netdev - [PATCH RFC net-next 3/6] net: Introduce IFF_LWT

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Date:   Sat,  6 May 2017 10:07:31 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC net-next 3/6] net: Introduce IFF_LWT_NETDEV flag

Add new flag to denote lightweight netdevices. Add helper to identify
such devices.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
---
 include/linux/netdevice.h | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index f47c8712398a..08151fd34973 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1401,6 +1401,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
 	IFF_RXFH_CONFIGURED		= 1<<25,
 	IFF_PHONY_HEADROOM		= 1<<26,
 	IFF_MACSEC			= 1<<27,
+	IFF_LWT_NETDEV			= 1<<28,
 };
 
 #define IFF_802_1Q_VLAN			IFF_802_1Q_VLAN
@@ -1430,6 +1431,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
 #define IFF_TEAM			IFF_TEAM
 #define IFF_RXFH_CONFIGURED		IFF_RXFH_CONFIGURED
 #define IFF_MACSEC			IFF_MACSEC
+#define IFF_LWT_NETDEV			IFF_LWT_NETDEV
 
 /**
  *	struct net_device - The DEVICE structure.
@@ -4137,6 +4139,11 @@ static inline void skb_gso_error_unwind(struct sk_buff *skb, __be16 protocol,
 	skb->mac_len = mac_len;
 }
 
+static inline bool netif_is_lwd(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	return !!(dev->priv_flags & IFF_LWT_NETDEV);
+}
+
 static inline bool netif_is_macsec(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	return dev->priv_flags & IFF_MACSEC;
-- 
2.11.0 (Apple Git-81)