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authorScott Feldman <sfeldma@gmail.com>2015-03-09 13:59:09 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2015-03-09 23:56:52 -0400
commitf8f2147150de303e814c0452075d467734d3544b (patch)
tree96d28922f4b9d1643da9c50d0532652c3dc14167 /net/switchdev
parentbf0b211256be342e92d3ee5c5a1fb8d42f3928bb (diff)
switchdev: add netlink flags to IPv4 FIB add op
Pass in the netlink flags (NLM_F_*) into switchdev driver for IPv4 FIB add op to allow driver to 1) optimize hardware updates, 2) handle ip route prepend and append commands correctly. Suggested-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com> Suggested-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com> Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <sfeldma@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@netronome.com> Acked-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/switchdev')
-rw-r--r--net/switchdev/switchdev.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/switchdev/switchdev.c b/net/switchdev/switchdev.c
index aba6aa2656d8..8cf42a69baf4 100644
--- a/net/switchdev/switchdev.c
+++ b/net/switchdev/switchdev.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
/*
* net/switchdev/switchdev.c - Switch device API
* Copyright (c) 2014 Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Scott Feldman <sfeldma@gmail.com>
*
* 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
@@ -294,12 +295,13 @@ static struct net_device *netdev_switch_get_dev_by_nhs(struct fib_info *fi)
* @fi: route FIB info structure
* @tos: route TOS
* @type: route type
+ * @nlflags: netlink flags passed in (NLM_F_*)
* @tb_id: route table ID
*
* Add IPv4 route entry to switch device.
*/
int netdev_switch_fib_ipv4_add(u32 dst, int dst_len, struct fib_info *fi,
- u8 tos, u8 type, u32 tb_id)
+ u8 tos, u8 type, u32 nlflags, u32 tb_id)
{
struct net_device *dev;
const struct net_device_ops *ops;
@@ -324,7 +326,8 @@ int netdev_switch_fib_ipv4_add(u32 dst, int dst_len, struct fib_info *fi,
if (ops->ndo_switch_fib_ipv4_add) {
err = ops->ndo_switch_fib_ipv4_add(dev, htonl(dst), dst_len,
- fi, tos, type, tb_id);
+ fi, tos, type, nlflags,
+ tb_id);
if (!err)
fi->fib_flags |= RTNH_F_EXTERNAL;
}