kernel/linux.git/include/linux/etherdevice.h, branch v3.2.95

etherdevice: introduce help function eth_zero_addr()

2016-08-22T21:37:17+00:00

commit 6d57e9078e880a3dd232d579f42ac437a8f1ef7b upstream. a lot of code has either the memset or an inefficient copy from a static array that contains the all-zeros Ethernet address. Introduce help function eth_zero_addr() to fill an address with all zeros, making the code clearer and allowing us to get rid of some constant arrays. Signed-off-by: Duan Jiong Signed-off-by: David S. Miller [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings

net: Push protocol type directly down to header_ops->cache()

2011-07-13T09:29:59+00:00

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

etherdevice.h: Add is_unicast_ether_addr function

2011-01-14T05:49:56+00:00

From a check for !is_multicast_ether_addr it is not always obvious that we're checking for a unicast address. So add this helper function to make those code paths easier to read. Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser Acked-by: Chris Metcalf Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: Add alloc_netdev_mqs function

2011-01-11T00:05:30+00:00

Added alloc_netdev_mqs function which allows the number of transmit and receive queues to be specified independenty. alloc_netdev_mq was changed to a macro to call the new function. Also added alloc_etherdev_mqs with same purpose. Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: return operator cleanup

2010-09-23T21:33:39+00:00

Change "return (EXPR);" to "return EXPR;" return is not a function, parentheses are not required. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

gro: __napi_gro_receive() optimizations

2010-08-27T05:03:08+00:00

compare_ether_header() can have a special implementation on 64 bit arches if CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS is defined. __napi_gro_receive() and vlan_gro_common() can avoid a conditional branch to perform device match. On x86_64, __napi_gro_receive() has now 38 instructions instead of 53 As gcc-4.4.3 still choose to not inline it, add inline keyword to this performance critical function. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet CC: Herbert Xu Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

etherdevice.h: fix kernel-doc typo

2010-08-10T07:09:20+00:00

Fix etherdevice.h parameter name typo in kernel-doc: Warning(include/linux/etherdevice.h:138): No description found for parameter 'hwaddr' Warning(include/linux/etherdevice.h:138): Excess function parameter 'addr' description in 'dev_hw_addr_random' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

sysfs: add attribute to indicate hw address assignment type

2010-07-25T03:49:29+00:00

Add addr_assign_type to struct net_device and expose it via sysfs. This new attribute has the purpose of giving user-space the ability to distinguish between different assignment types of MAC addresses. For example user-space can treat NICs with randomly generated MAC addresses differently than NICs that have permanent (locally assigned) MAC addresses. For the former udev could write a persistent net rule by matching the device path instead of the MAC address. There's also the case of devices that 'steal' MAC addresses from slave devices. In which it is also be beneficial for user-space to be aware of the fact. This patch also introduces a helper function to assist adoption of drivers that generate MAC addresses randomly. Signed-off-by: Stefan Assmann Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: introduce a list of device addresses dev_addr_list (v6)

2009-05-05T19:26:24+00:00

v5 -> v6 (current): -removed so far unused static functions -corrected dev_addr_del_multiple to call del instead of add v4 -> v5: -added device address type (suggested by davem) -removed refcounting (better to have simplier code then safe potentially few bytes) v3 -> v4: -changed kzalloc to kmalloc in __hw_addr_add_ii() -ASSERT_RTNL() avoided in dev_addr_flush() and dev_addr_init() v2 -> v3: -removed unnecessary rcu read locking -moved dev_addr_flush() calling to ensure no null dereference of dev_addr v1 -> v2: -added forgotten ASSERT_RTNL to dev_addr_init and dev_addr_flush -removed unnecessary rcu_read locking in dev_addr_init -use compare_ether_addr_64bits instead of compare_ether_addr -use L1_CACHE_BYTES as size for allocating struct netdev_hw_addr -use call_rcu instead of rcu_synchronize -moved is_etherdev_addr into __KERNEL__ ifdef This patch introduces a new list in struct net_device and brings a set of functions to handle the work with device address list. The list is a replacement for the original dev_addr field and because in some situations there is need to carry several device addresses with the net device. To be backward compatible, dev_addr is made to point to the first member of the list so original drivers sees no difference. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

gro: Optimise Ethernet header comparison

2009-02-09T04:22:18+00:00

This patch optimises the Ethernet header comparison to use 2-byte and 4-byte xors instead of memcmp. In order to facilitate this, the actual comparison is now carried out by the callers of the shared dev_gro_receive function. This has a significant impact when receiving 1500B packets through 10GbE. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu Signed-off-by: David S. Miller