ip link: Show devices by type

Added new option 'type' to 'ip link show'
command which allows to filter devices by type:

    ip link show type bridge
    ip link show type vlan
Signed-off-by: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@gmail.com>

ip/ipaddress.c

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ static struct
 	int flushe;
 	int group;
 	int master;
+	char *kind;
 } filter;
 
 static int do_link;
@@ -189,6 +190,18 @@ static void print_linkmode(FILE *f, struct rtattr *tb)
 		fprintf(f, "mode %s ", link_modes[mode]);
 }
 
+static char *parse_link_kind(struct rtattr *tb)
+{
+	struct rtattr *linkinfo[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1];
+
+	parse_rtattr_nested(linkinfo, IFLA_INFO_MAX, tb);
+
+	if (linkinfo[IFLA_INFO_KIND])
+		return RTA_DATA(linkinfo[IFLA_INFO_KIND]);
+
+	return "";
+}
+
 static void print_linktype(FILE *fp, struct rtattr *tb)
 {
 	struct rtattr *linkinfo[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1];
@@ -551,6 +564,17 @@ int print_linkinfo(const struct sockaddr_nl *who,
 	else if (filter.master > 0)
 		return -1;
 
+	if (filter.kind) {
+		if (tb[IFLA_LINKINFO]) {
+			char *kind = parse_link_kind(tb[IFLA_LINKINFO]);
+
+			if (strcmp(kind, filter.kind))
+				return -1;
+		} else {
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (n->nlmsg_type == RTM_DELLINK)
 		fprintf(fp, "Deleted ");
 
@@ -1302,6 +1326,9 @@ static int ipaddr_list_flush_or_save(int argc, char **argv, int action)
 			if (!ifindex)
 				invarg("Device does not exist\n", *argv);
 			filter.master = ifindex;
+		} else if (do_link && strcmp(*argv, "type") == 0) {
+			NEXT_ARG();
+			filter.kind = *argv;
 		} else {
 			if (strcmp(*argv, "dev") == 0) {
 				NEXT_ARG();

ip/iplink.c

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void iplink_usage(void)
 	fprintf(stderr, "			  [ master DEVICE ]\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "			  [ nomaster ]\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "			  [ addrgenmode { eui64 | none } ]\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "       ip link show [ DEVICE | group GROUP ] [up] [master DEV]\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "       ip link show [ DEVICE | group GROUP ] [up] [master DEV] [type TYPE]\n");
 
 	if (iplink_have_newlink()) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "       ip link help [ TYPE ]\n");

man/man8/ip-link.8.in

@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ ip-link \- network device configuration
 .IR GROUP " | "
 .BR up " | "
 .B master
-.IR DEVICE " ]"
+.IR DEVICE " | "
+.B type
+.IR TYPE " ]"
 
 .ti -8
 .B ip link help
@@ -688,6 +690,11 @@ only display running interfaces.
 .I DEVICE
 specifies the master device which enslaves devices to show.
 
+.TP
+.BI type " TYPE "
+.I TYPE
+specifies the type of devices to show.
+
 .TP
 The show command has additional formatting options:
 
@@ -722,6 +729,16 @@ ip link show
 Shows the state of all network interfaces on the system.
 .RE
 .PP
+ip link show type bridge
+.RS 4
+Shows the bridge devices.
+.RE
+.PP
+ip link show type vlan
+.RS 4
+Shows the vlan devices.
+.RE
+.PP
 ip link set dev ppp0 mtu 1400
 .RS 4
 Change the MTU the ppp0 device.