netdev_upper_dev_link() is useful to manage lower/upper interfaces.
And this function internally validates looping, maximum depth.
All or most virtual interfaces that could have a real interface
(e.g. macsec, macvlan, ipvlan etc.) use lower/upper infrastructure.
Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>