netdevice: add queue selection fallback handler for ndo_select_queue
Add a new argument for ndo_select_queue() callback that passes a
fallback handler. This gets invoked through netdev_pick_tx();
fallback handler is currently __netdev_pick_tx() as most drivers
invoke this function within their customized implementation in
case for skbs that don't need any special handling. This fallback
handler can then be replaced on other call-sites with different
queue selection methods (e.g. in packet sockets, pktgen etc).
This also has the nice side-effect that __netdev_pick_tx() is
then only invoked from netdev_pick_tx() and export of that
function to modules can be undone.
Suggested-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 21d4e6b..1de9c13 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -752,6 +752,9 @@
unsigned char id_len;
};
+typedef u16 (*select_queue_fallback_t)(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct sk_buff *skb);
+
/*
* This structure defines the management hooks for network devices.
* The following hooks can be defined; unless noted otherwise, they are
@@ -783,7 +786,7 @@
* Required can not be NULL.
*
* u16 (*ndo_select_queue)(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
- * void *accel_priv);
+ * void *accel_priv, select_queue_fallback_t fallback);
* Called to decide which queue to when device supports multiple
* transmit queues.
*
@@ -1005,7 +1008,8 @@
struct net_device *dev);
u16 (*ndo_select_queue)(struct net_device *dev,
struct sk_buff *skb,
- void *accel_priv);
+ void *accel_priv,
+ select_queue_fallback_t fallback);
void (*ndo_change_rx_flags)(struct net_device *dev,
int flags);
void (*ndo_set_rx_mode)(struct net_device *dev);
@@ -1551,7 +1555,6 @@
struct netdev_queue *netdev_pick_tx(struct net_device *dev,
struct sk_buff *skb,
void *accel_priv);
-u16 __netdev_pick_tx(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);
/*
* Net namespace inlines