tipc: let broadcast packet reception use new link receive function

The code path for receiving broadcast packets is currently distinct
from the unicast path. This leads to unnecessary code and data
duplication, something that can be avoided with some effort.

We now introduce separate per-peer tipc_link instances for handling
broadcast packet reception. Each receive link keeps a pointer to the
common, single, broadcast link instance, and can hence handle release
and retransmission of send buffers as if they belonged to the own
instance.

Furthermore, we let each unicast link instance keep a reference to both
the pertaining broadcast receive link, and to the common send link.
This makes it possible for the unicast links to easily access data for
broadcast link synchronization, as well as for carrying acknowledges for
received broadcast packets.

Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Reviewed-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
This commit is contained in:
Jon Paul Maloy
2015-10-22 08:51:41 -04:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent fd556f209a
commit 5266698661
9 changed files with 615 additions and 220 deletions

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@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ int tipc_buf_append(struct sk_buff **headbuf, struct sk_buff **buf)
*buf = NULL;
return 0;
err:
pr_warn_ratelimited("Unable to build fragment list\n");
kfree_skb(*buf);
kfree_skb(*headbuf);
*buf = *headbuf = NULL;