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author | Karoly Kemeny | 2014-07-30 20:27:36 +0200 |
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committer | David S. Miller | 2014-07-31 21:34:20 -0700 |
commit | 536721b1cb3fb50034bf6f6c7a7ea16166970e69 (patch) | |
tree | 41d6f234af900be609c41f1e6a28dc349b953fe7 /include/linux/netdevice.h | |
parent | 8e97b85a8f1b6f203a75234b550d3eec5752c269 (diff) |
net: kernel-doc compliant documentation for net_device
Net_device is a vast and important structure, but it has no kernel-doc
compliant documentation. This patch extracts the comments from the structure
to clean it up, and let the scripts extract documentation from it. I know that
the patch is big, but it's just reordering of comments into the appropriate
form, and adding a few more, for the missing members.
Signed-off-by: Karoly Kemeny <karoly.kemeny@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/netdevice.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netdevice.h | 381 |
1 files changed, 250 insertions, 131 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 8e8fb3ed574b..38377392d082 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -1231,42 +1231,228 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags { #define IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE #define IFF_MACVLAN IFF_MACVLAN -/* - * The DEVICE structure. - * Actually, this whole structure is a big mistake. It mixes I/O - * data with strictly "high-level" data, and it has to know about - * almost every data structure used in the INET module. +/** + * struct net_device - The DEVICE structure. + * Actually, this whole structure is a big mistake. It mixes I/O + * data with strictly "high-level" data, and it has to know about + * almost every data structure used in the INET module. + * + * @name: This is the first field of the "visible" part of this structure + * (i.e. as seen by users in the "Space.c" file). It is the name + * of the interface. + * + * @name_hlist: Device name hash chain, please keep it close to name[] + * @ifalias: SNMP alias + * @mem_end: Shared memory end + * @mem_start: Shared memory start + * @base_addr: Device I/O address + * @irq: Device IRQ number + * + * @state: Generic network queuing layer state, see netdev_state_t + * @dev_list: The global list of network devices + * @napi_list: List entry, that is used for polling napi devices + * @unreg_list: List entry, that is used, when we are unregistering the + * device, see the function unregister_netdev + * @close_list: List entry, that is used, when we are closing the device + * + * @adj_list: Directly linked devices, like slaves for bonding + * @all_adj_list: All linked devices, *including* neighbours + * @features: Currently active device features + * @hw_features: User-changeable features + * + * @wanted_features: User-requested features + * @vlan_features: Mask of features inheritable by VLAN devices + * + * @hw_enc_features: Mask of features inherited by encapsulating devices + * This field indicates what encapsulation + * offloads the hardware is capable of doing, + * and drivers will need to set them appropriately. + * + * @mpls_features: Mask of features inheritable by MPLS + * + * @ifindex: interface index + * @iflink: unique device identifier + * + * @stats: Statistics struct, which was left as a legacy, use + * rtnl_link_stats64 instead + * + * @rx_dropped: Dropped packets by core network, + * do not use this in drivers + * @tx_dropped: Dropped packets by core network, + * do not use this in drivers + * + * @carrier_changes: Stats to monitor carrier on<->off transitions + * + * @wireless_handlers: List of functions to handle Wireless Extensions, + * instead of ioctl, + * see <net/iw_handler.h> for details. + * @wireless_data: Instance data managed by the core of wireless extensions + * + * @netdev_ops: Includes several pointers to callbacks, + * if one wants to override the ndo_*() functions + * @ethtool_ops: Management operations + * @fwd_ops: Management operations + * @header_ops: Includes callbacks for creating,parsing,rebuilding,etc + * of Layer 2 headers. + * + * @flags: Interface flags (a la BSD) + * @priv_flags: Like 'flags' but invisible to userspace, + * see if.h for the definitions + * @gflags: Global flags ( kept as legacy ) + * @padded: How much padding added by alloc_netdev() + * @operstate: RFC2863 operstate + * @link_mode: Mapping policy to operstate + * @if_port: Selectable AUI, TP, ... + * @dma: DMA channel + * @mtu: Interface MTU value + * @type: Interface hardware type + * @hard_header_len: Hardware header length + * + * @needed_headroom: Extra headroom the hardware may need, but not in all + * cases can this be guaranteed + * @needed_tailroom: Extra tailroom the hardware may need, but not in all + * cases can this be guaranteed. Some cases also use + * LL_MAX_HEADER instead to allocate the skb + * + * interface address info: + * + * @perm_addr: Permanent hw address + * @addr_assign_type: Hw address assignment type + * @addr_len: Hardware address length + * @neigh_priv_len; Used in neigh_alloc(), + * initialized only in atm/clip.c + * @dev_id: Used to differentiate devices that share + * the same link layer address + * @dev_port: Used to differentiate devices that share + * the same function + * @addr_list_lock: XXX: need comments on this one + * @uc: unicast mac addresses + * @mc: multicast mac addresses + * @dev_addrs: list of device hw addresses + * @queues_kset: Group of all Kobjects in the Tx and RX queues + * @uc_promisc: Counter, that indicates, that promiscuous mode + * has been enabled due to the need to listen to + * additional unicast addresses in a device that + * does not implement ndo_set_rx_mode() + * @promiscuity: Number of times, the NIC is told to work in + * Promiscuous mode, if it becomes 0 the NIC will + * exit from working in Promiscuous mode + * @allmulti: Counter, enables or disables allmulticast mode + * + * @vlan_info: VLAN info + * @dsa_ptr: dsa specific data + * @tipc_ptr: TIPC specific data + * @atalk_ptr: AppleTalk link + * @ip_ptr: IPv4 specific data + * @dn_ptr: DECnet specific data + * @ip6_ptr: IPv6 specific data + * @ax25_ptr: AX.25 specific data + * @ieee80211_ptr: IEEE 802.11 specific data, assign before registering + * + * @last_rx: Time of last Rx + * @dev_addr: Hw address (before bcast, + * because most packets are unicast) + * + * @_rx: Array of RX queues + * @num_rx_queues: Number of RX queues + * allocated at register_netdev() time + * @real_num_rx_queues: Number of RX queues currently active in device + * + * @rx_handler: handler for received packets + * @rx_handler_data: XXX: need comments on this one + * @ingress_queue: XXX: need comments on this one + * @broadcast: hw bcast address + * + * @_tx: Array of TX queues + * @num_tx_queues: Number of TX queues allocated at alloc_netdev_mq() time + * @real_num_tx_queues: Number of TX queues currently active in device + * @qdisc: Root qdisc from userspace point of view + * @tx_queue_len: Max frames per queue allowed + * @tx_global_lock: XXX: need comments on this one + * + * @xps_maps: XXX: need comments on this one + * + * @rx_cpu_rmap: CPU reverse-mapping for RX completion interrupts, + * indexed by RX queue number. Assigned by driver. + * This must only be set if the ndo_rx_flow_steer + * operation is defined + * + * @trans_start: Time (in jiffies) of last Tx + * @watchdog_timeo: Represents the timeout that is used by + * the watchdog ( see dev_watchdog() ) + * @watchdog_timer: List of timers + * + * @pcpu_refcnt: Number of references to this device + * @todo_list: Delayed register/unregister + * @index_hlist: Device index hash chain + * @link_watch_list: XXX: need comments on this one + * + * @reg_state: Register/unregister state machine + * @dismantle: Device is going to be freed + * @rtnl_link_state: This enum represents the phases of creating + * a new link + * + * @destructor: Called from unregister, + * can be used to call free_netdev + * @npinfo: XXX: need comments on this one + * @nd_net: Network namespace this network device