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[net-next,v5,02/15] netdevice: add priv_flags IFF_NOT_USE_DMA_ADDR

Message ID 20210610082209.91487-3-xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com (mailing list archive)
State Changes Requested
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series virtio-net: support xdp socket zero copy | expand

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Commit Message

Xuan Zhuo June 10, 2021, 8:21 a.m. UTC
Some driver devices, such as virtio-net, do not directly use dma addr.
For upper-level frameworks such as xdp socket, that need to be aware of
this. So add a new priv_flag IFF_NOT_USE_DMA_ADDR.

Signed-off-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>
---
 include/linux/netdevice.h | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 3202e055b305..2de0a0c455e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1596,6 +1596,7 @@  typedef u64 netdev_priv_flags_t;
  * @IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK: rename is allowed while device is up and running
  * @IFF_TX_SKB_NO_LINEAR: device/driver is capable of xmitting frames with
  *	skb_headlen(skb) == 0 (data starts from frag0)
+ * @IFF_NOT_USE_DMA_ADDR: driver not use dma addr directly. such as virtio-net
  */
 enum {
 	IFF_802_1Q_VLAN_BIT,
@@ -1630,6 +1631,7 @@  enum {
 	IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER_BIT,
 	IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK_BIT,
 	IFF_TX_SKB_NO_LINEAR_BIT,
+	IFF_NOT_USE_DMA_ADDR_BIT,
 };
 
 #define __IFF_BIT(bit)		((netdev_priv_flags_t)1 << (bit))
@@ -1667,6 +1669,7 @@  enum {
 #define IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER		__IFF(L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER)
 #define IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK		__IFF(LIVE_RENAME_OK)
 #define IFF_TX_SKB_NO_LINEAR		__IFF(TX_SKB_NO_LINEAR)
+#define IFF_NOT_USE_DMA_ADDR		__IFF(NOT_USE_DMA_ADDR)
 
 /* Specifies the type of the struct net_device::ml_priv pointer */
 enum netdev_ml_priv_type {