dev: introduce dev_get_iflink()
The goal of this patch is to prepare the removal of the iflink field. It
introduces a new ndo function, which will be implemented by virtual interfaces.
There is no functional change into this patch. All readers of iflink field
now call dev_get_iflink().
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 5c9e94c..37b70e8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -4858,8 +4858,8 @@
(dev->addr_len &&
nla_put(skb, IFLA_ADDRESS, dev->addr_len, dev->dev_addr)) ||
nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_MTU, dev->mtu) ||
- (dev->ifindex != dev->iflink &&
- nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_LINK, dev->iflink)))
+ (dev->ifindex != dev_get_iflink(dev) &&
+ nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_LINK, dev_get_iflink(dev))))
goto nla_put_failure;
protoinfo = nla_nest_start(skb, IFLA_PROTINFO);
if (!protoinfo)