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| author | Jon Paul Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com> | 2015-10-22 08:51:41 -0400 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2015-10-24 06:56:37 -0700 |
| commit | 5266698661401afc5e4a1a521cf9ba10724d10dd (patch) | |
| tree | cf3d466a2d9982f403a689e8a0c819c7e3693bde /net/tipc/node.h | |
| parent | fd556f209af53b9cdc45df8c467feb235376c4df (diff) | |
| download | linux-next-5266698661401afc5e4a1a521cf9ba10724d10dd.tar.gz | |
tipc: let broadcast packet reception use new link receive function
The code path for receiving broadcast packets is currently distinct
from the unicast path. This leads to unnecessary code and data
duplication, something that can be avoided with some effort.
We now introduce separate per-peer tipc_link instances for handling
broadcast packet reception. Each receive link keeps a pointer to the
common, single, broadcast link instance, and can hence handle release
and retransmission of send buffers as if they belonged to the own
instance.
Furthermore, we let each unicast link instance keep a reference to both
the pertaining broadcast receive link, and to the common send link.
This makes it possible for the unicast links to easily access data for
broadcast link synchronization, as well as for carrying acknowledges for
received broadcast packets.
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Reviewed-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/tipc/node.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/tipc/node.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/tipc/node.h b/net/tipc/node.h index 1465774ad726..36a1cd0bc1f1 100644 --- a/net/tipc/node.h +++ b/net/tipc/node.h @@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ struct tipc_link_entry { struct tipc_media_addr maddr; }; +struct tipc_bclink_entry { + struct tipc_link *link; + struct sk_buff_head inputq1; + struct sk_buff_head arrvq; + struct sk_buff_head inputq2; + struct sk_buff_head namedq; +}; + /** * struct tipc_node - TIPC node structure * @addr: network address of node @@ -132,6 +140,7 @@ struct tipc_node { struct hlist_node hash; int active_links[2]; struct tipc_link_entry links[MAX_BEARERS]; + struct tipc_bclink_entry bc_entry; int action_flags; struct tipc_node_bclink bclink; struct list_head list; |