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 <linux/net_tstamp.h>
39 #include <net/rtnetlink.h>
40 #include <linux/u64_stats_sync.h>
42 #define DRV_NAME "dummy"
43 #define DRV_VERSION "1.0"
45 static int numdummies = 1;
47 /* fake multicast ability */
48 static void set_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
55 struct u64_stats_sync syncp;
58 static void dummy_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev,
59 struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats)
63 for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
64 const struct pcpu_dstats *dstats;
68 dstats = per_cpu_ptr(dev->dstats, i);
70 start = u64_stats_fetch_begin_irq(&dstats->syncp);
71 tbytes = dstats->tx_bytes;
72 tpackets = dstats->tx_packets;
73 } while (u64_stats_fetch_retry_irq(&dstats->syncp, start));
74 stats->tx_bytes += tbytes;
75 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);
88 skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
93 static int dummy_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
95 dev->dstats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct pcpu_dstats);
102 static void dummy_dev_uninit(struct net_device *dev)
104 free_percpu(dev->dstats);
107 static int dummy_change_carrier(struct net_device *dev, bool new_carrier)
110 netif_carrier_on(dev);
112 netif_carrier_off(dev);
116 static const struct net_device_ops dummy_netdev_ops = {
117 .ndo_init = dummy_dev_init,
118 .ndo_uninit = dummy_dev_uninit,
119 .ndo_start_xmit = dummy_xmit,
120 .ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
121 .ndo_set_rx_mode = set_multicast_list,
122 .ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
123 .ndo_get_stats64 = dummy_get_stats64,
124 .ndo_change_carrier = dummy_change_carrier,
127 static void dummy_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
128 struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
130 strlcpy(info->driver, DRV_NAME, sizeof(info->driver));
131 strlcpy(info->version, DRV_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
134 static int dummy_get_ts_info(struct net_device *dev,
135 struct ethtool_ts_info *ts_info)
137 ts_info->so_timestamping = SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_SOFTWARE |
138 SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_SOFTWARE |
139 SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE;
141 ts_info->phc_index = -1;
146 static const struct ethtool_ops dummy_ethtool_ops = {
147 .get_drvinfo = dummy_get_drvinfo,
148 .get_ts_info = dummy_get_ts_info,
151 static void dummy_setup(struct net_device *dev)
155 /* Initialize the device structure. */
156 dev->netdev_ops = &dummy_netdev_ops;
157 dev->ethtool_ops = &dummy_ethtool_ops;
158 dev->needs_free_netdev = true;
160 /* Fill in device structure with ethernet-generic values. */
161 dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
162 dev->flags &= ~IFF_MULTICAST;
163 dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE | IFF_NO_QUEUE;
164 dev->features |= NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST;
165 dev->features |= NETIF_F_ALL_TSO;
166 dev->features |= NETIF_F_HW_CSUM | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA | NETIF_F_LLTX;
167 dev->features |= NETIF_F_GSO_ENCAP_ALL;
168 dev->hw_features |= dev->features;
169 dev->hw_enc_features |= dev->features;
170 eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
176 static int dummy_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
177 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
179 if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) {
180 if (nla_len(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) != ETH_ALEN)
182 if (!is_valid_ether_addr(nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS])))
183 return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
188 static struct rtnl_link_ops dummy_link_ops __read_mostly = {
190 .setup = dummy_setup,
191 .validate = dummy_validate,
194 /* Number of dummy devices to be set up by this module. */
195 module_param(numdummies, int, 0);
196 MODULE_PARM_DESC(numdummies, "Number of dummy pseudo devices");
198 static int __init dummy_init_one(void)
200 struct net_device *dev_dummy;
203 dev_dummy = alloc_netdev(0, "dummy%d", NET_NAME_ENUM, dummy_setup);
207 dev_dummy->rtnl_link_ops = &dummy_link_ops;
208 err = register_netdevice(dev_dummy);
214 free_netdev(dev_dummy);
218 static int __init dummy_init_module(void)
222 down_write(&pernet_ops_rwsem);
224 err = __rtnl_link_register(&dummy_link_ops);
228 for (i = 0; i < numdummies && !err; i++) {
229 err = dummy_init_one();
233 __rtnl_link_unregister(&dummy_link_ops);
237 up_write(&pernet_ops_rwsem);
242 static void __exit dummy_cleanup_module(void)
244 rtnl_link_unregister(&dummy_link_ops);
247 module_init(dummy_init_module);
248 module_exit(dummy_cleanup_module);
249 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
250 MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK(DRV_NAME);
251 MODULE_VERSION(DRV_VERSION);