diff options
| author | Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> | 2011-07-26 06:05:37 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-07-27 22:39:30 -0700 |
| commit | d8873315065f1f527c7c380402cf59b1e1d0ae36 (patch) | |
| tree | 41a9c15f75b41657dd5370fe135f16c40b3eab64 /include | |
| parent | 894dc24ce75aa238ce96422a36b1537ccf2d8831 (diff) | |
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.h | 2 |
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 |