netdev - Re: [patch net-next v2 1/3] net: add ndo to get id of physical port of the device

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 21 Jul 2013 23:26:32 +0300
From:	Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	stephen@...workplumber.org, Narendra_K@...l.com,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, john.r.fastabend@...el.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 1/3] net: add ndo to get id of physical port
 of the device

On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>
> This patch adds a ndo for getting physical port of the device. Driver
> which is aware of being virtual function of some physical port should
> implement this ndo.


Do you mean virtual function literally?  that is in the PCI IOV aspect?


>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> ---
>  include/linux/netdevice.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  net/core/dev.c            | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> index 0741a1e..726dec2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> @@ -728,6 +728,16 @@ struct netdev_fcoe_hbainfo {
>  };
>  #endif
>
> +#define MAX_PHYS_PORT_ID_LEN 32
> +
> +/* This structure holds a unique identifier to identify the
> + * physical port used by a netdevice.
> + */
> +struct netdev_phys_port_id {
> +       unsigned char id[MAX_PHYS_PORT_ID_LEN];
> +       unsigned char id_len;
> +};
> +
>  /*
>   * This structure defines the management hooks for network devices.
>   * The following hooks can be defined; unless noted otherwise, they are
> @@ -932,6 +942,12 @@ struct netdev_fcoe_hbainfo {
>   *     that determine carrier state from physical hardware properties (eg
>   *     network cables) or protocol-dependent mechanisms (eg
>   *     USB_CDC_NOTIFY_NETWORK_CONNECTION) should NOT implement this function.
> + *
> + * int (*ndo_get_phys_port_id)(struct net_device *dev,
> + *                            struct netdev_phys_port_id *ppid);
> + *     Called to get ID of physical port of this device. If driver does
> + *     not implement this, it is assumed that the hw is not able to have
> + *     multiple net devices on single physical port.
>   */

I am not sure to understand what is assumed here and why it it mandated.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html