+ return netdev_get_dev(netdev)->name;
+}
+
+/* Retrieves the MTU of 'netdev'. The MTU is the maximum size of transmitted
+ * (and received) packets, in bytes, not including the hardware header; thus,
+ * this is typically 1500 bytes for Ethernet devices.
+ *
+ * If successful, returns 0 and stores the MTU size in '*mtup'. Returns
+ * EOPNOTSUPP if 'netdev' does not have an MTU (as e.g. some tunnels do not).
+ * On other failure, returns a positive errno value. On failure, sets '*mtup'
+ * to 0. */
+int
+netdev_get_mtu(const struct netdev *netdev, int *mtup)
+{
+ const struct netdev_class *class = netdev_get_dev(netdev)->netdev_class;
+ int error;
+
+ error = class->get_mtu ? class->get_mtu(netdev, mtup) : EOPNOTSUPP;
+ if (error) {
+ *mtup = 0;
+ if (error != EOPNOTSUPP) {
+ VLOG_WARN_RL(&rl, "failed to retrieve MTU for network device %s: "
+ "%s", netdev_get_name(netdev), strerror(error));
+ }
+ }
+ return error;
+}
+
+/* Sets the MTU of 'netdev'. The MTU is the maximum size of transmitted
+ * (and received) packets, in bytes.
+ *
+ * If successful, returns 0. Returns EOPNOTSUPP if 'netdev' does not have an
+ * MTU (as e.g. some tunnels do not). On other failure, returns a positive
+ * errno value. */
+int
+netdev_set_mtu(const struct netdev *netdev, int mtu)
+{
+ const struct netdev_class *class = netdev_get_dev(netdev)->netdev_class;
+ int error;
+
+ error = class->set_mtu ? class->set_mtu(netdev, mtu) : EOPNOTSUPP;
+ if (error && error != EOPNOTSUPP) {
+ VLOG_WARN_RL(&rl, "failed to retrieve MTU for network device %s: %s",
+ netdev_get_name(netdev), strerror(error));
+ }
+
+ return error;