virtio_net: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY feature bit

This feature bit can be used by hypervisor to indicate virtio_net device to
act as a standby for another device with the same MAC address.

VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY is defined as bit 62 as it is a device feature bit.
Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

drivers/net/virtio_net.c

@@ -3030,7 +3030,7 @@ static struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
 	VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE, VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ, \
 	VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR, \
 	VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS, \
-	VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX, VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY
 
 static unsigned int features[] = {
 	VIRTNET_FEATURES,

include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h

@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@
 					 * Steering */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR 23	/* Set MAC address */
 
+#define VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY	  62	/* Act as standby for another device
+					 * with the same MAC.
+					 */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_SPEED_DUPLEX 63	/* Device set linkspeed and duplex */
 
 #ifndef VIRTIO_NET_NO_LEGACY