| Message ID | 20210123161812.1043345-3-horatiu.vultur@microchip.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Superseded |
| Delegated to: | Netdev Maintainers |
| Headers | show |
| Series | bridge: mrp: Extend br_mrp_switchdev_* | expand |
| Context | Check | Description |
|---|---|---|
| netdev/cover_letter | success | Link |
| netdev/fixes_present | success | Link |
| netdev/patch_count | success | Link |
| netdev/tree_selection | success | Clearly marked for net-next |
| netdev/subject_prefix | success | Link |
| netdev/cc_maintainers | success | CCed 6 of 6 maintainers |
| netdev/source_inline | success | Was 0 now: 0 |
| netdev/verify_signedoff | success | Link |
| netdev/module_param | success | Was 0 now: 0 |
| netdev/build_32bit | success | Errors and warnings before: 0 this patch: 0 |
| netdev/kdoc | success | Errors and warnings before: 0 this patch: 0 |
| netdev/verify_fixes | success | Link |
| netdev/checkpatch | success | total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 checks, 20 lines checked |
| netdev/build_allmodconfig_warn | success | Errors and warnings before: 0 this patch: 0 |
| netdev/header_inline | success | Link |
| netdev/stable | success | Stable not CCed |
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private_mrp.h b/net/bridge/br_private_mrp.h index 1883118aae55..31e666ae6955 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_private_mrp.h +++ b/net/bridge/br_private_mrp.h @@ -46,6 +46,20 @@ struct br_mrp { struct rcu_head rcu; }; +/* This type is returned by br_mrp_switchdev functions that allow to have a SW + * backup in case the HW can't implement completely the protocol. + * BR_MRP_NONE - means the HW can't run at all the protocol, so the SW stops + * configuring the node anymore. + * BR_MRP_SW - the HW can help the SW to run the protocol, by redirecting MRP + * frames to CPU. + * BR_MRP_HW - the HW can implement completely the protocol. + */ +enum br_mrp_hw_support { + BR_MRP_NONE, + BR_MRP_SW, + BR_MRP_HW, +}; + /* br_mrp.c */ int br_mrp_add(struct net_bridge *br, struct br_mrp_instance *instance); int br_mrp_del(struct net_bridge *br, struct br_mrp_instance *instance);
Add the enum br_mrp_hw_support that is used by the br_mrp_switchdev functions to allow the SW to detect better the cases where the HW can't implement this or when the SW is used as a backup. Signed-off-by: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@microchip.com> --- net/bridge/br_private_mrp.h | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)