+static int ifb_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
+{
+ if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) {
+ if (nla_len(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) != ETH_ALEN)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS])))
+ return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static struct rtnl_link_ops ifb_link_ops __read_mostly = {
+ .kind = "ifb",
+ .priv_size = sizeof(struct ifb_private),
+ .setup = ifb_setup,
+ .validate = ifb_validate,
+};
+
+/* Number of ifb devices to be set up by this module. */
+module_param(numifbs, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(numifbs, "Number of ifb devices");
+