tipc: add new function for sending multiple small messages
We see an increasing need to send multiple single-buffer messages
of TIPC_SYSTEM_IMPORTANCE to different individual destination nodes.
Instead of looping over the send queue and sending each buffer
individually, as we do now, we add a new help function
tipc_node_distr_xmit() to do this.
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Acked-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/tipc/node.h b/net/tipc/node.h
index 8db59fe..df2f219 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.h
+++ b/net/tipc/node.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
char *linkname, size_t len);
int tipc_node_xmit(struct net *net, struct sk_buff_head *list, u32 dnode,
int selector);
+int tipc_node_distr_xmit(struct net *net, struct sk_buff_head *list);
int tipc_node_xmit_skb(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 dest,
u32 selector);
void tipc_node_subscribe(struct net *net, struct list_head *subscr, u32 addr);