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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>2008-11-20 08:32:24 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-11-20 08:32:24 +0300
commitd314774cf2cd5dfeb39a00d37deee65d4c627927 (patch)
tree1c7778b509cea814aa2b7115949667941037d07c /net/core/netpoll.c
parent6b41e7dd90c6a628ab5fb8d781302d60a243b2ce (diff)
downloadlinux-d314774cf2cd5dfeb39a00d37deee65d4c627927.tar.xz
netdev: network device operations infrastructure
This patch changes the network device internal API to move adminstrative operations out of the network device structure and into a separate structure. This patch involves some hackery to maintain compatablity between the new and old model, so all 300+ drivers don't have to be changed at once. For drivers that aren't converted yet, the netdevice_ops virt function list still resides in the net_device structure. For old protocols, the new net_device_ops are copied out to the old net_device pointers. After the transistion is completed the nag message can be changed to an WARN_ON, and the compatiablity code can be made configurable. Some function pointers aren't moved: * destructor can't be in net_device_ops because it may need to be referenced after the module is unloaded. * neighbor setup is manipulated in a couple of places that need special consideration * hard_start_xmit is in the fast path for transmit. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/netpoll.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/netpoll.c7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index fc4e28e23b89..630df6034444 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -172,12 +172,13 @@ static void service_arp_queue(struct netpoll_info *npi)
void netpoll_poll(struct netpoll *np)
{
struct net_device *dev = np->dev;
+ const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
- if (!dev || !netif_running(dev) || !dev->poll_controller)
+ if (!dev || !netif_running(dev) || !ops->ndo_poll_controller)
return;
/* Process pending work on NIC */
- dev->poll_controller(dev);
+ ops->ndo_poll_controller(dev);
poll_napi(dev);
@@ -694,7 +695,7 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
atomic_inc(&npinfo->refcnt);
}
- if (!ndev->poll_controller) {
+ if (!ndev->netdev_ops->ndo_poll_controller) {
printk(KERN_ERR "%s: %s doesn't support polling, aborting.\n",
np->name, np->dev_name);
err = -ENOTSUPP;