kernel/linux.git/drivers/net/dummy.c, branch v4.11.5

net: dummy: Introduce dummy virtual functions

2017-01-24T19:07:22+00:00

The idea for this was born when testing VF support in iproute2 which was impeded by hardware requirements. In fact, not every VF-capable hardware driver implements all netdev ops, so testing the interface is still hard to do even with a well-sorted hardware shelf. To overcome this and allow for testing the user-kernel interface, this patch allows to turn dummy into a PF with a configurable amount of VFs. Since my patch series 'bus-agnostic-num-vf' has been accepted, implementing the required interfaces is pretty straightforward: Iff 'num_vfs' module parameter was given a value >0, a dummy bus type is being registered which implements the 'num_vf()' callback. Additionally, a dummy parent device common to all dummy devices is registered which sits on the above dummy bus. Joint work with Sabrina Dubroca. Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: make ndo_get_stats64 a void function

2017-01-08T22:51:44+00:00

The network device operation for reading statistics is only called in one place, and it ignores the return value. Having a structure return value is potentially confusing because some future driver could incorrectly assume that the return value was used. Fix all drivers with ndo_get_stats64 to have a void function. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

dummy: expend mtu range for dummy device

2016-12-07T18:29:45+00:00

After commit 61e84623ace3 ("net: centralize net_device min/max MTU checking"), the mtu range for dummy device becomes [68, 1500]. This patch extends it to [0, 65535]. Signed-off-by: Zhang Shengju Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: dummy: add more features

2015-10-22T02:36:10+00:00

While testing my SIT/GRO patch using netfilter TEE module and a dummy device, I found some features were missing : TSO IPv6, UFO, and encapsulated traffic. ethtool -k dummy0 now gives : ... tcp-segmentation-offload: on tx-tcp-segmentation: on tx-tcp-ecn-segmentation: on tx-tcp6-segmentation: on udp-fragmentation-offload: on ... tx-gre-segmentation: on tx-ipip-segmentation: on tx-sit-segmentation: on tx-udp_tnl-segmentation: on Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: dummy: convert to using IFF_NO_QUEUE

2015-08-18T18:55:05+00:00

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

dummy: use MODULE_VERSION

2014-12-10T02:51:06+00:00

Use MODULE_VERSION() now that dummy driver has a version. Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

dummy: add support for ethtool get_drvinfo

2014-12-09T21:06:49+00:00

The command 'ethtool -i' is useful to find details about the interface like the device driver being used. This was missing for dummy driver. Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: set name_assign_type in alloc_netdev()

2014-07-15T23:12:48+00:00

Extend alloc_netdev{,_mq{,s}}() to take name_assign_type as argument, and convert all users to pass NET_NAME_UNKNOWN. Coccinelle patch: @@ expression sizeof_priv, name, setup, txqs, rxqs, count; @@ ( -alloc_netdev_mqs(sizeof_priv, name, setup, txqs, rxqs) +alloc_netdev_mqs(sizeof_priv, name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, setup, txqs, rxqs) | -alloc_netdev_mq(sizeof_priv, name, setup, count) +alloc_netdev_mq(sizeof_priv, name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, setup, count) | -alloc_netdev(sizeof_priv, name, setup) +alloc_netdev(sizeof_priv, name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, setup) ) v9: move comments here from the wrong commit Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen Reviewed-by: David Herrmann Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: Replace u64_stats_fetch_begin_bh to u64_stats_fetch_begin_irq

2014-03-15T02:41:36+00:00

Replace the bh safe variant with the hard irq safe variant. We need a hard irq safe variant to deal with netpoll transmitting packets from hard irq context, and we need it in most if not all of the places using the bh safe variant. Except on 32bit uni-processor the code is exactly the same so don't bother with a bh variant, just have a hard irq safe variant that everyone can use. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: introduce netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats() for drivers

2014-02-14T20:49:55+00:00

There are many drivers calling alloc_percpu() to allocate pcpu stats and then initializing ->syncp. So just introduce a helper function for them. Cc: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Cong Wang Signed-off-by: David S. Miller