is inside + * + * @ml_priv: Mid-layer private + * @lstats: Loopback statistics + * @tstats: Tunnel statistics + * @dstats: Dummy statistics + * @vstats: Virtual ethernet statistics + * + * @garp_port: GARP + * @mrp_port: MRP + * + * @dev: Class/net/name entry + * @sysfs_groups: Space for optional device, statistics and wireless + * sysfs groups + * + * @sysfs_rx_queue_group: Space for optional per-rx queue attributes + * @rtnl_link_ops: Rtnl_link_ops + * + * @gso_max_size: Maximum size of generic segmentation offload + * @gso_max_segs: Maximum number of segments that can be passed to the + * NIC for GSO + * + * @dcbnl_ops: Data Center Bridging netlink ops + * @num_tc: Number of traffic classes in the net device + * @tc_to_txq: XXX: need comments on this one + * @prio_tc_map XXX: need comments on this one + * + * @fcoe_ddp_xid: Max exchange id for FCoE LRO by ddp + * + * @priomap: XXX: need comments on this one + * @phydev: Physical device may attach itself + * for hardware timestamping + * + * @qdisc_tx_busylock: XXX: need comments on this one + * + * @group: The group, that the device belongs to + * @pm_qos_req: Power Management QoS object * * FIXME: cleanup struct net_device such that network protocol info * moves out. */ struct net_device { - - /* - * This is the first field of the "visible" part of this structure - * (i.e. as seen by users in the "Space.c" file). It is the name - * of the interface. - */ char name[IFNAMSIZ]; - - /* device name hash chain, please keep it close to name[] */ struct hlist_node name_hlist; - - /* snmp alias */ char *ifalias; - /* * I/O specific fields * FIXME: Merge these and struct ifmap into one */ - unsigned long mem_end; /* shared mem end */ - unsigned long mem_start; /* shared mem start */ - unsigned long base_addr; /* device I/O address */ - int irq; /* device IRQ number */ + unsigned long mem_end; + unsigned long mem_start; + unsigned long base_addr; + int irq; /* - * Some hardware also needs these fields, but they are not + * Some hardware also needs these fields (state,dev_list, + * napi_list,unreg_list,close_list) but they are not * part of the usual set specified in Space.c. */ @@ -1277,106 +1463,74 @@ struct net_device { struct list_head unreg_list; struct list_head close_list; - /* directly linked devices, like slaves for bonding */ struct { struct list_head upper; struct list_head lower; } adj_list; - /* all linked devices, *including* neighbours */ struct { struct list_head upper; struct list_head lower; } all_adj_list; - - /* currently active device features */ netdev_features_t features; - /* user-changeable features */ netdev_features_t hw_features; - /* user-requested features */ netdev_features_t wanted_features; - /* mask of features inheritable by VLAN devices */ netdev_features_t vlan_features; - /* mask of features inherited by encapsulating devices - * This field indicates what encapsulation offloads - * the hardware is capable of doing, and drivers will - * need to set them appropriately. - */ netdev_features_t hw_enc_features; - /* mask of fetures inheritable by MPLS */ netdev_features_t mpls_features; - /* Interface index. Unique device identifier */ int ifindex; int iflink; struct net_device_stats stats; - /* dropped packets by core network, Do not use this in drivers */ atomic_long_t rx_dropped; atomic_long_t tx_dropped; - /* Stats to monitor carrier on<->off transitions */ atomic_t carrier_changes; #ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT - /* List of functions to handle Wireless Extensions (instead of ioctl). - * See <net/iw_handler.h> for details. Jean II */ const struct iw_handler_def * wireless_handlers; - /* Instance data managed by the core of Wireless Extensions. */ struct iw_public_data * wireless_data; #endif - /* Management operations */ const struct net_device_ops *netdev_ops; const struct ethtool_ops *ethtool_ops; const struct forwarding_accel_ops *fwd_ops; - /* Hardware header description */ const struct header_ops *header_ops; - unsigned int flags; /* interface flags (a la BSD) */ - unsigned int priv_flags; /* Like 'flags' but invisible to userspace. - * See if.h for definitions. */ + unsigned int flags; + unsigned int priv_flags; + unsigned short gflags; - unsigned short padded; /* How much padding added by alloc_netdev() */ + unsigned short padded; - unsigned char operstate; /* RFC2863 operstate */ - unsigned char link_mode; /* mapping policy to operstate */ + unsigned char operstate; + unsigned char link_mode; - unsigned char if_port; /* Selectable AUI, TP,..