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From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli•us>
To: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail•com>
Cc: netdev@vger•kernel.org, davem@davemloft•net,
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	alexander.h.duyck@intel•com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 5/9] net: introduce dummy switch
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 09:37:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140920073723.GC1821@nanopsycho.orion> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <541D0EBC.6010103@gmail.com>

Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 07:21:00AM CEST, f.fainelli@gmail•com wrote:
>On 09/19/14 06:49, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>>Dummy switch implementation using switchdev interface
>
>This really looks like a DSA driver that has 0 ports, and is not attached to
>an useful network interface, and which is registering its own set of rtnl
>operations for a purpose that is unclear to me.
>
>I think registering these rtnl ops is misleading as it leads to a false idea
>that this is allowed, and that people are actually encouraged to do that for
>custom switch drivers, and this completely defeats the purpose of coming up
>with a generic API.
>
>If we are to go that route anyway, I really prefer the way Felix did it in
>swconfig, and the fake switch driver did do something useful being attached
>to the loopback interface:
>
>http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2013/10/22/103
>http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/285478/

I will drop dummyswitch because it serves primary as an example. But
since rocker is here, this is no longer needed.


>
>>
>>Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli•us>
>>---
>>  drivers/net/Kconfig          |   7 +++
>>  drivers/net/Makefile         |   1 +
>>  drivers/net/dummyswitch.c    | 130 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  include/uapi/linux/if_link.h |   9 +++
>>  4 files changed, 147 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/dummyswitch.c
>>
>>diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
>>index c6f6f69..7822c74 100644
>>--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
>>+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
>>@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ config DUMMY
>>  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
>>  	  will be called dummy.
>>
>>+config NET_DUMMY_SWITCH
>>+	tristate "Dummy switch net driver support"
>>+	depends on NET_SWITCHDEV
>>+	---help---
>>+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
>>+	  will be called dummyswitch.
>>+
>>  config EQUALIZER
>>  	tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
>>  	---help---
>>diff --git a/drivers/net/Makefile b/drivers/net/Makefile
>>index 61aefdd..3c835ba 100644
>>--- a/drivers/net/Makefile
>>+++ b/drivers/net/Makefile
>>@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
>>  #
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_BONDING) += bonding/
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_DUMMY) += dummy.o
>>+obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DUMMY_SWITCH) += dummyswitch.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_EQUALIZER) += eql.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_IFB) += ifb.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_MACVLAN) += macvlan.o
>>diff --git a/drivers/net/dummyswitch.c b/drivers/net/dummyswitch.c
>>new file mode 100644
>>index 0000000..e7a48f4
>>--- /dev/null
>>+++ b/drivers/net/dummyswitch.c
>>@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
>>+/*
>>+ * drivers/net/dummyswitch.c - Dummy switch device
>>+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Jiri Pirko <jiri@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/module.h>
>>+#include <linux/kernel.h>
>>+#include <linux/init.h>
>>+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
>>+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
>>+#include <net/rtnetlink.h>
>>+
>>+struct dummyswport_priv {
>>+	struct netdev_phys_item_id psid;
>>+};
