The goal of this is to provide a possibility to suport various switch
chips. Drivers should implement relevant ndos to do so. So far, only one
ndo for getting physical switch id is in place.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <j...@resnulli.us>
---
Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/netdevice.h | 10 +++++++
include/linux/switchdev.h | 30 +++++++++++++++++++
net/Kconfig | 6 ++++
net/core/Makefile | 1 +
net/core/switchdev.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 132 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt
create mode 100644 include/linux/switchdev.h
create mode 100644 net/core/switchdev.c
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt
b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20345cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+Switch device drivers HOWTO
+===========================
+
+First lets describe a topology a bit. Imagine the following example:
+
+ +----------------------------+ +---------------+
+ | SOME switch chip | | CPU |
+ +----------------------------+ +---------------+
+ port1 port2 port3 port4 MNGMNT | PCI-E |
+ | | | | | +---------------+
+ PHY PHY | | | | NIC0 NIC1
+ | | | | | |
+ | | +- PCI-E -+ | |
+ | +------- MII -------+ |
+ +------------- MII ------------+
+
+In this example, there are two independent lines between the switch silicon
+and CPU. NIC0 and NIC1 drivers are not aware of a switch presence. They are
+separate from the switch driver. SOME switch chip is by managed by a driver
+via PCI-E device MNGMNT. Note that MNGMNT device, NIC0 and NIC1 may be
+connected to some other type of bus.
+
+Now, for the previous example show the representation in kernel:
+
+ +----------------------------+ +---------------+
+ | SOME switch chip | | CPU |
+ +----------------------------+ +---------------+
+ sw0p0 sw0p1 sw0p2 sw0p3 MNGMNT | PCI-E |
+ | | | | | +---------------+
+ PHY PHY | | | | eth0 eth1
+ | | | | | |
+ | | +- PCI-E -+ | |
+ | +------- MII -------+ |
+ +------------- MII ------------+
+
+Lets call the example switch driver for SOME switch chip "SOMEswitch". This
+driver takes care of PCI-E device MNGMNT. There is a netdevice instance sw0pX
+created for each port of a switch. These netdevices are instances
+of "SOMEswitch" driver. sw0pX netdevices serve as a "representation"
+of the switch chip. eth0 and eth1 are instances of some other existing driver.
+
+The only difference of the switch-port netdevice from the ordinary netdevice
+is that is implements couple more NDOs:
+
+ ndo_swdev_get_id - This returns the same ID for two port netdevices of
+ the same physical switch chip. This is mandatory to
+ be implemented by all switch drivers and serves
+ the caller for recognition of a port netdevice.
+ ndo_swdev_* - Functions that serve for a manipulation of the switch chip
+ itself. They are not port-specific. Caller might use
+ arbitrary port netdevice of the same switch and it will
+ make no difference.
+ ndo_swportdev_* - Functions that serve for a port-specific manipulation.
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 8cf4f5e..83e38a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -991,6 +991,12 @@ typedef u16 (*select_queue_fallback_t)(struct net_device
*dev,
* Callback to use for xmit over the accelerated station. This
* is used in place of ndo_start_xmit on accelerated net
* devices.
+ *
+ * int (*ndo_swdev_get_id)(struct net_device *dev,
+ * struct netdev_phys_item_id *psid);
+ * Called to get an ID of the switch chip this port is part of.
+ * If driver implements this, it indicates that it represents a port
+ * of a switch chip.
*/
struct net_device_ops {
int (*ndo_init)(struct net_device *dev);
@@ -1137,6 +1143,10 @@ struct net_device_ops {
netdev_tx_t (*ndo_dfwd_start_xmit) (struct sk_buff *skb,
struct net_device *dev,
void *priv);
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV
+ int (*ndo_swdev_get_id)(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct netdev_phys_item_id
*psid);
+#endif
};
/**
diff --git a/include/linux/switchdev.h b/include/linux/switchdev.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b147dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/switchdev.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * include/linux/switchdev.h - Switch device API
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Jiri Pirko <j...@resnulli.us>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+#ifndef _LINUX_SWITCHDEV_H_
+#define _LINUX_SWITCHDEV_H_
+
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/sw_flow.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV
+
+int swdev_get_id(struct net_device *dev, struct netdev_phys_item_id *psid);
+
+#else
+
+static inline int swdev_get_id(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct netdev_phys_item_id *psid)
+{
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_SWITCHDEV_H_ */
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index d1f6f96..b13be7c 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -289,6 +289,12 @@ config NET_FLOW_LIMIT
with many clients some protection against DoS by a single (spoofed)
flow that greatly exceeds average workload.
+config NET_SWITCHDEV
+ boolean "Switch device support"
+ depends on INET
+ ---help---
+ This module provides support for hardware switch chips.
+
menu "Network testing"
config NET_PKTGEN
diff --git a/net/core/Makefile b/net/core/Makefile
index 826b925..4b27dff 100644
--- a/net/core/Makefile
+++ b/net/core/Makefile
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING) += timestamping.o
obj-$(CONFIG_NET_PTP_CLASSIFY) += ptp_classifier.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_PRIO) += netprio_cgroup.o
obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_CLASSID) += netclassid_cgroup.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV) += switchdev.o
diff --git a/net/core/switchdev.c b/net/core/switchdev.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d275f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/core/switchdev.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * net/core/switchdev.c - Switch device API
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Jiri Pirko <j...@resnulli.us>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/switchdev.h>
+
+/**
+ * swdev_get_id - Get ID of a switch
+ * @dev: port device
+ * @psid: switch ID
+ *
+ * Get ID of a switch this port is part of.
+ */
+int swdev_get_id(struct net_device *dev, struct netdev_phys_item_id *psid)
+{
+ const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+
+ if (!ops->ndo_swdev_get_id)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ return ops->ndo_swdev_get_id(dev, psid);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(swdev_get_id);
--
1.9.0
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