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authorNeil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>2011-07-26 06:05:37 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2011-07-27 22:39:30 -0700
commitd8873315065f1f527c7c380402cf59b1e1d0ae36 (patch)
tree41a9c15f75b41657dd5370fe135f16c40b3eab64 /include
parent894dc24ce75aa238ce96422a36b1537ccf2d8831 (diff)
downloadlinux-d8873315065f1f527c7c380402cf59b1e1d0ae36.tar.gz
net: add IFF_SKB_TX_SHARED flag to priv_flags
Pktgen attempts to transmit shared skbs to net devices, which can't be used by
some drivers as they keep state information in skbs.  This patch adds a flag
marking drivers as being able to handle shared skbs in their tx path.  Drivers
are defaulted to being unable to do so, but calling ether_setup enables this
flag, as 90% of the drivers calling ether_setup touch real hardware and can
handle shared skbs.  A subsequent patch will audit drivers to ensure that the
flag is set properly

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Reported-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
CC: Robert Olsson <robert.olsson@its.uu.se>
CC: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
CC: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
CC: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/if.h2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/if.h b/include/linux/if.h
index 3bc63e6a02f7..03489ca92ded 100644
--- a/include/linux/if.h
+++ b/include/linux/if.h
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
 #define IFF_BRIDGE_PORT	0x4000		/* device used as bridge port */
 #define IFF_OVS_DATAPATH	0x8000	/* device used as Open vSwitch
 					 * datapath port */
+#define IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING	0x10000	/* The interface supports sharing
+					 * skbs on transmit */
 
 #define IF_GET_IFACE	0x0001		/* for querying only */
 #define IF_GET_PROTO	0x0002