diff mbox series

[net-next,v2,2/4] bridge: mrp: Add 'enum br_mrp_hw_support'

Message ID 20210127205241.2864728-3-horatiu.vultur@microchip.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
Headers show
Series bridge: mrp: Extend br_mrp_switchdev_* | expand

Checks

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

Commit Message

Horatiu Vultur Jan. 27, 2021, 8:52 p.m. UTC
Add the enum br_mrp_hw_support that is used by the br_mrp_switchdev
functions to allow the SW to detect the cases where HW can't implement
the functionality or when 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(+)
diff mbox series

Patch

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);