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authorSainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com>2017-02-11 03:03:51 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-02-12 04:59:41 +0300
commit9a393b5d5988ea4eaa3e0da138321abe0dc03a68 (patch)
tree5a006ee32965ff9c76984aa7ce7c870d966be7ac /drivers
parentd9f1f61c0801a73ff36d416a7ede54229b231e1d (diff)
downloadlinux-9a393b5d5988ea4eaa3e0da138321abe0dc03a68.tar.xz
tap: tap as an independent module
This patch makes tap a separate module for other types of virtual interfaces, for example, ipvlan to use. Signed-off-by: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/Kconfig7
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/Makefile3
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/macvtap.c (renamed from drivers/net/macvtap_main.c)0
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/tap.c11
-rw-r--r--drivers/vhost/Kconfig2
5 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index a993cbeb9e0c..5763503fe4e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ config MACVTAP
tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver"
depends on MACVLAN
depends on INET
+ select TAP
help
This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
@@ -287,6 +288,12 @@ config TUN
If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
+config TAP
+ tristate
+ ---help---
+ This option is selected by any driver implementing tap user space
+ interface for a virtual interface to re-use core tap functionality.
+
config TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE
bool "Support for cross-endian vnet headers on little-endian kernels"
default n
diff --git a/drivers/net/Makefile b/drivers/net/Makefile
index 19b03a9fe0f6..7dd86ca02d0d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PHYLIB) += phy/
obj-$(CONFIG_RIONET) += rionet.o
obj-$(CONFIG_NET_TEAM) += team/
obj-$(CONFIG_TUN) += tun.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TAP) += tap.o
obj-$(CONFIG_VETH) += veth.o
obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET) += virtio_net.o
obj-$(CONFIG_VXLAN) += vxlan.o
@@ -29,8 +30,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_GTP) += gtp.o
obj-$(CONFIG_NLMON) += nlmon.o
obj-$(CONFIG_NET_VRF) += vrf.o
-macvtap-objs := macvtap_main.o tap.o
-
#
# Networking Drivers
#
diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap_main.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index a4bfc10b61dd..a4bfc10b61dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
diff --git a/drivers/net/tap.c b/drivers/net/tap.c
index 71bbf0b6327d..35b55a2fa1a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tap.c
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ void tap_del_queues(struct tap_dev *tap)
/* guarantee that any future tap_set_queue will fail */
tap->numvtaps = MAX_TAP_QUEUES;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tap_del_queues);
rx_handler_result_t tap_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
{
@@ -389,6 +390,7 @@ drop:
kfree_skb(skb);
return RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tap_handle_frame);
static struct major_info *tap_get_major(int major)
{
@@ -428,6 +430,7 @@ unlock:
rcu_read_unlock();
return retval < 0 ? retval : 0;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tap_get_minor);
void tap_free_minor(dev_t major, struct tap_dev *tap)
{
@@ -449,6 +452,7 @@ void tap_free_minor(dev_t major, struct tap_dev *tap)
unlock:
rcu_read_unlock();
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tap_free_minor);
static struct tap_dev *dev_get_by_tap_file(int major, int minor)
{
@@ -1210,6 +1214,7 @@ int tap_queue_resize(struct tap_dev *tap)
kfree(arrays);
return ret;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tap_queue_resize);
static int tap_list_add(dev_t major, const char *device_name)
{
@@ -1257,6 +1262,7 @@ out2:
out1:
return err;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tap_create_cdev);
void tap_destroy_cdev(dev_t major, struct cdev *tap_cdev)
{
@@ -1272,3 +1278,8 @@ void tap_destroy_cdev(dev_t major, struct cdev *tap_cdev)
}
}
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tap_destroy_cdev);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com>");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
index 40764ecad9ce..cfdecea5078f 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
config VHOST_NET
tristate "Host kernel accelerator for virtio net"
- depends on NET && EVENTFD && (TUN || !TUN) && (MACVTAP || !MACVTAP)
+ depends on NET && EVENTFD && (TUN || !TUN) && (TAP || !TAP)
select VHOST
---help---
This kernel module can be loaded in host kernel to accelerate