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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/tun.c24
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 4dab85eecb60..9a6b3824da14 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -460,7 +460,23 @@ static u32 tun_net_fix_features(struct net_device *dev, u32 features)
return (features & tun->set_features) | (features & ~TUN_USER_FEATURES);
}
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
+static void tun_poll_controller(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ /*
+ * Tun only receives frames when:
+ * 1) the char device endpoint gets data from user space
+ * 2) the tun socket gets a sendmsg call from user space
+ * Since both of those are syncronous operations, we are guaranteed
+ * never to have pending data when we poll for it
+ * so theres nothing to do here but return.
+ * We need this though so netpoll recognizes us as an interface that
+ * supports polling, which enables bridge devices in virt setups to
+ * still use netconsole
+ */
+ return;
+}
+#endif
static const struct net_device_ops tun_netdev_ops = {
.ndo_uninit = tun_net_uninit,
.ndo_open = tun_net_open,
@@ -468,6 +484,9 @@ static const struct net_device_ops tun_netdev_ops = {
.ndo_start_xmit = tun_net_xmit,
.ndo_change_mtu = tun_net_change_mtu,
.ndo_fix_features = tun_net_fix_features,
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
+ .ndo_poll_controller = tun_poll_controller,
+#endif
};
static const struct net_device_ops tap_netdev_ops = {
@@ -480,6 +499,9 @@ static const struct net_device_ops tap_netdev_ops = {
.ndo_set_multicast_list = tun_net_mclist,
.ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
.ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
+ .ndo_poll_controller = tun_poll_controller,
+#endif
};
/* Initialize net device. */