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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>2008-11-19 21:32:24 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-11-19 21:32:24 -0800
commitd314774cf2cd5dfeb39a00d37deee65d4c627927 (patch)
tree1c7778b509cea814aa2b7115949667941037d07c /net/core/rtnetlink.c
parent6b41e7dd90c6a628ab5fb8d781302d60a243b2ce (diff)
netdev: network device operations infrastructure
This patch changes the network device internal API to move adminstrative operations out of the network device structure and into a separate structure. This patch involves some hackery to maintain compatablity between the new and old model, so all 300+ drivers don't have to be changed at once. For drivers that aren't converted yet, the netdevice_ops virt function list still resides in the net_device structure. For old protocols, the new net_device_ops are copied out to the old net_device pointers. After the transistion is completed the nag message can be changed to an WARN_ON, and the compatiablity code can be made configurable. Some function pointers aren't moved: * destructor can't be in net_device_ops because it may need to be referenced after the module is unloaded. * neighbor setup is manipulated in a couple of places that need special consideration * hard_start_xmit is in the fast path for transmit. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/rtnetlink.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 4dfb6b4d455..6f8e0778e56 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -762,6 +762,7 @@ static int validate_linkmsg(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[])
static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
struct nlattr **tb, char *ifname, int modified)
{
+ const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
int send_addr_notify = 0;
int err;
@@ -783,7 +784,7 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
struct rtnl_link_ifmap *u_map;
struct ifmap k_map;
- if (!dev->set_config) {
+ if (!ops->ndo_set_config) {
err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
goto errout;
}
@@ -801,7 +802,7 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
k_map.dma = (unsigned char) u_map->dma;
k_map.port = (unsigned char) u_map->port;
- err = dev->set_config(dev, &k_map);
+ err = ops->ndo_set_config(dev, &k_map);
if (err < 0)
goto errout;
@@ -812,7 +813,7 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
struct sockaddr *sa;
int len;
- if (!dev->set_mac_address) {
+ if (!ops->ndo_set_mac_address) {
err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
goto errout;
}
@@ -831,7 +832,7 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
sa->sa_family = dev->type;
memcpy(sa->sa_data, nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]),
dev->addr_len);
- err = dev->set_mac_address(dev, sa);
+ err = ops->ndo_set_mac_address(dev, sa);
kfree(sa);
if (err)
goto errout;