netdev - Re: special handling before ndo_start

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:37:59 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
To:	"jiangtao.jit" <jiangtao.jit@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: special handling before ndo_start_xmit() been invoked

What would you want to achieve with that?

Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:48:37PM CEST, jiangtao.jit@...il.com wrote:
>Hi all:
>
>in struct net_device
>there is a function pointer    rx_handler_func_t __rcu	*rx_handler
>it's very convenient to register a function in an externel module
>and do some special handlings
>
>so i think what about to add an tx_handler_func
>before        ndo_start_xmit() been invoked
>and do some special things before transmit
>
>is it necessary or there is already some other better methods to achieve this goal ?
>Thank you all
>
>-------
>2011-07-27 
>jiangtao.jit 
>
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