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authorEliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@linux.intel.com>2013-06-10 11:39:41 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2013-06-10 21:22:35 -0700
commitaf12fa6e46aa651e7b86a4c4117b562518fef184 (patch)
tree1425ef11083e66af192c33abb3b1fa3b04b26f4b /include/linux/netdevice.h
parent6f00a0229627ca189529cad3f9154ac2f9e5c7db (diff)
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net: add napi_id and hash
Adds a napi_id and a hashing mechanism to lookup a napi by id. This will be used by subsequent patches to implement low latency Ethernet device polling. Based on a code sample by Eric Dumazet. Signed-off-by: Eliezer Tamir <eliezer.tamir@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Tested-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/netdevice.h')
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1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 8f967e34142b..39bbd462d68e 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -324,12 +324,15 @@ struct napi_struct {
struct sk_buff *gro_list;
struct sk_buff *skb;
struct list_head dev_list;
+ struct hlist_node napi_hash_node;
+ unsigned int napi_id;
};
enum {
NAPI_STATE_SCHED, /* Poll is scheduled */
NAPI_STATE_DISABLE, /* Disable pending */
NAPI_STATE_NPSVC, /* Netpoll - don't dequeue from poll_list */
+ NAPI_STATE_HASHED, /* In NAPI hash */
};
enum gro_result {
@@ -446,6 +449,32 @@ extern void __napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n);
extern void napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n);
/**
+ * napi_by_id - lookup a NAPI by napi_id
+ * @napi_id: hashed napi_id
+ *
+ * lookup @napi_id in napi_hash table
+ * must be called under rcu_read_lock()
+ */
+extern struct napi_struct *napi_by_id(unsigned int napi_id);
+
+/**
+ * napi_hash_add - add a NAPI to global hashtable
+ * @napi: napi context
+ *
+ * generate a new napi_id and store a @napi under it in napi_hash
+ */
+extern void napi_hash_add(struct napi_struct *napi);
+
+/**
+ * napi_hash_del - remove a NAPI from global table
+ * @napi: napi context
+ *
+ * Warning: caller must observe rcu grace period
+ * before freeing memory containing @napi
+ */
+extern void napi_hash_del(struct napi_struct *napi);
+
+/**
* napi_disable - prevent NAPI from scheduling
* @n: napi context
*
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