@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ type driverData struct {

 }

 type ipamData struct {

-	driver ipamapi.Ipam

+	driver     ipamapi.Ipam

+	capability *ipamapi.Capability

 	// default address spaces are provided by ipam driver at registration time

 	defaultLocalAddressSpace, defaultGlobalAddressSpace string

 }

@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ func (c *controller) RegisterDriver(networkType string, driver driverapi.Driver,

 	return nil

 }

-func (c *controller) RegisterIpamDriver(name string, driver ipamapi.Ipam) error {

+func (c *controller) registerIpamDriver(name string, driver ipamapi.Ipam, caps *ipamapi.Capability) error {

 	if !config.IsValidName(name) {

 		return ErrInvalidName(name)

 	}

@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ func (c *controller) RegisterIpamDriver(name string, driver ipamapi.Ipam) error

 		return types.InternalErrorf("ipam driver %q failed to return default address spaces: %v", name, err)

 	}

 	c.Lock()

-	c.ipamDrivers[name] = &ipamData{driver: driver, defaultLocalAddressSpace: locAS, defaultGlobalAddressSpace: glbAS}

+	c.ipamDrivers[name] = &ipamData{driver: driver, defaultLocalAddressSpace: locAS, defaultGlobalAddressSpace: glbAS, capability: caps}

 	c.Unlock()

 	log.Debugf("Registering ipam driver: %q", name)

@@ -330,6 +331,14 @@ func (c *controller) RegisterIpamDriver(name string, driver ipamapi.Ipam) error

 	return nil

 }

+func (c *controller) RegisterIpamDriver(name string, driver ipamapi.Ipam) error {

+	return c.registerIpamDriver(name, driver, &ipamapi.Capability{})

+}

+

+func (c *controller) RegisterIpamDriverWithCapabilities(name string, driver ipamapi.Ipam, caps *ipamapi.Capability) error {

+	return c.registerIpamDriver(name, driver, caps)

+}

+

 // NewNetwork creates a new network of the specified network type. The options

 // are network specific and modeled in a generic way.

 func (c *controller) NewNetwork(networkType, name string, options ...NetworkOption) (Network, error) {

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Communication protocol is the same as the remote network driver.

 ## Handshake

-During driver registration, libnetwork will query the remote driver about the default local and global address spaces strings.

+During driver registration, libnetwork will query the remote driver about the default local and global address spaces strings, and about the driver capabilities.

 More detailed information can be found in the respective section in this document.

 ## Datastore Requirements

@@ -249,3 +249,27 @@ Where:

 * `PoolID` is the pool identifier

 * `Address` is the IP address to release

+

+

+### GetCapabilities

+

+During the driver registration, libnetwork will query the driver about its capabilities. It is not mandatory for the driver to support this URL endpoint. If driver does not support it, registration will succeed with empty capabilities automatically added to the internal driver handle.

+

+During registration, the remote driver will receive a POST message to the URL `/IpamDriver.GetCapabilities` with no payload. The driver's response should have the form:

+

+

+	{

+		"RequiresMACAddress": bool

+	}

+	

+	

+	

+## Capabilities

+

+Capabilities are requirements, features the remote ipam driver can express during registration with libnetwork.

+As of now libnetwork accepts the following capabilities:

+

+### RequiresMACAddress

+

+It is a boolean value which tells libnetwork whether the ipam driver needs to know the interface MAC address in order to properly process the `RequestAddress()` call.

+If true, on `CreateEndpoint()` request, libnetwork will generate a random MAC address for the endpoint (if an explicit MAC address was not already provided by the user) and pass it to `RequestAddress()` when requesting the IP address inside the options map. The key will be the `netlabel.MacAddress` constant: `"com.docker.network.endpoint.macaddress"`.

