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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 96 |
1 files changed, 87 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 0ae08d3f57e..1408a083fe4 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ int dev_alloc_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *name) * Change name of a device, can pass format strings "eth%d". * for wildcarding. */ -int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, char *newname) +int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname) { char oldname[IFNAMSIZ]; int err = 0; @@ -917,7 +917,6 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, char *newname) err = dev_alloc_name(dev, newname); if (err < 0) return err; - strcpy(newname, dev->name); } else if (__dev_get_by_name(net, newname)) return -EEXIST; @@ -955,6 +954,38 @@ rollback: } /** + * dev_set_alias - change ifalias of a device + * @dev: device + * @alias: name up to IFALIASZ + * @len: limit of bytes to copy from info + * + * Set ifalias for a device, + */ +int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *dev, const char *alias, size_t len) +{ + ASSERT_RTNL(); + + if (len >= IFALIASZ) + return -EINVAL; + + if (!len) { + if (dev->ifalias) { + kfree(dev->ifalias); + dev->ifalias = NULL; + } + return 0; + } + + dev->ifalias = krealloc(dev->ifalias, len+1, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!dev->ifalias) + return -ENOMEM; + + strlcpy(dev->ifalias, alias, len+1); + return len; +} + + +/** * netdev_features_change - device changes features * @dev: device to cause notification * @@ -1676,14 +1707,14 @@ static u16 simple_tx_hash(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb) } switch (skb->protocol) { - case __constant_htons(ETH_P_IP): + case htons(ETH_P_IP): if (!(ip_hdr(skb)->frag_off & htons(IP_MF | IP_OFFSET))) ip_proto = ip_hdr(skb)->protocol; addr1 = ip_hdr(skb)->saddr; addr2 = ip_hdr(skb)->daddr; ihl = ip_hdr(skb)->ihl; break; - case __constant_htons(ETH_P_IPV6): + case htons(ETH_P_IPV6): ip_proto = ipv6_hdr(skb)->nexthdr; addr1 = ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr.s6_addr32[3]; addr2 = ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr.s6_addr32[3]; @@ -3306,6 +3337,12 @@ static void dev_addr_discard(struct net_device *dev) netif_addr_unlock_bh(dev); } +/** + * dev_get_flags - get flags reported to userspace + * @dev: device + * + * Get the combination of flag bits exported through APIs to userspace. + */ unsigned dev_get_flags(const struct net_device *dev) { unsigned flags; @@ -3330,6 +3367,14 @@ unsigned dev_get_flags(const struct net_device *dev) return flags; } +/** + * dev_change_flags - change device settings + * @dev: device + * @flags: device state flags + * + * Change settings on device based state flags. The flags are + * in the userspace exported format. + */ int dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned flags) { int ret, changes; @@ -3399,6 +3444,13 @@ int dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned flags) return ret; } +/** + * dev_set_mtu - Change maximum transfer unit + * @dev: device + * @new_mtu: new transfer unit + * + * Change the maximum transfer size of the network device. + */ int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu) { int err; @@ -3423,6 +3475,13 @@ int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu) return err; } +/** + * dev_set_mac_address - Change Media Access Control Address + * @dev: device + * @sa: new address + * + * Change the hardware (MAC) address of the device + */ int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa) { int err; @@ -4311,7 +4370,12 @@ void free_netdev(struct net_device *dev) put_device(&dev->dev); } -/* Synchronize with packet receive processing. */ +/** + * synchronize_net - Synchronize with packet receive processing + * + * Wait for packets currently being received to be done. + * Does not block later packets from starting. + */ void synchronize_net(void) { might_sleep(); @@ -4613,7 +4677,7 @@ netdev_dma_event(struct dma_client *client, struct dma_chan *chan, } /** - * netdev_dma_regiser - register the networking subsystem as a DMA client + * netdev_dma_register - register the networking subsystem as a DMA client */ static int __init netdev_dma_register(void) { @@ -4659,6 +4723,12 @@ int netdev_compute_features(unsigned long all, unsigned long one) one |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE; one |= NETIF_F_GSO; + /* + * If even one device supports a GSO protocol with software fallback, + * enable it for all. + */ + all |= one & NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE; + /* If even one device supports robust GSO, enable it for all. */ if (one & NETIF_F_GSO_ROBUST) all |= NETIF_F_GSO_ROBUST; @@ -4708,10 +4778,18 @@ err_name: return -ENOMEM; } -char *netdev_drivername(struct net_device *dev, char *buffer, int len) +/** + * netdev_drivername - network driver for the device + * @dev: network device + * @buffer: buffer for resulting name + * @len: size of buffer + * + * Determine network driver for device. + */ +char *netdev_drivername(const struct net_device *dev, char *buffer, int len) { - struct device_driver *driver; - struct device *parent; + const struct device_driver *driver; + const struct device *parent; if (len <= 0 || !buffer) return buffer; |