+static ssize_t store_ifalias(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+ struct net_device *netdev = to_net_dev(dev);
+ size_t count = len;
+ ssize_t ret;
+
+ if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ /* ignore trailing newline */
+ if (len > 0 && buf[len - 1] == '\n')
+ --count;
+
+ rtnl_lock();
+ ret = dev_set_alias(netdev, buf, count);
+ rtnl_unlock();
+
+ return ret < 0 ? ret : len;
+}
+
+static ssize_t show_ifalias(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ const struct net_device *netdev = to_net_dev(dev);
+ ssize_t ret = 0;
+
+ rtnl_lock();
+ if (netdev->ifalias)
+ ret = sprintf(buf, "%s\n", netdev->ifalias);
+ rtnl_unlock();
+ return ret;
+}
+