user/sven/linux.git/include/net/dcbnl.h, branch v3.2.97

dcb: add DCBX mode to event notifier attributes

2011-10-06T19:49:51Z

Add DCBX mode to event notifiers so listeners can learn currently enabled mode. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

dcb: Use ifindex instead of ifname

2011-10-06T19:49:51Z

Use ifindex instead of ifname in the DCB app ring. This makes for a smaller data structure and faster comparisons. It also avoids possible issues when a net device is renamed. Signed-off-by: Mark Rustad Signed-off-by: John Fastabend Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

dcbnl: Add CEE notification

2011-07-06T06:42:17Z

This patch add an unsolicited notification of the DCBX negotiated parameters for the CEE flavor of the DCBX protocol. The notification message is identical to the aggregated CEE get operation and holds all the pertinent local and peer information. The notification routine is exported so it can be invoked by drivers supporting an embedded DCBX stack. Signed-off-by: Shmulik Ravid Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

dcb: fix return type on dcb_setapp()

2011-06-21T23:06:12Z

Incorrect return type on dcb_setapp() this routine returns negative error codes. All call sites of dcb_setapp() assign the return value to an int already so no need to update drivers. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

dcb: Add dcb_ieee_getapp_mask() for drivers to query APP settings

2011-06-21T23:06:12Z

With multiple APP entries per selector and protocol drivers or stacks may want to pick a specific value or stripe traffic across many priorities. Also if an APP entry in use is deleted the stack/driver may want to choose from the existing APP entries. To facilitate this and avoid having duplicate code to walk the APP ring provide a routine dcb_ieee_getapp_mask() to return a u8 bitmask of all priorities set for the specified selector and protocol. This routine and bitmask is a helper for DCB kernel users. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

dcb: Add ieee_dcb_delapp() and dcb op to delete app entry

2011-06-21T23:06:11Z

Now that we allow multiple IEEE App entries we need a way to remove specific entries. To do this add the ieee_dcb_delapp() routine. Additionaly drivers may need to remove the APP entry from their firmware tables. Add dcb ops routine to handle this. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

dcb: Add ieee_dcb_setapp() to be used for IEEE 802.1Qaz APP data

2011-06-21T23:06:11Z

This adds a setapp routine for IEEE802.1Qaz encoded APP data types. The IEEE 802.1Qaz spec encodes the priority bits differently and allows for multiple APP data entries of the same selector and protocol. Trying to force these to use the same set routines was becoming tedious. Furthermore, userspace could probably enforce the correct semantics, but expecting drivers to do this seems error prone in the firmware case. For these reasons add ieee_dcb_setapp() that understands the IEEE 802.1Qaz encoded form. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: dcbnl, add multicast group for DCB

2011-06-21T23:06:11Z

Now that dcbnl is being used in many cases by more than a single agent it is beneficial to be notified when some entity either driver or user space has changed the DCB attributes. Today applications either end up polling the interface or relying on a user space database to maintain the DCB state and post events. Polling is a poor solution for obvious reasons. And relying on a user space database has its own downside. Namely it has created strange boot dependencies requiring the database be populated before any applications dependent on DCB attributes starts or the application goes into a polling loop. Populating the database requires negotiating link setting with the peer and can take anywhere from less than a second up to a few seconds depending on the switch implementation. Perhaps more importantly if another application or an embedded agent sets a DCB link attribute the database has no way of knowing other than polling the kernel. This prevents applications from responding quickly to changes in link events which at least in the FCoE case and probably any other protocols expecting a lossless link may result in IO errors. By adding a multicast group for DCB we have clean way to disseminate kernel DCB link attributes up to user space. Avoiding the need for user space to maintain a coherant database and disperse events that potentially do not reflect the current link state. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

dcbnl: add support for retrieving peer configuration - cee

2011-03-03T05:58:55Z

This patch adds the support for retrieving the remote or peer DCBX configuration via dcbnl for embedded DCBX stacks supporting the CEE DCBX standard. Signed-off-by: Shmulik Ravid Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

dcbnl: add support for retrieving peer configuration - ieee

2011-03-03T05:58:54Z

These 2 patches add the support for retrieving the remote or peer DCBX configuration via dcbnl for embedded DCBX stacks. The peer configuration is part of the DCBX MIB and is useful for debugging and diagnostics of the overall DCB configuration. The first patch add this support for IEEE 802.1Qaz standard the second patch add the same support for the older CEE standard. Diff for v2 - the peer-app-info is CEE specific. Signed-off-by: Shmulik Ravid Signed-off-by: David S. Miller