Many drivers copy/paste same code to atomicly access link information.
Add functions to do this instead.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemming at brocade.com>
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h 2014-05-14 11:27:07.409461720 -0700
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h 2014-05-14 11:27:07.409461720 -0700
@@ -1704,6 +1704,45 @@ extern void rte_eth_link_get_nowait(uint
struct rte_eth_link *link);
/**
+ * @internal
+ * Retrieve the link status from device in atomic fashion.
+ */
+static inline void rte_eth_dev_get_link(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+ struct rte_eth_link *link)
+{
+ int64_t val;
+
+ val = rte_atomic64_read((rte_atomic64_t *)&dev->data->dev_link);
+
+ memcpy(link, &val, sizeof(struct rte_eth_link));
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Set the link status from device in atomic fashion.
+ * Returns non-zero on success; 0 on failure
+ * Callers should retry on failure
+ */
+static inline void rte_eth_dev_set_link(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
+ struct rte_eth_link *link)
+{
+ rte_atomic64_t *dst = (rte_atomic64_t *)&dev->data->dev_link;
+
+ rte_atomic64_set(dst, *(int64_t *)link);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ * Clear link status.
+ */
+static inline void rte_eth_dev_clear_link(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+ rte_atomic64_t *dst = (rte_atomic64_t *)&dev->data->dev_link;
+
+ rte_atomic64_set(dst, 0);
+}
+
+/**
* Retrieve the general I/O statistics of an Ethernet device.
*
* @param port_id