\ No newline at end of file

@@ -748,11 +748,8 @@ func (ep *endpoint) DataScope() string {

 	return ep.getNetwork().DataScope()

 }

-func (ep *endpoint) assignAddress(assignIPv4, assignIPv6 bool) error {

-	var (

-		ipam ipamapi.Ipam

-		err  error

-	)

+func (ep *endpoint) assignAddress(ipam ipamapi.Ipam, assignIPv4, assignIPv6 bool) error {

+	var err error

 	n := ep.getNetwork()

 	if n.Type() == "host" || n.Type() == "null" {

@@ -761,11 +758,6 @@ func (ep *endpoint) assignAddress(assignIPv4, assignIPv6 bool) error {

 	log.Debugf("Assigning addresses for endpoint %s's interface on network %s", ep.Name(), n.Name())

-	ipam, err = n.getController().getIpamDriver(n.ipamType)

-	if err != nil {

-		return err

-	}

-

 	if assignIPv4 {

 		if err = ep.assignAddressVersion(4, ipam); err != nil {

 			return err

@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ const (

 // Callback provides a Callback interface for registering an IPAM instance into LibNetwork

 type Callback interface {

-	// RegisterDriver provides a way for Remote drivers to dynamically register new NetworkType and associate with a ipam instance

+	// RegisterIpamDriver provides a way for Remote drivers to dynamically register with libnetwork

 	RegisterIpamDriver(name string, driver Ipam) error

+	// RegisterIpamDriverWithCapabilities provides a way for Remote drivers to dynamically register with libnetwork and specify cpaabilities

+	RegisterIpamDriverWithCapabilities(name string, driver Ipam, capability *Capability) error

 }

 /**************

@@ -70,3 +72,8 @@ type Ipam interface {

 	// Release the address from the specified pool ID

 	ReleaseAddress(string, net.IP) error

 }

+

+// Capability represents the requirements and capabilities of the IPAM driver

+type Capability struct {

+	RequiresMACAddress bool

+}

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@

 // messages between libnetwork and the remote ipam plugin

 package api

+import "github.com/docker/libnetwork/ipamapi"

+

 // Response is the basic response structure used in all responses

 type Response struct {

 	Error string

@@ -17,6 +19,17 @@ func (r *Response) GetError() string {

 	return r.Error

 }

+// GetCapabilityResponse is the response of GetCapability request

+type GetCapabilityResponse struct {

+	Response

+	RequiresMACAddress bool

+}

+

+// ToCapability converts the capability response into the internal ipam driver capaility structure

+func (capRes GetCapabilityResponse) ToCapability() *ipamapi.Capability {

+	return &ipamapi.Capability{RequiresMACAddress: capRes.RequiresMACAddress}

+}

+

 // GetAddressSpacesResponse is the response to the ``get default address spaces`` request message

 type GetAddressSpacesResponse struct {

 	Response

@@ -30,8 +30,17 @@ func newAllocator(name string, client *plugins.Client) ipamapi.Ipam {

 // Init registers a remote ipam when its plugin is activated

 func Init(cb ipamapi.Callback, l, g interface{}) error {

 	plugins.Handle(ipamapi.PluginEndpointType, func(name string, client *plugins.Client) {

-		if err := cb.RegisterIpamDriver(name, newAllocator(name, client)); err != nil {

-			log.Errorf("error registering remote ipam %s due to %v", name, err)

+		a := newAllocator(name, client)

+		if cps, err := a.(*allocator).getCapabilities(); err == nil {

+			if err := cb.RegisterIpamDriverWithCapabilities(name, a, cps); err != nil {

+				log.Errorf("error registering remote ipam driver %s due to %v", name, err)

+			}

+		} else {

+			log.Infof("remote ipam driver %s does not support capabilities", name)

+			log.Debug(err)

+			if err := cb.RegisterIpamDriver(name, a); err != nil {

+				log.Errorf("error registering remote ipam driver %s due to %v", name, err)

+			}

 		}

 	})

 	return nil

@@ -49,6 +58,14 @@ func (a *allocator) call(methodName string, arg interface{}, retVal PluginRespon

 	return nil

 }

+func (a *allocator) getCapabilities() (*ipamapi.Capability, error) {

+	var res api.GetCapabilityResponse

+	if err := a.call("GetCapabilities", nil, &res); err != nil {

+		return nil, err

+	}

+	return res.ToCapability(), nil

+}

+

 // GetDefaultAddressSpaces returns the local and global default address spaces

 func (a *allocator) GetDefaultAddressSpaces() (string, string, error) {

 	res := &api.GetAddressSpacesResponse{}

@@ -61,6 +61,53 @@ func setupPlugin(t *testing.T, name string, mux *http.ServeMux) func() {