*/ - unsigned char dma; /* DMA channel */ + unsigned char if_port; + unsigned char dma; - unsigned int mtu; /* interface MTU value */ - unsigned short type; /* interface hardware type */ - unsigned short hard_header_len; /* hardware hdr length */ + unsigned int mtu; + unsigned short type; + unsigned short hard_header_len; - /* extra head- and tailroom the hardware may need, but not in all cases - * can this be guaranteed, especially tailroom. Some cases also use - * LL_MAX_HEADER instead to allocate the skb. - */ unsigned short needed_headroom; unsigned short needed_tailroom; /* Interface address info. */ - unsigned char perm_addr[MAX_ADDR_LEN]; /* permanent hw address */ - unsigned char addr_assign_type; /* hw address assignment type */ - unsigned char addr_len; /* hardware address length */ + unsigned char perm_addr[MAX_ADDR_LEN]; + unsigned char addr_assign_type; + unsigned char addr_len; unsigned short neigh_priv_len; - unsigned short dev_id; /* Used to differentiate devices - * that share the same link - * layer address - */ - unsigned short dev_port; /* Used to differentiate - * devices that share the same - * function - */ + unsigned short dev_id; + unsigned short dev_port; spinlock_t addr_list_lock; - struct netdev_hw_addr_list uc; /* Unicast mac addresses */ - struct netdev_hw_addr_list mc; /* Multicast mac addresses */ - struct netdev_hw_addr_list dev_addrs; /* list of device - * hw addresses - */ + struct netdev_hw_addr_list uc; + struct netdev_hw_addr_list mc; + struct netdev_hw_addr_list dev_addrs; + #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS struct kset *queues_kset; #endif @@ -1391,40 +1545,34 @@ struct net_device { /* Protocol specific pointers */ #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q) - struct vlan_info __rcu *vlan_info; /* VLAN info */ + struct vlan_info __rcu *vlan_info; #endif #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_DSA) - struct dsa_switch_tree *dsa_ptr; /* dsa specific data */ + struct dsa_switch_tree *dsa_ptr; #endif #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TIPC) - struct tipc_bearer __rcu *tipc_ptr; /* TIPC specific data */ + struct tipc_bearer __rcu *tipc_ptr; #endif - void *atalk_ptr; /* AppleTalk link */ - struct in_device __rcu *ip_ptr; /* IPv4 specific data */ - struct dn_dev __rcu *dn_ptr; /* DECnet specific data */ - struct inet6_dev __rcu *ip6_ptr; /* IPv6 specific data */ - void *ax25_ptr; /* AX.25 specific data */ - struct wireless_dev *ieee80211_ptr; /* IEEE 802.11 specific data, - assign before registering */ + void *atalk_ptr; + struct in_device __rcu *ip_ptr; + struct dn_dev __rcu *dn_ptr; + struct inet6_dev __rcu *ip6_ptr; + void *ax25_ptr; + struct wireless_dev *ieee80211_ptr; /* * Cache lines mostly used on receive path (including eth_type_trans()) */ - unsigned long last_rx; /* Time of last Rx */ + unsigned long last_rx; /* Interface address info used in eth_type_trans() */ - unsigned char *dev_addr; /* hw address, (before bcast - because most packets are - unicast) */ + unsigned char *dev_addr; #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS struct netdev_rx_queue *_rx; - /* Number of RX queues allocated at register_netdev() time */ unsigned int num_rx_queues; - - /* Number of RX queues currently active in device */ unsigned int real_num_rx_queues; #endif @@ -1433,33 +1581,23 @@ struct net_device { void __rcu *rx_handler_data; struct netdev_queue __rcu *ingress_queue; - unsigned char broadcast[MAX_ADDR_LEN]; /* hw bcast add */ + unsigned char broadcast[MAX_ADDR_LEN]; /* * Cache