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,
IFF_TEAM,
IFF_RXFH_CONFIGURED,
IFF_PHONY_HEADROOM,
IFF_MACSEC
};

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

IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE not taking into account underlying stacked devices

IFF_IPVLAN_MASTER

IPvlan master device

IFF_IPVLAN_SLAVE

IPvlan slave device

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

IFF_TEAM

device is a team device

IFF_RXFH_CONFIGURED

device has had Rx Flow indirection table configured

IFF_PHONY_HEADROOM

the headroom value is controlled by an external entity (i.e. the master device for bridged veth)

IFF_MACSEC

device is a MACsec 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.

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