linux/net/core
Scott Feldman 57b610805c net: Add netlink support for virtual port management (was iovnl)
Add new netdev ops ndo_{set|get}_vf_port to allow setting of
port-profile on a netdev interface.  Extends netlink socket RTM_SETLINK/
RTM_GETLINK with two new sub msgs called IFLA_VF_PORTS and IFLA_PORT_SELF
(added to end of IFLA_cmd list).  These are both nested atrtibutes
using this layout:

              [IFLA_NUM_VF]
              [IFLA_VF_PORTS]
                      [IFLA_VF_PORT]
                              [IFLA_PORT_*], ...
                      [IFLA_VF_PORT]
                              [IFLA_PORT_*], ...
                      ...
              [IFLA_PORT_SELF]
                      [IFLA_PORT_*], ...

These attributes are design to be set and get symmetrically.  VF_PORTS
is a list of VF_PORTs, one for each VF, when dealing with an SR-IOV
device.  PORT_SELF is for the PF of the SR-IOV device, in case it wants
to also have a port-profile, or for the case where the VF==PF, like in
enic patch 2/2 of this patch set.

A port-profile is used to configure/enable the external switch virtual port
backing the netdev interface, not to configure the host-facing side of the
netdev.  A port-profile is an identifier known to the switch.  How port-
profiles are installed on the switch or how available port-profiles are
made know to the host is outside the scope of this patch.

There are two types of port-profiles specs in the netlink msg.  The first spec
is for 802.1Qbg (pre-)standard, VDP protocol.  The second spec is for devices
that run a similar protocol as VDP but in firmware, thus hiding the protocol
details.  In either case, the specs have much in common and makes sense to
define the netlink msg as the union of the two specs.  For example, both specs
have a notition of associating/deassociating a port-profile.  And both specs
require some information from the hypervisor manager, such as client port
instance ID.

The general flow is the port-profile is applied to a host netdev interface
using RTM_SETLINK, the receiver of the RTM_SETLINK msg communicates with the
switch, and the switch virtual port backing the host netdev interface is
configured/enabled based on the settings defined by the port-profile.  What
those settings comprise, and how those settings are managed is again
outside the scope of this patch, since this patch only deals with the
first step in the flow.

Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <scofeldm@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roprabhu@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-17 22:49:55 -07:00
..
Makefile net: convert multicast list to list_head 2010-04-03 14:22:15 -07:00
datagram.c net: skb_free_datagram_locked() fix 2010-05-03 23:18:14 -07:00
dev.c net: add a noref bit on skb dst 2010-05-17 17:18:50 -07:00
dev_addr_lists.c net: include linux/proc_fs.h in dev_addr_lists.c 2010-04-07 16:46:36 -07:00
drop_monitor.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
dst.c dst: don't inline dst_ifdown 2010-04-13 03:32:44 -07:00
ethtool.c net: Remove unnecessary semicolons after switch statements 2010-05-17 17:44:35 -07:00
fib_rules.c net: fib_rules: mark arguments to fib_rules_register const and __net_initdata 2010-04-26 16:02:04 +02:00
filter.c net: Socket filter ancilliary data access for skb->dev->type 2010-04-22 16:05:44 -07:00
flow.c flow: delayed deletion of flow cache entries 2010-04-07 03:43:20 -07:00
gen_estimator.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
gen_stats.c pkt_sched: gen_estimator: Dont report fake rate estimators 2009-10-07 01:07:42 -07:00
iovec.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
kmap_skb.h [PATCH] severing skbuff.h -> highmem.h 2006-12-04 02:00:29 -05:00
link_watch.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
neighbour.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
net-sysfs.c rps: static functions 2010-04-19 14:40:57 -07:00
net-sysfs.h netns: Fix device renaming for sysfs 2008-05-02 17:00:58 -07:00
net-traces.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
net_namespace.c net: disallow to use net_assign_generic externally 2010-04-27 15:49:02 -07:00
netevent.c [NET]: net/core/netevent.c should #include <net/netevent.h> 2007-07-05 17:40:27 -07:00
netpoll.c netpoll: add generic support for bridge and bonding devices 2010-05-06 00:47:21 -07:00
pktgen.c pktgen node allocation 2010-03-21 20:33:36 -07:00
request_sock.c net: convert BUG_TRAP to generic WARN_ON 2008-07-25 21:43:18 -07:00
rtnetlink.c net: Add netlink support for virtual port management (was iovnl) 2010-05-17 22:49:55 -07:00
scm.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
skbuff.c net: add a noref bit on skb dst 2010-05-17 17:18:50 -07:00
sock.c net: add a noref bit on skb dst 2010-05-17 17:18:50 -07:00
stream.c net: sock_def_readable() and friends RCU conversion 2010-05-01 15:00:15 -07:00
sysctl_net_core.c net: Consistent skb timestamping 2010-05-15 23:57:10 -07:00
user_dma.c net/core/user_dma.c: Use frag list abstraction interfaces. 2009-06-09 00:19:10 -07:00
utils.c printk: Remove ratelimit.h from kernel.h 2009-09-22 16:18:09 +02:00