net/tap-linux.c

/*
 * QEMU System Emulator
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
 * Copyright (c) 2009 Red Hat, Inc.
 *
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 */

#include "net/tap.h"
#include "net/tap-linux.h"

#include <net/if.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>

#include "sysemu.h"
#include "qemu-common.h"

int tap_open(char *ifname, int ifname_size, int *vnet_hdr, int vnet_hdr_required)
{
    struct ifreq ifr;
    int fd, ret;

    TFR(fd = open("/dev/net/tun", O_RDWR));
    if (fd < 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "warning: could not open /dev/net/tun: no virtual network emulation\n");
        return -1;
    }
    memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
    ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI;

    if (*vnet_hdr) {
        unsigned int features;

        if (ioctl(fd, TUNGETFEATURES, &features) == 0 &&
            features & IFF_VNET_HDR) {
            *vnet_hdr = 1;
            ifr.ifr_flags |= IFF_VNET_HDR;
        }

        if (vnet_hdr_required && !*vnet_hdr) {
            qemu_error("vnet_hdr=1 requested, but no kernel "
                       "support for IFF_VNET_HDR available");
            close(fd);
            return -1;
        }
    }

    if (ifname[0] != '\0')
        pstrcpy(ifr.ifr_name, IFNAMSIZ, ifname);
    else
        pstrcpy(ifr.ifr_name, IFNAMSIZ, "tap%d");
    ret = ioctl(fd, TUNSETIFF, (void *) &ifr);
    if (ret != 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "warning: could not configure /dev/net/tun: no virtual network emulation\n");
        close(fd);
        return -1;
    }
    pstrcpy(ifname, ifname_size, ifr.ifr_name);
    fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
    return fd;
}