netdev: network device operations infrastructure
This patch changes the network device internal API to move adminstrative
operations out of the network device structure and into a separate structure.
This patch involves some hackery to maintain compatablity between the
new and old model, so all 300+ drivers don't have to be changed at once.
For drivers that aren't converted yet, the netdevice_ops virt function list
still resides in the net_device structure. For old protocols, the new
net_device_ops are copied out to the old net_device pointers.
After the transistion is completed the nag message can be changed to
an WARN_ON, and the compatiablity code can be made configurable.
Some function pointers aren't moved:
* destructor can't be in net_device_ops because
it may need to be referenced after the module is unloaded.
* neighbor setup is manipulated in a couple of places that need special
consideration
* hard_start_xmit is in the fast path for transmit.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 4dfb6b4..6f8e077 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -762,6 +762,7 @@
static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
struct nlattr **tb, char *ifname, int modified)
{
+ const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
int send_addr_notify = 0;
int err;
@@ -783,7 +784,7 @@
struct rtnl_link_ifmap *u_map;
struct ifmap k_map;
- if (!dev->set_config) {
+ if (!ops->ndo_set_config) {
err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
goto errout;
}
@@ -801,7 +802,7 @@
k_map.dma = (unsigned char) u_map->dma;
k_map.port = (unsigned char) u_map->port;
- err = dev->set_config(dev, &k_map);
+ err = ops->ndo_set_config(dev, &k_map);
if (err < 0)
goto errout;
@@ -812,7 +813,7 @@
struct sockaddr *sa;
int len;
- if (!dev->set_mac_address) {
+ if (!ops->ndo_set_mac_address) {
err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
goto errout;
}
@@ -831,7 +832,7 @@
sa->sa_family = dev->type;
memcpy(sa->sa_data, nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]),
dev->addr_len);
- err = dev->set_mac_address(dev, sa);
+ err = ops->ndo_set_mac_address(dev, sa);
kfree(sa);
if (err)
goto errout;