 	}

 }

+func TestGetCapabilities(t *testing.T) {

+	var plugin = "test-ipam-driver-capabilities"

+

+	mux := http.NewServeMux()

+	defer setupPlugin(t, plugin, mux)()

+

+	handle(t, mux, "GetCapabilities", func(msg map[string]interface{}) interface{} {

+		return map[string]interface{}{

+			"RequiresMACAddress": true,

+		}

+	})

+

+	p, err := plugins.Get(plugin, ipamapi.PluginEndpointType)

+	if err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err)

+	}

+

+	d := newAllocator(plugin, p.Client)

+

+	caps, err := d.(*allocator).getCapabilities()

+	if err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err)

+	}

+

+	if !caps.RequiresMACAddress {

+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected capability: %v", caps)

+	}

+}

+

+func TestGetCapabilitiesFromLegacyDriver(t *testing.T) {

+	var plugin = "test-ipam-legacy-driver"

+

+	mux := http.NewServeMux()

+	defer setupPlugin(t, plugin, mux)()

+

+	p, err := plugins.Get(plugin, ipamapi.PluginEndpointType)

+	if err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err)

+	}

+

+	d := newAllocator(plugin, p.Client)

+

+	if _, err := d.(*allocator).getCapabilities(); err == nil {

+		t.Fatalf("Expected error, but got Success %v", err)

+	}

+}

+

 func TestGetDefaultAddressSpaces(t *testing.T) {

 	var plugin = "test-ipam-driver-addr-spaces"

@@ -34,6 +34,30 @@ func TestDriverRegistration(t *testing.T) {

 	}

 }

+func TestIpamDriverRegistration(t *testing.T) {

+	c, err := New()

+	if err != nil {

+		t.Fatal(err)

+	}

+	defer c.Stop()

+

+	err = c.(*controller).RegisterIpamDriver("", nil)

+	if err == nil {

+		t.Fatalf("Expected failure, but suceeded")

+	}

+	if _, ok := err.(types.BadRequestError); !ok {

+		t.Fatalf("Failed for unexpected reason: %v", err)

+	}

+

+	err = c.(*controller).RegisterIpamDriver(ipamapi.DefaultIPAM, nil)

+	if err == nil {

+		t.Fatalf("Expected failure, but suceeded")

+	}

+	if _, ok := err.(types.ForbiddenError); !ok {

+		t.Fatalf("Failed for unexpected reason: %v", err)

+	}

+}

+

 func TestNetworkMarshalling(t *testing.T) {

 	n := &network{

 		name:        "Miao",

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (

 	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/etchosts"

 	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/ipamapi"

 	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/netlabel"

+	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/netutils"

 	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/options"

 	"github.com/docker/libnetwork/types"

 )

@@ -678,7 +679,22 @@ func (n *network) CreateEndpoint(name string, options ...EndpointOption) (Endpoi

 		}

 	}

-	if err = ep.assignAddress(true, !n.postIPv6); err != nil {

+	ipam, err := n.getController().getIPAM(n.ipamType)

+	if err != nil {

+		return nil, err

+	}

+

+	if ipam.capability.RequiresMACAddress {

+		if ep.iface.mac == nil {

+			ep.iface.mac = netutils.GenerateRandomMAC()

+		}

+		if ep.ipamOptions == nil {

+			ep.ipamOptions = make(map[string]string)

+		}

+		ep.ipamOptions[netlabel.MacAddress] = ep.iface.mac.String()

+	}

+

+	if err = ep.assignAddress(ipam.driver, true, !n.postIPv6); err != nil {

 		return nil, err

 	}

 	defer func() {

@@ -698,7 +714,7 @@ func (n *network) CreateEndpoint(name string, options ...EndpointOption) (Endpoi

 		}

 	}()

-	if err = ep.assignAddress(false, n.postIPv6); err != nil {

+	if err = ep.assignAddress(ipam.driver, false, n.postIPv6); err != nil {

 		return nil, err

 	}