On Tue, 13 Mar 2018 13:28:25 +0100 Nelio Laranjeiro <nelio.laranje...@6wind.com> wrote:
> TAP PMD uses a wrapper to communicate with Netlink through a socket. This > wrapper can be useful for other PMD which may need to communicate also with > the Linux kernel via Netlink. > > This series moves this wrapper to the lib level to let any PMD implement use > it when necessary. > > Nelio Laranjeiro (2): > lib: move Netlink code into a common library > lib: add request Netlink messages > > MAINTAINERS | 3 + > config/common_base | 6 ++ > config/common_linuxapp | 1 + > drivers/net/tap/Makefile | 3 +- > drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c | 16 +-- > drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c | 118 > ++++++++++----------- > drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.h | 42 -------- > drivers/net/tap/tap_tcmsgs.c | 28 ++--- > drivers/net/tap/tap_tcmsgs.h | 2 +- > lib/Makefile | 2 + > lib/librte_netlink/Makefile | 26 +++++ > lib/librte_netlink/meson.build | 13 +++ > .../librte_netlink/rte_netlink.c | 87 +++++++++++---- > lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink.h | 43 ++++++++ > lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink_version.map | 18 ++++ > lib/meson.build | 2 +- > mk/rte.app.mk | 1 + > 17 files changed, 263 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-) > delete mode 100644 drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.h > create mode 100644 lib/librte_netlink/Makefile > create mode 100644 lib/librte_netlink/meson.build > rename drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c => lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink.c > (77%) > create mode 100644 lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink.h > create mode 100644 lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink_version.map > I might have raised this before; but having yet another netlink library is not a great advantage. It would be much better to use a common external library libmnl which is already available on every distribution.
