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| author | Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com> | 2013-12-11 05:45:41 +0100 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2013-12-11 06:17:42 +0100 |
| commit | 37cb0620073cb64101d9307931c135c70b2e3f04 (patch) | |
| tree | 302cb1bf079ddf1b09dd79cb965d55566d2b75a5 /net/tipc/bearer.h | |
| parent | tipc: improve naming and comment consistency in media layer (diff) | |
| download | linux-37cb0620073cb64101d9307931c135c70b2e3f04.tar.xz linux-37cb0620073cb64101d9307931c135c70b2e3f04.zip | |
tipc: remove TIPC usage of field af_packet_priv in struct net_device
TIPC is currently using the field 'af_packet_priv' in struct net_device
as a handle to find the bearer instance associated to the given network
device. But, by doing so it is blocking other networking cleanups, such
as the one discussed here:
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/178044/
This commit removes this usage from TIPC. Instead, we introduce a new
field, 'tipc_ptr', to the net_device structure, to serve this purpose.
When TIPC bearer is enabled, the bearer object is associated to
'tipc_ptr'. When a TIPC packet arrives in the recv_msg() upcall
from a networking device, the bearer object can now be obtained from
'tipc_ptr'. When a bearer is disabled, the bearer object is detached
from its underlying network device by setting 'tipc_ptr' to NULL.
Additionally, an RCU lock is used to protect the new pointer.
Henceforth, the existing tipc_net_lock is used in write mode to
serialize write accesses to this pointer, while the new RCU lock is
applied on the read side to ensure that the pointer is 100% valid
within its wrapped area for all readers.
Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Reviewed-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/tipc/bearer.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/tipc/bearer.h | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.h b/net/tipc/bearer.h index e50266aa4d10..91b8d8b92373 100644 --- a/net/tipc/bearer.h +++ b/net/tipc/bearer.h @@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ struct tipc_media { /** * struct tipc_bearer - Generic TIPC bearer structure + * @dev: ptr to associated network device * @usr_handle: pointer to additional media-specific information about bearer * @mtu: max packet size bearer can support * @lock: spinlock for controlling access to bearer @@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ struct tipc_media { * care of initializing all other fields. */ struct tipc_bearer { + struct net_device *dev; void *usr_handle; /* initalized by media */ u32 mtu; /* initalized by media */ struct tipc_media_addr addr; /* initalized by media */ |