enum netdev_priv

enum netdev_priv_flags
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Name

enum netdev_priv_flags — struct net_device priv_flags

Synopsis

enum netdev_priv_flags {
  IFF_802_1Q_VLAN,
  IFF_EBRIDGE,
  IFF_BONDING,
  IFF_ISATAP,
  IFF_WAN_HDLC,
  IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE,
  IFF_DONT_BRIDGE,
  IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL,
  IFF_MACVLAN_PORT,
  IFF_BRIDGE_PORT,
  IFF_OVS_DATAPATH,
  IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING,
  IFF_UNICAST_FLT,
  IFF_TEAM_PORT,
  IFF_SUPP_NOFCS,
  IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE,
  IFF_MACVLAN,
  IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE_PERM,
  IFF_IPVLAN_MASTER,
  IFF_IPVLAN_SLAVE,
  IFF_L3MDEV_MASTER,
  IFF_NO_QUEUE,
  IFF_OPENVSWITCH,
  IFF_L3MDEV_SLAVE
};

Constants

IFF_802_1Q_VLAN: 802.1Q VLAN device
IFF_EBRIDGE: Ethernet bridging device
IFF_BONDING: bonding master or slave
IFF_ISATAP: ISATAP interface (RFC4214)
IFF_WAN_HDLC: WAN HDLC device
IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE: dev_hard_start_xmit is allowed to release skb->dst
IFF_DONT_BRIDGE: disallow bridging this ether dev
IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL: disable netpoll at run-time
IFF_MACVLAN_PORT: device used as macvlan port
IFF_BRIDGE_PORT: device used as bridge port
IFF_OVS_DATAPATH: device used as Open vSwitch datapath port
IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING: The interface supports sharing skbs on transmit
IFF_UNICAST_FLT: Supports unicast filtering
IFF_TEAM_PORT: device used as team port
IFF_SUPP_NOFCS: device supports sending custom FCS
IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE: device supports hardware address change when it's running
IFF_MACVLAN: Macvlan device
IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE_PERM: -- undescribed --
IFF_IPVLAN_MASTER: -- undescribed --
IFF_IPVLAN_SLAVE: -- undescribed --
IFF_L3MDEV_MASTER: device is an L3 master device
IFF_NO_QUEUE: device can run without qdisc attached
IFF_OPENVSWITCH: device is a Open vSwitch master
IFF_L3MDEV_SLAVE: device is enslaved to an L3 master device

Description

These are the struct net_device, they are only set internally by drivers and used in the kernel. These flags are invisible to userspace, this means that the order of these flags can change during any kernel release.

You should have a pretty good reason to be extending these flags.