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authorJon Paul Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>2015-10-22 15:51:41 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2015-10-24 16:56:37 +0300
commit5266698661401afc5e4a1a521cf9ba10724d10dd (patch)
treecf3d466a2d9982f403a689e8a0c819c7e3693bde /net/tipc/node.h
parentfd556f209af53b9cdc45df8c467feb235376c4df (diff)
downloadlinux-5266698661401afc5e4a1a521cf9ba10724d10dd.tar.xz
tipc: let broadcast packet reception use new link receive function
The code path for receiving broadcast packets is currently distinct from the unicast path. This leads to unnecessary code and data duplication, something that can be avoided with some effort. We now introduce separate per-peer tipc_link instances for handling broadcast packet reception. Each receive link keeps a pointer to the common, single, broadcast link instance, and can hence handle release and retransmission of send buffers as if they belonged to the own instance. Furthermore, we let each unicast link instance keep a reference to both the pertaining broadcast receive link, and to the common send link. This makes it possible for the unicast links to easily access data for broadcast link synchronization, as well as for carrying acknowledges for received broadcast packets. Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com> Reviewed-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/tipc/node.h')
-rw-r--r--net/tipc/node.h9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/tipc/node.h b/net/tipc/node.h
index 1465774ad726..36a1cd0bc1f1 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.h
+++ b/net/tipc/node.h
@@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ struct tipc_link_entry {
struct tipc_media_addr maddr;
};
+struct tipc_bclink_entry {
+ struct tipc_link *link;
+ struct sk_buff_head inputq1;
+ struct sk_buff_head arrvq;
+ struct sk_buff_head inputq2;
+ struct sk_buff_head namedq;
+};
+
/**
* struct tipc_node - TIPC node structure
* @addr: network address of node
@@ -132,6 +140,7 @@ struct tipc_node {
struct hlist_node hash;
int active_links[2];
struct tipc_link_entry links[MAX_BEARERS];
+ struct tipc_bclink_entry bc_entry;
int action_flags;
struct tipc_node_bclink bclink;
struct list_head list;