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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt index 92a3c3bd5ac3..810620153a44 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/rxrpc.txt @@ -975,6 +975,51 @@ The kernel interface functions are as follows: size should be set when the call is begun. tx_total_len may not be less than zero. + (*) Check to see the completion state of a call so that the caller can assess + whether it needs to be retried. + + enum rxrpc_call_completion { + RXRPC_CALL_SUCCEEDED, + RXRPC_CALL_REMOTELY_ABORTED, + RXRPC_CALL_LOCALLY_ABORTED, + RXRPC_CALL_LOCAL_ERROR, + RXRPC_CALL_NETWORK_ERROR, + }; + + int rxrpc_kernel_check_call(struct socket *sock, struct rxrpc_call *call, + enum rxrpc_call_completion *_compl, + u32 *_abort_code); + + On return, -EINPROGRESS will be returned if the call is still ongoing; if + it is finished, *_compl will be set to indicate the manner of completion, + *_abort_code will be set to any abort code that occurred. 0 will be + returned on a successful completion, -ECONNABORTED will be returned if the + client failed due to a remote abort and anything else will return an + appropriate error code. + + The caller should look at this information to decide if it's worth + retrying the call. + + (*) Retry a client call. + + int rxrpc_kernel_retry_call(struct socket *sock, + struct rxrpc_call *call, + struct sockaddr_rxrpc *srx, + struct key *key); + + This attempts to partially reinitialise a call and submit it again whilst + reusing the original call's Tx queue to avoid the need to repackage and + re-encrypt the data to be sent. call indicates the call to retry, srx the + new address to send it to and key the encryption key to use for signing or + encrypting the packets. + + For this to work, the first Tx data packet must still be in the transmit + queue, and currently this is only permitted for local and network errors + and the call must not have been aborted. Any partially constructed Tx + packet is left as is and can continue being filled afterwards. + + It returns 0 if the call was requeued and an error otherwise. + ======================= CONFIGURABLE PARAMETERS |