diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
index 416c5d59f52eaf02081b88901cb0f165713e7e6a..d322b0581194a64a3e9791ef7864d17a95cce985 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+What:		/sys/class/net/<iface>/name_assign_type
+Date:		July 2014
+KernelVersion:	3.17
+Contact:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+		Indicates the name assignment type. Possible values are:
+		1: enumerated by the kernel, possibly in an unpredictable way
+		2: predictably named by the kernel
+		3: named by userspace
+		4: renamed
+
 What:		/sys/class/net/<iface>/addr_assign_type
 Date:		July 2010
 KernelVersion:	3.2
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 3a320db96180f859468d246aef6a1f4d5c9df49d..9be34732142ff49fd0292192aadda1d1cb7e81d2 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1381,6 +1381,8 @@ struct net_device {
 	struct kset		*queues_kset;
 #endif
 
+	unsigned char		name_assign_type;
+
 	bool			uc_promisc;
 	unsigned int		promiscuity;
 	unsigned int		allmulti;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netdevice.h b/include/uapi/linux/netdevice.h
index fdfbd1c17065e33fb45a3e70ebcc6d9cf6891dac..55818543342d4ec794023977f3c70842ab4917e9 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
 #define INIT_NETDEV_GROUP	0
 
 
+/* interface name assignment types (sysfs name_assign_type attribute) */
+#define NET_NAME_UNKNOWN	0	/* unknown origin (not exposed to userspace) */
+#define NET_NAME_ENUM		1	/* enumerated by kernel */
+#define NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE	2	/* predictably named by the kernel */
+#define NET_NAME_USER		3	/* provided by user-space */
+#define NET_NAME_RENAMED	4	/* renamed by user-space */
 
 /* Media selection options. */
 enum {
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 1cac29ebb05ba5040c5ca0a9e90ff080a0b1ea76..7752f2ad49a5eacfbb686f7e4f5df30db69ba0a7 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -112,6 +112,25 @@ NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(ifindex, fmt_dec);
 NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(type, fmt_dec);
 NETDEVICE_SHOW_RO(link_mode, fmt_dec);
 
+static ssize_t format_name_assign_type(const struct net_device *net, char *buf)
+{
+	return sprintf(buf, fmt_dec, net->name_assign_type);
+}
+
+static ssize_t name_assign_type_show(struct device *dev,
+				     struct device_attribute *attr,
+				     char *buf)
+{
+	struct net_device *net = to_net_dev(dev);
+	ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	if (net->name_assign_type != NET_NAME_UNKNOWN)
+		ret = netdev_show(dev, attr, buf, format_name_assign_type);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(name_assign_type);
+
 /* use same locking rules as GIFHWADDR ioctl's */
 static ssize_t address_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			    char *buf)
@@ -387,6 +406,7 @@ static struct attribute *net_class_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_dev_port.attr,
 	&dev_attr_iflink.attr,
 	&dev_attr_ifindex.attr,
+	&dev_attr_name_assign_type.attr,
 	&dev_attr_addr_assign_type.attr,
 	&dev_attr_addr_len.attr,
 	&dev_attr_link_mode.attr,