1 /* dummy.c: a dummy net driver
3 The purpose of this driver is to provide a device to point a
4 route through, but not to actually transmit packets.
6 Why? If you have a machine whose only connection is an occasional
7 PPP/SLIP/PLIP link, you can only connect to your own hostname
8 when the link is up. Otherwise you have to use localhost.
9 This isn't very consistent.
11 One solution is to set up a dummy link using PPP/SLIP/PLIP,
12 but this seems (to me) too much overhead for too little gain.
13 This driver provides a small alternative. Thus you can do
15 [when not running slip]
16 ifconfig dummy slip.addr.ess.here up
21 This was written by looking at Donald Becker's skeleton driver
22 and the loopback driver. I then threw away anything that didn't
23 apply! Thanks to Alan Cox for the key clue on what to do with
26 Nick Holloway, 27th May 1994
27 [I tweaked this explanation a little but that's all]
28 Alan Cox, 30th May 1994
31 #include <linux/module.h>
32 #include <linux/kernel.h>
33 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
34 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
35 #include <linux/init.h>
36 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
37 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
38 #include <net/rtnetlink.h>
39 #include <linux/u64_stats_sync.h>
41 #define DRV_NAME "dummy"
42 #define DRV_VERSION "1.0"
44 static int numdummies = 1;
46 /* fake multicast ability */
47 static void set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
54 struct u64_stats_sync syncp;
57 static struct rtnl_link_stats64 *dummy_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev,
58 struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats)
62 for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
63 const struct pcpu_dstats *dstats;
67 dstats = per_cpu_ptr(dev->dstats, i);
69 start = u64_stats_fetch_begin_irq(&dstats->syncp);
70 tbytes = dstats->tx_bytes;
71 tpackets = dstats->tx_packets;
72 } while (u64_stats_fetch_retry_irq(&dstats->syncp, start));
73 stats->tx_bytes += tbytes;
74 stats->tx_packets += tpackets;
79 static netdev_tx_t dummy_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
81 struct pcpu_dstats *dstats = this_cpu_ptr(dev->dstats);
83 u64_stats_update_begin(&dstats->syncp);
85 dstats->tx_bytes += skb->len;
86 u64_stats_update_end(&dstats->syncp);
92 static int dummy_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
94 dev->dstats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct pcpu_dstats);
101 static void dummy_dev_uninit(struct net_device *dev)
103 free_percpu(dev->dstats);
106 static int dummy_change_carrier(struct net_device *dev, bool new_carrier)
109 netif_carrier_on(dev);
111 netif_carrier_off(dev);
115 static const struct net_device_ops dummy_netdev_ops = {
116 .ndo_init = dummy_dev_init,
117 .ndo_uninit = dummy_dev_uninit,
118 .ndo_start_xmit = dummy_xmit,
119 .ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
120 .ndo_set_rx_mode = set_multicast_list,
121 .ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
122 .ndo_get_stats64 = dummy_get_stats64,
123 .ndo_change_carrier = dummy_change_carrier,
126 static void dummy_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
127 struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
129 strlcpy(info->driver, DRV_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
130 strlcpy(info->version, DRV_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
133 static const struct ethtool_ops dummy_ethtool_ops = {
134 .get_drvinfo = dummy_get_drvinfo,
137 static void dummy_setup(struct net_device *dev)
141 /* Initialize the device structure. */
142 dev->netdev_ops = &dummy_netdev_ops;
143 dev->ethtool_ops = &dummy_ethtool_ops;
144 dev->destructor = free_netdev;
146 /* Fill in device structure with ethernet-generic values. */
147 dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
148 dev->flags &= ~IFF_MULTICAST;
149 dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE | IFF_NO_QUEUE;
150 dev->features |= NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST;
151 dev->features |= NETIF_F_ALL_TSO | NETIF_F_UFO;
152 dev->features |= NETIF_F_HW_CSUM | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA | NETIF_F_LLTX;
153 dev->features |= NETIF_F_GSO_ENCAP_ALL;
154 dev->hw_features |= dev->features;
155 dev->hw_enc_features |= dev->features;
156 eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
159 static int dummy_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
161 if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) {
162 if (nla_len(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) != ETH_ALEN)
164 if (!is_valid_ether_addr(nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS])))
165 return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
170 static struct rtnl_link_ops dummy_link_ops __read_mostly = {
172 .setup = dummy_setup,
173 .validate = dummy_validate,
176 /* Number of dummy devices to be set up by this module. */
177 module_param(numdummies, int, 0);
178 MODULE_PARM_DESC(numdummies, "Number of dummy pseudo devices");
180 static int __init dummy_init_one(void)
182 struct net_device *dev_dummy;
185 dev_dummy = alloc_netdev(0, "dummy%d", NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, dummy_setup);
189 dev_dummy->rtnl_link_ops = &dummy_link_ops;
190 err = register_netdevice(dev_dummy);
196 free_netdev(dev_dummy);
200 static int __init dummy_init_module(void)
205 err = __rtnl_link_register(&dummy_link_ops);
209 for (i = 0; i < numdummies && !err; i++) {
210 err = dummy_init_one();
214 __rtnl_link_unregister(&dummy_link_ops);
222 static void __exit dummy_cleanup_module(void)
224 rtnl_link_unregister(&dummy_link_ops);
227 module_init(dummy_init_module);
228 module_exit(dummy_cleanup_module);
229 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
230 MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK(DRV_NAME);
231 MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);