>>+
>>+static netdev_tx_t dummyswport_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
>>+					  struct net_device *dev)
>>+{
>>+	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
>>+	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
>>+}
>>+
>>+static int dummyswport_swdev_id_get(struct net_device *dev,
>>+				    struct netdev_phys_item_id *psid)
>>+{
>>+	struct dummyswport_priv *dsp = netdev_priv(dev);
>>+
>>+	memcpy(psid, &dsp->psid, sizeof(*psid));
>>+	return 0;
>>+}
>>+
>>+static int dummyswport_change_carrier(struct net_device *dev, bool new_carrier)
>>+{
>>+	if (new_carrier)
>>+		netif_carrier_on(dev);
>>+	else
>>+		netif_carrier_off(dev);
>>+	return 0;
>>+}
>>+
>>+static const struct net_device_ops dummyswport_netdev_ops = {
>>+	.ndo_start_xmit		= dummyswport_start_xmit,
>>+	.ndo_swdev_id_get	= dummyswport_swdev_id_get,
>>+	.ndo_change_carrier	= dummyswport_change_carrier,
>>+};
>>+
>>+static void dummyswport_setup(struct net_device *dev)
>>+{
>>+	ether_setup(dev);
>>+
>>+	/* Initialize the device structure. */
>>+	dev->netdev_ops = &dummyswport_netdev_ops;
>>+	dev->destructor = free_netdev;
>>+
>>+	/* Fill in device structure with ethernet-generic values. */
>>+	dev->tx_queue_len = 0;
>>+	dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
>>+	dev->flags &= ~IFF_MULTICAST;
>>+	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
>>+	dev->features	|= NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST | NETIF_F_TSO;
>>+	dev->features	|= NETIF_F_HW_CSUM | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA | NETIF_F_LLTX;
>>+	eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
>>+}
>>+
>>+static int dummyswport_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
>>+{
>>+	if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS])
>>+		return -EINVAL;
>>+	if (!data || !data[IFLA_DUMMYSWPORT_PHYS_SWITCH_ID])
>>+		return -EINVAL;
>>+	return 0;
>>+}
>>+
>>+static int dummyswport_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
>>+			       struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
>>+{
>>+	struct dummyswport_priv *dsp = netdev_priv(dev);
>>+	int err;
>>+
>>+	dsp->psid.id_len = nla_len(data[IFLA_DUMMYSWPORT_PHYS_SWITCH_ID]);
>>+	memcpy(dsp->psid.id, nla_data(data[IFLA_DUMMYSWPORT_PHYS_SWITCH_ID]),
>>+	       dsp->psid.id_len);
>>+
>>+	err = register_netdevice(dev);
>>+	if (err)
>>+		return err;
>>+
>>+	netif_carrier_on(dev);
>>+
>>+	return 0;
>>+}
>>+
>>+static const struct nla_policy dummyswport_policy[IFLA_DUMMYSWPORT_MAX + 1] = {
>>+	[IFLA_DUMMYSWPORT_PHYS_SWITCH_ID] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
>>+					      .len = MAX_PHYS_ITEM_ID_LEN },
>>+};
>>+
>>+static struct rtnl_link_ops dummyswport_link_ops __read_mostly = {
>>+	.kind		= "dummyswport",
>>+	.priv_size	= sizeof(struct dummyswport_priv),
>>+	.setup		= dummyswport_setup,
>>+	.validate	= dummyswport_validate,
>>+	.newlink	= dummyswport_newlink,
>>+	.policy		= dummyswport_policy,
>>+	.maxtype	= IFLA_DUMMYSWPORT_MAX,
>>+};
>>+
>>+static int __init dummysw_module_init(void)
>>+{
>>+	return rtnl_link_register(&dummyswport_link_ops);
>>+}
>>+
>>+static void __exit dummysw_module_exit(void)
>>+{
>>+	rtnl_link_unregister(&dummyswport_link_ops);
>>+}
>>+
>>+module_init(dummysw_module_init);
>>+module_exit(dummysw_module_exit);
>>+
>>+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
>>+MODULE_AUTHOR("Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli•us>");
>>+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Dummy switch device");
>>+MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("dummyswport");
>>diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
>>index c5ca3b9..bd24d69 100644
>>--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
>>+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
>>@@ -574,4 +574,13 @@ enum {
>>
>>  #define IFLA_HSR_MAX (__IFLA_HSR_MAX - 1)
>>
>>+/* DUMMYSWPORT section */
>>+enum {
>>+	IFLA_DUMMYSWPORT_UNSPEC,
>>+	IFLA_DUMMYSWPORT_PHYS_SWITCH_ID,
>>+	__IFLA_DUMMYSWPORT_MAX,
>>+};
>>+
>>+#define IFLA_DUMMYSWPORT_MAX (__IFLA_DUMMYSWPORT_MAX - 1)
>>+
>>  #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_IF_LINK_H */
>>
>

