dev: introduce dev_get_iflink()

The goal of this patch is to prepare the removal of the iflink field. It
introduces a new ndo function, which will be implemented by virtual interfaces.

There is no functional change into this patch. All readers of iflink field
now call dev_get_iflink().

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Nicolas Dichtel
2015-04-02 17:07:00 +02:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 033f46b3c1
commit a54acb3a6f
11 changed files with 48 additions and 18 deletions

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@@ -1030,6 +1030,8 @@ typedef u16 (*select_queue_fallback_t)(struct net_device *dev,
* int queue_index, u32 maxrate);
* Called when a user wants to set a max-rate limitation of specific
* TX queue.
* int (*ndo_get_iflink)(const struct net_device *dev);
* Called to get the iflink value of this device.
*/
struct net_device_ops {
int (*ndo_init)(struct net_device *dev);
@@ -1191,6 +1193,7 @@ struct net_device_ops {
int (*ndo_set_tx_maxrate)(struct net_device *dev,
int queue_index,
u32 maxrate);
int (*ndo_get_iflink)(const struct net_device *dev);
};
/**
@@ -2149,6 +2152,7 @@ void __dev_remove_pack(struct packet_type *pt);
void dev_add_offload(struct packet_offload *po);
void dev_remove_offload(struct packet_offload *po);
int dev_get_iflink(const struct net_device *dev);
struct net_device *__dev_get_by_flags(struct net *net, unsigned short flags,
unsigned short mask);
struct net_device *dev_get_by_name(struct net *net, const char *name);