>
> This new function first checks whether there is a DEVTYPE=<type> sring in
> the 'uevent' file and uses it. If it does not find this information,
> the 'type' is used as a fallback and mapped the number to a character
> sequence.
>
> This new 'devtype' information can be found in the network.device ubus
> call.
>
> Command:
> ubus call network.device status
>
> Output:
> {
>         "eth0": {
>                 "devtype": "ethernet",
>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Eckert <fe at dev.tdt.de>
> ---
> v2:
>   - Remove debug log output
> v3:
>   - Use the information mainly from file 'uevnet'.
>   - If 'uevent' does not provide the information use file 'type'
>  ...-system-linux-add-interface-protocol.patch | 107 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 107 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 package/network/config/netifd/patches/001-system-linux-add-interface-protocol.patch
>
> diff --git a/package/network/config/netifd/patches/001-system-linux-add-interface-protocol.patch b/package/network/config/netifd/patches/001-system-linux-add-interface-protocol.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..62662b3df3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/package/network/config/netifd/patches/001-system-linux-add-interface-protocol.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
> +--- a/system-linux.c
> ++++ b/system-linux.c
> +@@ -2395,6 +2395,50 @@ system_if_force_external(const char *ifn
> +       return stat(dev_sysfs_path(ifname, "phy80211"), &s) == 0;
> + }
> +
> ++static inline unsigned short
> ++system_netdevtype_to_pos(unsigned short dev_type)
> ++{
> ++      int i;
> ++
> ++      for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(netdev_type_number); i++)
> ++              if (netdev_type_number[i] == dev_type)
> ++                      return i;
> ++      /* the last key is used by default */
> ++      return ARRAY_SIZE(netdev_type_number) - 1;
> ++}
> ++
> ++static void
> ++system_add_devtype(struct blob_buf *b, const char *ifname)
> ++{
> ++      char buf[100];
> ++      bool found = false;
> ++
> ++      if (!system_get_dev_sysfs("uevent", ifname, buf, sizeof(buf))) {
> ++              const char *info = "DEVTYPE=";
> ++              char* context = NULL;
> ++              const char *line = strtok_r(buf, "\r\n", &context);
> ++              while( line != NULL ) {
nitpick: keep coding style consistent by using a white space after
while and before the bracket
> ++                      char *index = strstr(line, info);
> ++                      if(index != NULL) {
nitpick: use a white space after if
> ++                              blobmsg_add_string(b, "devtype", index + strlen(info));
> ++                              found = true;
> ++                              break;
> ++                      }
> ++                      line = strtok_r(NULL, "\r\n", &context);
> ++              }
> ++      }
> ++
> ++      if (!found) {
> ++              int i;
> ++              unsigned short number = 0;
> ++              if (!system_get_dev_sysfs("type", ifname, buf, sizeof(buf))) {
> ++                      number = strtoul(buf, NULL, 0);
> ++                      i = system_netdevtype_to_pos(number);
> ++                      blobmsg_add_string(b, "devtype", netdev_type_name[i]);
> ++              }
> ++      }
> ++}
> ++
> + int
> + system_if_dump_info(struct device *dev, struct blob_buf *b)
> + {
> +@@ -2430,6 +2474,8 @@ system_if_dump_info(struct device *dev,
> +               blobmsg_add_u8(b, "autoneg", !!ecmd.autoneg);
> +       }
> +
> ++      system_add_devtype(b, dev->ifname);
> ++
> +       return 0;
> + }
> +
> +--- a/system.h
> ++++ b/system.h
> +@@ -23,6 +23,42 @@
> + #include "iprule.h"
> + #include "utils.h"
> +
> ++static const unsigned short netdev_type_number[] = {
> ++      ARPHRD_NETROM, ARPHRD_ETHER, ARPHRD_EETHER, ARPHRD_AX25,
> ++      ARPHRD_PRONET, ARPHRD_CHAOS, ARPHRD_IEEE802, ARPHRD_ARCNET,
> ++      ARPHRD_APPLETLK, ARPHRD_DLCI, ARPHRD_ATM, ARPHRD_METRICOM,
> ++      ARPHRD_IEEE1394, ARPHRD_EUI64, ARPHRD_INFINIBAND, ARPHRD_SLIP,
> ++      ARPHRD_CSLIP, ARPHRD_SLIP6, ARPHRD_CSLIP6, ARPHRD_RSRVD,
> ++      ARPHRD_ADAPT, ARPHRD_ROSE, ARPHRD_X25, ARPHRD_HWX25,
> ++      ARPHRD_PPP, ARPHRD_CISCO, ARPHRD_LAPB, ARPHRD_DDCMP,
> ++      ARPHRD_RAWHDLC, ARPHRD_TUNNEL, ARPHRD_TUNNEL6, ARPHRD_FRAD,
> ++      ARPHRD_SKIP, ARPHRD_LOOPBACK, ARPHRD_LOCALTLK, ARPHRD_FDDI,
> ++      ARPHRD_BIF, ARPHRD_SIT, ARPHRD_IPDDP, ARPHRD_IPGRE,
> ++      ARPHRD_PIMREG, ARPHRD_HIPPI, ARPHRD_ASH, ARPHRD_ECONET,
> ++      ARPHRD_IRDA, ARPHRD_FCPP, ARPHRD_FCAL, ARPHRD_FCPL,
> ++      ARPHRD_FCFABRIC, ARPHRD_IEEE80211, ARPHRD_IEEE80211_PRISM,
> ++      ARPHRD_IEEE80211_RADIOTAP, ARPHRD_PHONET, ARPHRD_PHONET_PIPE,
> ++      ARPHRD_IEEE802154, ARPHRD_VOID, ARPHRD_NONE
> ++};
> ++
> ++static const char *const netdev_type_name[] = {
> ++      "netrom", "ethernet", "eethernet", "ax25",
> ++      "pronet", "chaos", "ieee802", "arcnet",
> ++      "appletlk", "dlci", "atm", "metricom",
> ++      "ieee1394", "eui64", "infiniband", "slip",
> ++      "cslip", "slip6", "cslip6", "rsrvd",
> ++      "adapt", "rose", "x25", "hwx25",
> ++      "ppp", "cisco", "lapb", "ddcmp",
> ++      "rawhdlc", "tunnel", "tunnel6", "frad",
> ++      "skip", "loopback", "localtlk", "fddi",
> ++      "bif", "sit", "ipddp", "ipgre",
> ++      "pimreg", "hippi", "ash", "econet",
> ++      "irda", "fcpp", "fcal", "fcpl",
> ++      "fcfabric", "ieee80211", "ie80211-prism",
> ++      "ieee80211-radiotap", "phonet", "phonet-pipe",
> ++      "ieee802154", "void", "none"
> ++};
Merge these two arrays into one array, each entry having the netdev
type number and the corresponding string.
Implement a function which uses the array and takes as argument the
netdev type number and returns the corresponding string
> ++
> + enum tunnel_param {
> +       TUNNEL_ATTR_TYPE,
> +       TUNNEL_ATTR_REMOTE,
> --
> 2.20.1
>



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