netdev - [PATCH net-next v3 07/10] net: dsa: Add a private structure pointer to dsa

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Date:   Sun,  5 May 2019 13:19:26 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com, vivien.didelot@...il.com, andrew@...n.ch,
        davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v3 07/10] net: dsa: Add a private structure pointer to dsa_port

This is supposed to share information between the driver and the tagger,
or used by the tagger to keep some state. Its use is optional.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>
---
Changes in v3:
  - None.

Changes in v2:
  - None.

 include/net/dsa.h | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/net/dsa.h b/include/net/dsa.h
index 0260b73938e2..e20be1ceb306 100644
--- a/include/net/dsa.h
+++ b/include/net/dsa.h
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ struct dsa_port {
 	struct work_struct	xmit_work;
 	struct sk_buff_head	xmit_queue;
 
+	/*
+	 * Give the switch driver somewhere to hang its per-port private data
+	 * structures (accessible from the tagger).
+	 */
+	void *priv;
+
 	/*
 	 * Original copy of the master netdev ethtool_ops
 	 */
-- 
2.17.1