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17 #ifndef NETDEV_PROVIDER_H
18 #define NETDEV_PROVIDER_H 1
20 /* Generic interface to network devices. */
26 /* A network device (e.g. an Ethernet device).
28 * This structure should be treated as opaque by network device
31 const struct netdev_class *class;
32 char *name; /* e.g. "eth0" */
33 enum netdev_flags save_flags; /* Initial device flags. */
34 enum netdev_flags changed_flags; /* Flags that we changed. */
35 struct list node; /* Element in global list. */
38 void netdev_init(struct netdev *, const char *name,
39 const struct netdev_class *);
40 static inline void netdev_assert_class(const struct netdev *netdev,
41 const struct netdev_class *class)
43 assert(netdev->class == class);
46 /* A network device notifier.
48 * Network device implementations should use netdev_notifier_init() to
49 * initialize this structure, but they may freely read its members after
51 struct netdev_notifier {
52 struct netdev *netdev;
53 void (*cb)(struct netdev_notifier *);
56 void netdev_notifier_init(struct netdev_notifier *, struct netdev *,
57 void (*cb)(struct netdev_notifier *), void *aux);
59 /* Network device class structure, to be defined by each implementation of a
62 * These functions return 0 if successful or a positive errno value on failure,
63 * except where otherwise noted. */
65 /* Prefix for names of netdevs in this class, e.g. "ndunix:".
67 * One netdev class may have the empty string "" as its prefix, in which
68 * case that netdev class is associated with netdev names that do not
72 /* Class name, for use in error messages. */
75 /* Called only once, at program startup. Returning an error from this
76 * function will prevent any network device in this class from being
79 * This function may be set to null if a network device class needs no
80 * initialization at program startup. */
83 /* Performs periodic work needed by netdevs of this class. May be null if
84 * no periodic work is necessary. */
87 /* Arranges for poll_block() to wake up if the "run" member function needs
88 * to be called. May be null if nothing is needed here. */
91 /* Attempts to open a network device. On success, sets '*netdevp' to the
92 * new network device. 'name' is the full network device name provided by
93 * the user. This name is useful for error messages but must not be
96 * 'suffix' is a copy of 'name' following the netdev's 'prefix'.
98 * 'ethertype' may be a 16-bit Ethernet protocol value in host byte order
99 * to capture frames of that type received on the device. It may also be
100 * one of the 'enum netdev_pseudo_ethertype' values to receive frames in
101 * one of those categories. */
102 int (*open)(const char *name, char *suffix, int ethertype,
103 struct netdev **netdevp);
105 /* Closes 'netdev'. */
106 void (*close)(struct netdev *netdev);
108 /* Enumerates the names of all network devices of this class.
110 * The caller has already initialized 'all_names' and might already have
111 * added some names to it. This function should not disturb any existing
112 * names in 'all_names'.
114 * If this netdev class does not support enumeration, this may be a null
116 int (*enumerate)(struct svec *all_names);
118 /* Attempts to receive a packet from 'netdev' into the 'size' bytes in
119 * 'buffer'. If successful, returns the number of bytes in the received
120 * packet, otherwise a negative errno value. Returns -EAGAIN immediately
121 * if no packet is ready to be received. */
122 int (*recv)(struct netdev *netdev, void *buffer, size_t size);
124 /* Registers with the poll loop to wake up from the next call to
125 * poll_block() when a packet is ready to be received with netdev_recv() on
127 void (*recv_wait)(struct netdev *netdev);
129 /* Discards all packets waiting to be received from 'netdev'. */
130 int (*drain)(struct netdev *netdev);
132 /* Sends the 'size'-byte packet in 'buffer' on 'netdev'. Returns 0 if
133 * successful, otherwise a positive errno value. Returns EAGAIN without
134 * blocking if the packet cannot be queued immediately. Returns EMSGSIZE
135 * if a partial packet was transmitted or if the packet is too big or too
136 * small to transmit on the device.
138 * The caller retains ownership of 'buffer' in all cases.
140 * The network device is expected to maintain a packet transmission queue,
141 * so that the caller does not ordinarily have to do additional queuing of
143 int (*send)(struct netdev *netdev, const void *buffer, size_t size);
145 /* Registers with the poll loop to wake up from the next call to
146 * poll_block() when the packet transmission queue for 'netdev' has
147 * sufficient room to transmit a packet with netdev_send().
149 * The network device is expected to maintain a packet transmission queue,
150 * so that the caller does not ordinarily have to do additional queuing of
151 * packets. Thus, this function is unlikely to ever be useful. */
152 void (*send_wait)(struct netdev *netdev);
154 /* Sets 'netdev''s Ethernet address to 'mac' */
155 int (*set_etheraddr)(struct netdev *netdev, const uint8_t mac[6]);
157 /* Retrieves 'netdev''s Ethernet address into 'mac'. */
158 int (*get_etheraddr)(const struct netdev *netdev, uint8_t mac[6]);
160 /* Retrieves 'netdev''s MTU into '*mtup'.
162 * The MTU is the maximum size of transmitted (and received) packets, in
163 * bytes, not including the hardware header; thus, this is typically 1500
164 * bytes for Ethernet devices.*/
165 int (*get_mtu)(const struct netdev *, int *mtup);
167 /* Sets 'carrier' to true if carrier is active (link light is on) on
169 int (*get_carrier)(const struct netdev *netdev, bool *carrier);
171 /* Retrieves current device stats for 'netdev' into 'stats'.
