[iproute2-next v2 0/4] vdpa tool to query and set config layout

[Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>]

This series implements querying and setting of the mac address and mtu
device config fields of the vdpa device of type net.

An example of query and set as below.

$ vdpa dev add name bar mgmtdev vdpasim_net mac 00:11:22:33:44:55 mtu 9000

$ vdpa dev config show
bar: mac 00:11:22:33:44:55 link up link_announce false mtu 9000

$ vdpa dev config show -jp
{
    "config": {
        "bar": {
            "mac": "00:11:22:33:44:55",
            "link ": "up",
            "link_announce ": false,
            "mtu": 1500,
        }
    }
}

patch summary:
patch-1 updates the kernel headers
patch-2 implements the query command
patch-3 implements setting the mac address of vdpa dev config space
patch-4 implements setting the mtu of vdpa dev config space

changelog:
v1->v2:
 - addressed comments from David
 - added man page
 - using get_u16
 - using strcmp() instead of matches() for arguments

Parav Pandit (4):
  vdpa: Update kernel headers
  vdpa: Enable user to query vdpa device config layout
  vdpa: Enable user to set mac address of vdpa device
  vdpa: Enable user to set mtu of the vdpa device

 include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h |  81 ++++++++++++++
 man/man8/vdpa-dev.8             |  42 ++++++++
 vdpa/include/uapi/linux/vdpa.h  |   7 ++
 vdpa/vdpa.c                     | 184 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 305 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h

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