From d8873315065f1f527c7c380402cf59b1e1d0ae36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neil Horman Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:05:37 +0000 Subject: net: add IFF_SKB_TX_SHARED flag to priv_flags Pktgen attempts to transmit shared skbs to net devices, which can't be used by some drivers as they keep state information in skbs. This patch adds a flag marking drivers as being able to handle shared skbs in their tx path. Drivers are defaulted to being unable to do so, but calling ether_setup enables this flag, as 90% of the drivers calling ether_setup touch real hardware and can handle shared skbs. A subsequent patch will audit drivers to ensure that the flag is set properly Signed-off-by: Neil Horman Reported-by: Jiri Pirko CC: Robert Olsson CC: Eric Dumazet CC: Alexey Dobriyan CC: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/if.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/if.h b/include/linux/if.h index 3bc63e6a02f7..03489ca92ded 100644 --- a/include/linux/if.h +++ b/include/linux/if.h @@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ #define IFF_BRIDGE_PORT 0x4000 /* device used as bridge port */ #define IFF_OVS_DATAPATH 0x8000 /* device used as Open vSwitch * datapath port */ +#define IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING 0x10000 /* The interface supports sharing + * skbs on transmit */ #define IF_GET_IFACE 0x0001 /* for querying only */ #define IF_GET_PROTO 0x0002 -- cgit v1.2.3