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| author | Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> | 2021-06-12 11:20:54 +0300 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2021-06-12 23:16:45 +0300 |
| commit | 8c713dc93ca9a423d6af8849c9254742a1070c37 (patch) | |
| tree | 0e1fd314f469a3ddadf83411fc74df9ca35ff8b4 /include | |
| parent | 73214a690c50a134bd364e1a4430e0e7ac81a8d8 (diff) | |
| download | linux-8c713dc93ca9a423d6af8849c9254742a1070c37.tar.xz | |
rtnetlink: add alloc() method to rtnl_link_ops
In order to make rtnetlink ops that can create different
kinds of devices, like what we want to add to the WWAN
framework, the priv_size and setup parameters aren't quite
sufficient. Make this easier to manage by allowing ops to
allocate their own netdev via an @alloc method that gets
the tb netlink data.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/rtnetlink.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h index 479f60ef54c0..384e800665f2 100644 --- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h +++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h @@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ static inline int rtnl_msg_family(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh) * @maxtype: Highest device specific netlink attribute number * @policy: Netlink policy for device specific attribute validation * @validate: Optional validation function for netlink/changelink parameters + * @alloc: netdev allocation function, can be %NULL and is then used + * in place of alloc_netdev_mqs(), in this case @priv_size + * and @setup are unused. Returns a netdev or ERR_PTR(). * @priv_size: sizeof net_device private space * @setup: net_device setup function * @newlink: Function for configuring and registering a new device @@ -63,6 +66,11 @@ struct rtnl_link_ops { const char *kind; size_t priv_size; + struct net_device *(*alloc)(struct nlattr *tb[], + const char *ifname, + unsigned char name_assign_type, + unsigned int num_tx_queues, + unsigned int num_rx_queues); void (*setup)(struct net_device *dev); bool netns_refund; |