173 * A network device that supports some statistics but not others, it should
174 * set the values of the unsupported statistics to all-1-bits
176 int (*get_stats)(const struct netdev *netdev, struct netdev_stats *stats);
178 /* Stores the features supported by 'netdev' into each of '*current',
179 * '*advertised', '*supported', and '*peer'. Each value is a bitmap of
180 * "enum ofp_port_features" bits, in host byte order. */
181 int (*get_features)(struct netdev *netdev,
182 uint32_t *current, uint32_t *advertised,
183 uint32_t *supported, uint32_t *peer);
185 /* Set the features advertised by 'netdev' to 'advertise', which is a
186 * bitmap of "enum ofp_port_features" bits, in host byte order.
188 * This function may be set to null for a network device that does not
189 * support configuring advertisements. */
190 int (*set_advertisements)(struct netdev *, uint32_t advertise);
192 /* If 'netdev' is a VLAN network device (e.g. one created with vconfig(8)),
193 * sets '*vlan_vid' to the VLAN VID associated with that device and returns
196 * Returns ENOENT if 'netdev_name' is the name of a network device that is
199 * This function should be set to null if it doesn't make any sense for
200 * your network device (it probably doesn't). */
201 int (*get_vlan_vid)(const struct netdev *netdev, int *vlan_vid);
203 /* Attempts to set input rate limiting (policing) policy, such that up to
204 * 'kbits_rate' kbps of traffic is accepted, with a maximum accumulative
205 * burst size of 'kbits' kb.
207 * This function may be set to null if policing is not supported. */
208 int (*set_policing)(struct netdev *netdev, unsigned int kbits_rate,
209 unsigned int kbits_burst);
211 /* If 'netdev' has an assigned IPv4 address, sets '*address' to that
212 * address and '*netmask' to the associated netmask.
214 * The following error values have well-defined meanings:
216 * - EADDRNOTAVAIL: 'netdev' has no assigned IPv4 address.
218 * - EOPNOTSUPP: No IPv4 network stack attached to 'netdev'.
220 * This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
222 int (*get_in4)(const struct netdev *netdev, struct in_addr *address,
223 struct in_addr *netmask);
225 /* Assigns 'addr' as 'netdev''s IPv4 address and 'mask' as its netmask. If
226 * 'addr' is INADDR_ANY, 'netdev''s IPv4 address is cleared.
228 * This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
230 int (*set_in4)(struct netdev *, struct in_addr addr, struct in_addr mask);
232 /* If 'netdev' has an assigned IPv6 address, sets '*in6' to that address.
234 * The following error values have well-defined meanings:
236 * - EADDRNOTAVAIL: 'netdev' has no assigned IPv6 address.
238 * - EOPNOTSUPP: No IPv6 network stack attached to 'netdev'.
240 * This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
242 int (*get_in6)(const struct netdev *netdev, struct in6_addr *in6);
244 /* Adds 'router' as a default IP gateway for the TCP/IP stack that
245 * corresponds to 'netdev'.
247 * This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
249 int (*add_router)(struct netdev *netdev, struct in_addr router);
251 /* Looks up the next hop for 'host'. If succesful, stores the next hop
252 * gateway's address (0 if 'host' is on a directly connected network) in
253 * '*next_hop' and a copy of the name of the device to reach 'host' in
254 * '*netdev_name', and returns 0. The caller is responsible for freeing
255 * '*netdev_name' (by calling free()).
257 * This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
259 int (*get_next_hop)(const struct in_addr *host, struct in_addr *next_hop,
262 /* Looks up the ARP table entry for 'ip' on 'netdev' and stores the
263 * corresponding MAC address in 'mac'. A return value of ENXIO, in
264 * particular, indicates that there is no ARP table entry for 'ip' on
267 * This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
269 int (*arp_lookup)(const struct netdev *, uint32_t ip, uint8_t mac[6]);
271 /* Retrieves the current set of flags on 'netdev' into '*old_flags'. Then,
272 * turns off the flags that are set to 1 in 'off' and turns on the flags
273 * that are set to 1 in 'on'. (No bit will be set to 1 in both 'off' and
274 * 'on'; that is, off & on == 0.)
276 * This function may be invoked from a signal handler. Therefore, it
277 * should not do anything that is not signal-safe (such as logging). */
278 int (*update_flags)(struct netdev *netdev, enum netdev_flags off,
279 enum netdev_flags on, enum netdev_flags *old_flags);
281 /* Arranges for 'cb' to be called whenever one of the attributes of
282 * 'netdev' changes and sets '*notifierp' to a newly created
283 * netdev_notifier that represents this arrangement. The created notifier
284 * will have its 'netdev', 'cb', and 'aux' members set to the values of the
285 * corresponding parameters. */
286 int (*poll_add)(struct netdev *netdev,
287 void (*cb)(struct netdev_notifier *), void *aux,
288 struct netdev_notifier **notifierp);
290 /* Cancels poll notification for 'notifier'. */
291 void (*poll_remove)(struct netdev_notifier *notifier);
294 extern const struct netdev_class netdev_linux_class;
295 extern const struct netdev_class netdev_tap_class;
297 #endif /* netdev.h */