}
/* Datapath interface class structure, to be defined by each implementation of
- * a datapath interface
+ * a datapath interface.
*
* These functions return 0 if successful or a positive errno value on failure,
* except where otherwise noted.
* EWOULDBLOCK or EINPROGRESS. We may relax this requirement in the future if
* and when we encounter performance problems. */
struct dpif_class {
- /* Prefix for names of dpifs in this class, e.g. "udatapath:".
+ /* Prefix for names of dpifs in this class, e.g. "netdev:".
*
* One dpif class may have the empty string "" as its prefix, in which case
* that dpif class is associated with dpif names that don't match any other
/* Class name, for use in error messages. */
const char *name;
+ /* Performs periodic work needed by dpifs of this class, if any is
+ * necessary. */
+ void (*run)(void);
+
+ /* Arranges for poll_block() to wake up if the "run" member function needs
+ * to be called. */
+ void (*wait)(void);
+
+ /* Enumerates the names of all known created datapaths, if possible, into
+ * 'all_dps'. The caller has already initialized 'all_dps' and other dpif
+ * classes might already have added names to it.
+ *
+ * This is used by the vswitch at startup, so that it can delete any
+ * datapaths that are not configured.
+ *
+ * Some kinds of datapaths might not be practically enumerable, in which
+ * case this function may be a null pointer. */
+ int (*enumerate)(struct svec *all_dps);
+
/* Attempts to open an existing dpif, if 'create' is false, or to open an
* existing dpif or create a new one, if 'create' is true. 'name' is the
* full dpif name provided by the user, e.g. "udatapath:/var/run/mypath".
/* Closes 'dpif' and frees associated memory. */
void (*close)(struct dpif *dpif);
+ /* Enumerates all names that may be used to open 'dpif' into 'all_names'.
+ * The Linux datapath, for example, supports opening a datapath both by
+ * number, e.g. "dp0", and by the name of the datapath's local port. For
+ * some datapaths, this might be an infinite set (e.g. in a file name,
+ * slashes may be duplicated any number of times), in which case only the
+ * names most likely to be used should be enumerated.
+ *
+ * The caller has already initialized 'all_names' and might already have
+ * added some names to it. This function should not disturb any existing
+ * names in 'all_names'.
+ *
+ * If a datapath class does not support multiple names for a datapath, this
+ * function may be a null pointer.
+ *
+ * This is used by the vswitch at startup, */
+ int (*get_all_names)(const struct dpif *dpif, struct svec *all_names);
+
/* Attempts to destroy the dpif underlying 'dpif'.
*
* If successful, 'dpif' will not be used again except as an argument for
* value. */
int (*port_list)(const struct dpif *dpif, struct odp_port *ports, int n);
+ /* Polls for changes in the set of ports in 'dpif'. If the set of ports in
+ * 'dpif' has changed, then this function should do one of the
+ * following:
+ *
+ * - Preferably: store the name of the device that was added to or deleted
+ * from 'dpif' in '*devnamep' and return 0. The caller is responsible
+ * for freeing '*devnamep' (with free()) when it no longer needs it.
+ *
+ * - Alternatively: return ENOBUFS, without indicating the device that was
+ * added or deleted.
+ *
+ * Occasional 'false positives', in which the function returns 0 while
+ * indicating a device that was not actually added or deleted or returns
+ * ENOBUFS without any change, are acceptable.
+ *
+ * If the set of ports in 'dpif' has not changed, returns EAGAIN. May also
+ * return other positive errno values to indicate that something has gone
+ * wrong. */
+ int (*port_poll)(const struct dpif *dpif, char **devnamep);
+
+ /* Arranges for the poll loop to wake up when 'port_poll' will return a
+ * value other than EAGAIN. */
+ void (*port_poll_wait)(const struct dpif *dpif);
+
/* Stores in 'ports' the port numbers of up to 'n' ports that belong to
* 'group' in 'dpif'. Returns the number of ports in 'group' (not the
* number stored), if successful, otherwise a negative errno value. */
};
extern const struct dpif_class dpif_linux_class;
+extern const struct dpif_class dpif_netdev_class;
#endif /* dpif-provider.h */