From a54acb3a6f853e8394c4cb7b6a4d93c88f13eefd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Dichtel Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2015 17:07:00 +0200 Subject: dev: introduce dev_get_iflink() The goal of this patch is to prepare the removal of the iflink field. It introduces a new ndo function, which will be implemented by virtual interfaces. There is no functional change into this patch. All readers of iflink field now call dev_get_iflink(). Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/core/dev.c') diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 65492b0354c0..77172d085760 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -659,6 +659,23 @@ __setup("netdev=", netdev_boot_setup); *******************************************************************************/ +/** + * dev_get_iflink - get 'iflink' value of a interface + * @dev: targeted interface + * + * Indicates the ifindex the interface is linked to. + * Physical interfaces have the same 'ifindex' and 'iflink' values. + */ + +int dev_get_iflink(const struct net_device *dev) +{ + if (dev->netdev_ops && dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_iflink) + return dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_iflink(dev); + + return dev->iflink; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_iflink); + /** * __dev_get_by_name - find a device by its name * @net: the applicable net namespace @@ -6345,7 +6362,7 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) else if (__dev_get_by_index(net, dev->ifindex)) goto err_uninit; - if (dev->iflink == -1) + if (dev_get_iflink(dev) == -1) dev->iflink = dev->ifindex; /* Transfer changeable features to wanted_features and enable @@ -7061,7 +7078,7 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net, const char /* If there is an ifindex conflict assign a new one */ if (__dev_get_by_index(net, dev->ifindex)) { - int iflink = (dev->iflink == dev->ifindex); + int iflink = (dev_get_iflink(dev) == dev->ifindex); dev->ifindex = dev_new_index(net); if (iflink) dev->iflink = dev->ifindex; -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b