tipc: add new function for sending multiple small messages

We see an increasing need to send multiple single-buffer messages
of TIPC_SYSTEM_IMPORTANCE to different individual destination nodes.
Instead of looping over the send queue and sending each buffer
individually, as we do now, we add a new help function
tipc_node_distr_xmit() to do this.

Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Acked-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Jon Maloy
2017-10-13 11:04:21 +02:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 64ac5f5977
commit f70d37b796
3 changed files with 19 additions and 12 deletions

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@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ int tipc_node_get_linkname(struct net *net, u32 bearer_id, u32 node,
char *linkname, size_t len);
int tipc_node_xmit(struct net *net, struct sk_buff_head *list, u32 dnode,
int selector);
int tipc_node_distr_xmit(struct net *net, struct sk_buff_head *list);
int tipc_node_xmit_skb(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 dest,
u32 selector);
void tipc_node_subscribe(struct net *net, struct list_head *subscr, u32 addr);