lines mostly used on transmit path */ struct netdev_queue *_tx ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp; - - /* Number of TX queues allocated at alloc_netdev_mq() time */ unsigned int num_tx_queues; - - /* Number of TX queues currently active in device */ unsigned int real_num_tx_queues; - - /* root qdisc from userspace point of view */ struct Qdisc *qdisc; - - unsigned long tx_queue_len; /* Max frames per queue allowed */ + unsigned long tx_queue_len; spinlock_t tx_global_lock; #ifdef CONFIG_XPS struct xps_dev_maps __rcu *xps_maps; #endif #ifdef CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL - /* CPU reverse-mapping for RX completion interrupts, indexed - * by RX queue number. Assigned by driver. This must only be - * set if the ndo_rx_flow_steer operation is defined. */ struct cpu_rmap *rx_cpu_rmap; #endif @@ -1469,22 +1607,17 @@ struct net_device { * trans_start here is expensive for high speed devices on SMP, * please use netdev_queue->trans_start instead. */ - unsigned long trans_start; /* Time (in jiffies) of last Tx */ + unsigned long trans_start; - int watchdog_timeo; /* used by dev_watchdog() */ + int watchdog_timeo; struct timer_list watchdog_timer; - /* Number of references to this device */ int __percpu *pcpu_refcnt; - - /* delayed register/unregister */ struct list_head todo_list; - /* device index hash chain */ - struct hlist_node index_hlist; + struct hlist_node index_hlist; struct list_head link_watch_list; - /* register/unregister state machine */ enum { NETREG_UNINITIALIZED=0, NETREG_REGISTERED, /* completed register_netdevice */ NETREG_UNREGISTERING, /* called unregister_netdevice */ @@ -1493,14 +1626,13 @@ struct net_device { NETREG_DUMMY, /* dummy device for NAPI poll */ } reg_state:8; - bool dismantle; /* device is going do be freed */ + bool dismantle; enum { RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED, RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZING, } rtnl_link_state:16; - /* Called from unregister, can be used to call free_netdev */ void (*destructor)(struct net_device *dev); #ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL @@ -1508,31 +1640,25 @@ struct net_device { #endif #ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS - /* Network namespace this network device is inside */ struct net *nd_net; #endif /* mid-layer private */ union { - void *ml_priv; - struct pcpu_lstats __percpu *lstats; /* loopback stats */ + void *ml_priv; + struct pcpu_lstats __percpu *lstats; struct pcpu_sw_netstats __percpu *tstats; - struct pcpu_dstats __percpu *dstats; /* dummy stats */ - struct pcpu_vstats __percpu *vstats; /* veth stats */ + struct pcpu_dstats __percpu *dstats; + struct pcpu_vstats __percpu *vstats; }; - /* GARP */ + struct garp_port __rcu *garp_port; - /* MRP */ struct mrp_port __rcu *mrp_port; - /* class/net/name entry */ - struct device dev; - /* space for optional device, statistics, and wireless sysfs groups */ + struct device dev; const struct attribute_group *sysfs_groups[4]; - /* space for optional per-rx queue attributes */ const struct attribute_group *sysfs_rx_queue_group; - /* rtnetlink link ops */ const struct rtnl_link_ops *rtnl_link_ops; /* for setting kernel sock attribute on TCP connection setup */ @@ -1542,7 +1668,6 @@ struct net_device { u16 gso_max_segs; #ifdef CONFIG_DCB - /* Data Center Bridging netlink ops */ const struct dcbnl_rtnl_ops *dcbnl_ops; #endif u8 num_tc; @@ -1550,20 +1675,14 @@ struct net_device { u8 prio_tc_map[TC_BITMASK + 1]; #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FCOE) - /* max exchange id for FCoE LRO by ddp */ unsigned int fcoe_ddp_xid; #endif #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_PRIO) struct netprio_map __rcu *priomap; #endif - /* phy device may attach itself for hardware timestamping */ struct phy_device *phydev; - struct lock_class_key *qdisc_tx_busylock; - - /* group the device belongs to */ int group; - struct pm_qos_request pm_qos_req; }; #define to_net_dev(d) container_of(d, struct net_device, dev) |