netdev - [PATCH 02/10] Networking include file changes.

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Message-Id: <20070720063216.26341.80316.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:02:16 +0530
From:	Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, rdreier@...co.com
Cc:	johnpol@....mipt.ru, Robert.Olsson@...a.slu.se,
	peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
	gaagaan@...il.com, kumarkr@...ux.ibm.com, xma@...ibm.com,
	rick.jones2@...com, mcarlson@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
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	mchan@...adcom.com, tgraf@...g.ch, jeff@...zik.org,
	hadi@...erus.ca, kaber@...sh.net,
	Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@...ibm.com>, sri@...ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH 02/10] Networking include file changes.

Networking include file changes for batching.

Signed-off-by: Krishna Kumar <krkumar2@...ibm.com>
---
 linux/netdevice.h |   10 ++++++++++
 net/pkt_sched.h   |    6 +++---
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff -ruNp org/include/linux/netdevice.h new/include/linux/netdevice.h
--- org/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-07-20 07:49:28.000000000 +0530
+++ new/include/linux/netdevice.h	2007-07-20 08:30:55.000000000 +0530
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ enum netdev_state_t
 	__LINK_STATE_QDISC_RUNNING,
 };
 
+/* Minimum length of device hardware queue for batching to work */
+#define MIN_QUEUE_LEN_BATCH	16
 
 /*
  * This structure holds at boot time configured netdevice settings. They
@@ -340,6 +342,7 @@ struct net_device
 #define NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED	1024	/* Device cannot handle VLAN packets */
 #define NETIF_F_GSO		2048	/* Enable software GSO. */
 #define NETIF_F_LLTX		4096	/* LockLess TX */
+#define NETIF_F_BATCH_SKBS	8192	/* Driver supports batch skbs API */
 #define NETIF_F_MULTI_QUEUE	16384	/* Has multiple TX/RX queues */
 
 	/* Segmentation offload features */
@@ -452,6 +455,8 @@ struct net_device
 	struct Qdisc		*qdisc_sleeping;
 	struct list_head	qdisc_list;
 	unsigned long		tx_queue_len;	/* Max frames per queue allowed */
+	unsigned long		xmit_slots;	/* Device free slots */
+	struct sk_buff_head	*skb_blist;	/* List of batch skbs */
 
 	/* Partially transmitted GSO packet. */
 	struct sk_buff		*gso_skb;
@@ -472,6 +477,9 @@ struct net_device
 	void			*priv;	/* pointer to private data	*/
 	int			(*hard_start_xmit) (struct sk_buff *skb,
 						    struct net_device *dev);
+	int			(*hard_start_xmit_batch) (struct net_device
+							  *dev);
+
 	/* These may be needed for future network-power-down code. */
 	unsigned long		trans_start;	/* Time (in jiffies) of last Tx	*/
 
@@ -832,6 +840,8 @@ extern int		dev_set_mac_address(struct n
 					    struct sockaddr *);
 extern int		dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					    struct net_device *dev);
+extern int		dev_add_skb_to_blist(struct sk_buff *skb,
+					     struct net_device *dev);
 
 extern void		dev_init(void);
 
diff -ruNp org/include/net/pkt_sched.h new/include/net/pkt_sched.h
--- org/include/net/pkt_sched.h	2007-07-20 07:49:28.000000000 +0530
+++ new/include/net/pkt_sched.h	2007-07-20 08:30:22.000000000 +0530
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ extern struct qdisc_rate_table *qdisc_ge
 		struct rtattr *tab);
 extern void qdisc_put_rtab(struct qdisc_rate_table *tab);
 
-extern void __qdisc_run(struct net_device *dev);
+extern void __qdisc_run(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff_head *blist);
 
-static inline void qdisc_run(struct net_device *dev)
+static inline void qdisc_run(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff_head *blist)
 {
 	if (!netif_queue_stopped(dev) &&
 	    !test_and_set_bit(__LINK_STATE_QDISC_RUNNING, &dev->state))
-		__qdisc_run(dev);
+		__qdisc_run(dev, blist);
 }
 
 extern int tc_classify_compat(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_proto *tp,
-
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