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| author | Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com> | 2014-10-26 09:37:08 +0100 |
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| committer | Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> | 2014-10-26 17:24:04 +0100 |
| commit | ed0a5dce0c29f30ee53a87793206156cf38ae70d (patch) | |
| tree | bb2f9e7a5c1017679f7918cd665b2c825550f6c7 /include/net/mac802154.h | |
| parent | mac802154: tx: fix error handling while xmit (diff) | |
| download | linux-ed0a5dce0c29f30ee53a87793206156cf38ae70d.tar.xz linux-ed0a5dce0c29f30ee53a87793206156cf38ae70d.zip | |
mac802154: tx: add support for xmit_async callback
This patch renames the existsing xmit callback to xmit_sync and
introduces an asynchronous xmit_async function. If ieee802154_ops
doesn't provide the xmit_async callback, then we have a fallback to
the xmit_sync callback.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@gmail.com>
Cc: Alan Ott <alan@signal11.us>
Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/net/mac802154.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/mac802154.h | 17 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mac802154.h b/include/net/mac802154.h index 29af5c346ebf..57b120281afc 100644 --- a/include/net/mac802154.h +++ b/include/net/mac802154.h @@ -109,7 +109,16 @@ struct ieee802154_hw { * stop: Handler that 802.15.4 module calls for device cleanup. * This function is called after the last interface is removed. * - * xmit: Handler that 802.15.4 module calls for each transmitted frame. + * xmit_sync: + * Handler that 802.15.4 module calls for each transmitted frame. + * skb cntains the buffer starting from the IEEE 802.15.4 header. + * The low-level driver should send the frame based on available + * configuration. This is called by a workqueue and useful for + * synchronous 802.15.4 drivers. + * This function should return zero or negative errno. + * + * xmit_async: + * Handler that 802.15.4 module calls for each transmitted frame. * skb cntains the buffer starting from the IEEE 802.15.4 header. * The low-level driver should send the frame based on available * configuration. @@ -160,8 +169,10 @@ struct ieee802154_ops { struct module *owner; int (*start)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw); void (*stop)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw); - int (*xmit)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, - struct sk_buff *skb); + int (*xmit_sync)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, + struct sk_buff *skb); + int (*xmit_async)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, + struct sk_buff *skb); int (*ed)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, u8 *level); int (*set_channel)(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, int page, |