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| author | Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> | 2015-04-02 17:07:00 +0200 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2015-04-02 14:04:59 -0400 |
| commit | a54acb3a6f853e8394c4cb7b6a4d93c88f13eefd (patch) | |
| tree | b1e887d2bc8c205d4fe3b331e40fddba5de6ee01 /net/core/dev.c | |
| parent | 033f46b3c13d4072d8ee6b26dd1e90fdd06895d0 (diff) | |
| download | linux-a54acb3a6f853e8394c4cb7b6a4d93c88f13eefd.tar.bz2 | |
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 65492b0354c0..77172d085760 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -660,6 +660,23 @@ __setup("netdev=", netdev_boot_setup); *******************************************************************************/ /** + * dev_get_iflink - get 'iflink' value of a interface + * @dev: targeted interface + * + * Indicates the ifindex the interface is linked to. + * Physical interfaces have the same 'ifindex' and 'iflink' values. + */ + +int dev_get_iflink(const struct net_device *dev) +{ + if (dev->netdev_ops && dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_iflink) + return dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_iflink(dev); + + return dev->iflink; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_iflink); + +/** * __dev_get_by_name - find a device by its name * @net: the applicable net namespace * @name: name to find @@ -6345,7 +6362,7 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) else if (__dev_get_by_index(net, dev->ifindex)) goto err_uninit; - if (dev->iflink == -1) + if (dev_get_iflink(dev) == -1) dev->iflink = dev->ifindex; /* Transfer changeable features to wanted_features and enable @@ -7061,7 +7078,7 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net, const char /* If there is an ifindex conflict assign a new one */ if (__dev_get_by_index(net, dev->ifindex)) { - int iflink = (dev->iflink == dev->ifindex); + int iflink = (dev_get_iflink(dev) == dev->ifindex); dev->ifindex = dev_new_index(net); if (iflink) dev->iflink = dev->ifindex; |