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From: Pavel Emelianov <xemul@openvz•org>
To: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash•net>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft•net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@vger•kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Virtual ethernet device driver
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:17:49 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <469629FD.4030709@openvz.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46961F21.7030409@trash.net>

Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Pavel Emelianov wrote:
>> +static int veth_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
>> +			 struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
>> +{
>> +	int err;
>> +	struct net_device *peer;
>> +	struct veth_priv *priv;
>> +	char ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * prepare the devices info
>> +	 */
>> +
>> +	if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS] == NULL)
>> +		random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
>> +
>> +	if (data != NULL && data[VETH_INFO_PEER] != NULL) {
>> +		err = nla_parse_nested(tb, IFLA_INFO_MAX,
>> +				data[VETH_INFO_PEER], ifla_policy);
>> +		if (err < 0)
>> +			return err;
>> +	}
> 
> 
> Not having a peer should be an error, no?
> 
>> +
>> +	if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME])
>> +		nla_strlcpy(ifname, tb[IFLA_IFNAME], IFNAMSIZ);
>> +	else
>> +		snprintf(ifname, IFNAMSIZ, DRV_NAME "%%d");
> 
> 
> Does this work? The other device is not registered at this time, so I
> think the allocated names could clash ..

Oh! And one more thing, I've just thought about - even two devices with
similar name would be ok when we have a namespaces and one of the ends of
this tunnel is to be in some other namespace rather that the init one.

> If it does work you could also perform name allocation in the
> rtnl_create_link function.
> 
> 
>> +
>> +	peer = rtnl_create_link(ifname, &veth_link_ops, tb);
>> +	if (IS_ERR(peer))
>> +		return PTR_ERR(peer);
>> +
>> +	if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS] == NULL)
>> +		random_ether_addr(peer->dev_addr);
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * register devices
>> +	 */
>> +
>> +	err = register_netdevice(peer);
>> +	if (err < 0)
>> +		goto err_register_peer;
>> +
>> +	err = register_netdevice(dev);
>> +	if (err < 0)
>> +		goto err_register_dev;
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * tie the deviced together
>> +	 */
>> +
>> +	priv = netdev_priv(dev);
>> +	priv->dev = dev;
>> +	priv->peer = peer;
>> +	list_add(&priv->list, &veth_list);
>> +
>> +	priv = netdev_priv(peer);
>> +	priv->dev = peer;
>> +	priv->peer = dev;
>> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->list);
>> +	return 0;
>> +
>> +err_register_dev:
>> +	unregister_netdevice(peer);
>> +	return err;
>> +
>> +err_register_peer:
>> +	free_netdev(peer);
>> +	return err;
>> +}
> 
>> +static __exit void veth_exit(void)
>> +{
>> +	struct veth_priv *priv, *next;
>> +
>> +	rtnl_lock();
>> +	__rtnl_link_unregister(&veth_link_ops);
>> +
>> +	list_for_each_entry_safe(priv, next, &veth_list, list)
>> +		veth_dellink(priv->dev);
>> +	rtnl_unlock();
> 
> 
> Devices are unregistered automatically through the dellink function,
> rtnl_link_unregister(..) is enough.
> 


  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-07-12 13:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-12  9:13 [PATCH 0/2] Virtual ethernet device (v3) Pavel Emelianov
2007-07-12  9:17 ` [PATCH 1/2] Introduce the generic rtnl_create_link() Pavel Emelianov
2007-07-12  9:19 ` [PATCH 2/2] Virtual ethernet device driver Pavel Emelianov
2007-07-12 12:31   ` Patrick McHardy
2007-07-12 13:14     ` Pavel Emelianov
2007-07-12 13:21       ` Patrick McHardy
2007-07-12 13:36         ` Pavel Emelianov
2007-07-12 13:44           ` Patrick McHardy
2007-07-12 13:58             ` Pavel Emelianov
2007-07-12 13:17     ` Pavel Emelianov [this message]
2007-07-12 13:24       ` Patrick McHardy
2007-07-16  9:10         ` Pavel Emelianov
2007-07-12 13:51   ` Patrick McHardy
2007-07-12 14:01     ` Pavel Emelianov
2007-07-12 14:10       ` Patrick McHardy
2007-07-16  9:16         ` Pavel Emelianov
2007-07-16 13:13           ` Patrick McHardy
2007-07-12  9:21 ` [PATCH 0/2] Module for ip utility to support veth device (v.3) Pavel Emelianov
2007-07-12  9:23   ` [PATCH 1/2] Intruduce iplink_parse() routine Pavel Emelianov
2007-07-12  9:25   ` [PATCH 2/2] Module for ip utility to support veth device Pavel Emelianov
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-07-19  9:24 [PATCH] Virtual ethernet device (v.4) Pavel Emelyanov
2007-07-19  9:28 ` [PATCH 2/2] Virtual ethernet device driver Pavel Emelyanov

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