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iflib: Add support for SIOCGIFDOWNREASON IOCtl
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Authored by chandrakanth.patil_broadcom.com on Dec 3 2025, 11:17 AM.
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Summary

This change adds native support for the SIOCGIFDOWNREASON ioctl in iflib.

When ifconfig issues SIOCGIFDOWNREASON, the request is now routed through a
new driver callback (IFDI_GET_DOWNREASON). iflib allocates the ifdownreason
structure, calls the driver to fill the down-reason message, and then
returns the data back to ifconfig for display.

Without this change, iflib-based drivers cannot implement link-down reason
reporting even if the hardware provides the information.

No functional change for existing drivers unless they implement the new
IFDI_GET_DOWNREASON method. Existing drivers continue to behave as before.

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