  reply	other threads:[~2014-09-20  7:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-09-19 13:49 [patch net-next v2 0/9] introduce rocker switch driver with hardware accelerated datapath api Jiri Pirko
2014-09-19 13:49 ` [patch net-next v2 1/9] net: rename netdev_phys_port_id to more generic name Jiri Pirko
     [not found]   ` <1411134590-4586-2-git-send-email-jiri-rHqAuBHg3fBzbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-19 13:54     ` Jeff Kirsher
     [not found] ` <1411134590-4586-1-git-send-email-jiri-rHqAuBHg3fBzbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-19 13:49   ` [patch net-next v2 2/9] net: introduce generic switch devices support Jiri Pirko
2014-09-19 14:15   ` [patch net-next v2 0/9] introduce rocker switch driver with hardware accelerated datapath api David Laight
     [not found]     ` <063D6719AE5E284EB5DD2968C1650D6D17495CC6-VkEWCZq2GCInGFn1LkZF6NBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-19 14:20       ` Jiri Pirko
2014-09-20  5:37         ` Florian Fainelli
2014-09-19 13:49 ` [patch net-next v2 3/9] rtnl: expose physical switch id for particular device Jiri Pirko
2014-09-19 13:49 ` [patch net-next v2 4/9] net-sysfs: " Jiri Pirko
2014-09-19 13:49 ` [patch net-next v2 5/9] net: introduce dummy switch Jiri Pirko
     [not found]   ` <1411134590-4586-6-git-send-email-jiri-rHqAuBHg3fBzbRFIqnYvSA@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-20  5:21     ` Florian Fainelli
2014-09-20  7:37       ` Jiri Pirko [this message]
2014-09-19 13:49 ` [patch net-next v2 6/9] switchdev: add basic support for flow matching and actions Jiri Pirko
2014-09-20  5:32   ` Florian Fainelli
2014-09-20  7:28     ` Jiri Pirko
2014-09-19 13:49 ` [patch net-next v2 7/9] switchdev: add swdev features Jiri Pirko
2014-09-19 13:49 ` [patch net-next v2 8/9] switchdev: introduce Netlink API Jiri Pirko
2014-09-19 15:25   ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-09-19 15:49     ` Jiri Pirko
2014-09-19 17:57       ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-09-19 22:12         ` John Fastabend
2014-09-19 22:18           ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-09-20  5:39             ` Florian Fainelli
2014-09-20  8:25               ` Jiri Pirko
2014-09-20  8:17             ` Jiri Pirko
2014-09-20 10:19               ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-09-20 11:01                 ` Thomas Graf
2014-09-20 11:32                   ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-09-20 11:51                     ` Thomas Graf
     [not found]                       ` <20140920115140.GA3777-FZi0V3Vbi30CUdFEqe4BF2D2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-20 12:35                         ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-09-22  7:53                     ` Jiri Pirko
     [not found]                       ` <20140922075337.GA1828-6KJVSR23iU488b5SBfVpbw@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-22 11:48                         ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-09-20  5:36           ` Florian Fainelli
2014-09-20  8:14           ` Jiri Pirko
2014-09-20 10:53             ` Thomas Graf
2014-09-20 22:50               ` Alexei Starovoitov
2014-09-22  8:13                 ` Thomas Graf
2014-09-22 15:10                   ` Tom Herbert
2014-09-22 22:17                     ` Thomas Graf
     [not found]                       ` <20140922221727.GA4708-FZi0V3Vbi30CUdFEqe4BF2D2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-22 22:40                         ` Tom Herbert
2014-09-22 22:53                           ` Thomas Graf
2014-09-22 23:07                             ` Tom Herbert
2014-09-23  1:36                               ` John Fastabend
2014-09-23  7:19                                 ` Thomas Graf
2014-09-23 11:09                                 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
     [not found]                           ` <CA+mtBx9ZVQ5r5Hzy9-uEnk+iu+HKkOP4+VANC06Xf8VvTxktwQ-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-23  9:18                             ` Thomas Graf
2014-09-23  1:54                     ` Alexei Starovoitov
2014-09-23  2:16                       ` Tom Herbert
2014-09-23  4:11                         ` Andy Gospodarek
2014-09-23 10:11                           ` Thomas Graf
2014-09-23 15:32                           ` Or Gerlitz
2014-09-24 13:32                             ` Thomas Graf
2014-09-26 20:03                               ` Or Gerlitz
2014-09-26 21:02                                 ` Thomas Graf
2014-09-23  9:52                         ` Thomas Graf
2014-09-20  3:41       ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-09-20  8:09         ` Jiri Pirko
2014-09-20 12:39           ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-09-20  8:10         ` Scott Feldman
2014-09-20 10:31           ` Jamal Hadi Salim
     [not found]           ` <DDC24110-C3F5-470F-B9BE-1D1792415D1E-qUQiAmfTcIp+XZJcv9eMoEEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2014-09-20 12:51             ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-09-20 17:21               ` Scott Feldman
2014-09-20 17:38                 ` Jiri Pirko
2014-09-21  1:30                   ` Roopa Prabhu
2014-09-19 13:49 ` [patch net-next v2 9/9] rocker: introduce rocker switch driver Jiri Pirko

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