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authorBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2009-07-23 17:09:43 -0700
committerBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2009-07-30 16:07:14 -0700
commitc752217a1eeeb82572ba2be2ce5c5c04101a2ae6 (patch)
tree92eac21dfa59f36c1fc254228ec8df18e76765e4 /lib/netdev.h
parent96b9b7a9efedaf2ffcbac4a4f0414b20c99f188e (diff)
downloadopenvswitch-c752217a1eeeb82572ba2be2ce5c5c04101a2ae6.tar.gz
netdev: Make netdev_find_dev_by_in4() use netdevs, not device names.
The netdev_nodev_*() functions have always been a bit of a kluge. It's better to keep a network device open than to open it every time that it is needed. Also updates the only user of netdev_find_dev_by_in4().
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/netdev.h')
-rw-r--r--lib/netdev.h3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/netdev.h b/lib/netdev.h
index fb8c1e530..2ac0f2e4f 100644
--- a/lib/netdev.h
+++ b/lib/netdev.h
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ int netdev_set_policing(struct netdev *, uint32_t kbits_rate,
uint32_t kbits_burst);
void netdev_enumerate(struct svec *);
-bool netdev_find_dev_by_in4(const struct in_addr *in4, char **netdev_name);
+struct netdev *netdev_find_dev_by_in4(const struct in_addr *);
+bool netdev_nodev_find_dev_by_in4(const struct in_addr *in4, char **netdev_name);
int netdev_nodev_get_flags(const char *netdev_name, enum netdev_flags *);
int netdev_nodev_get_in4(const char *netdev_name, struct in_addr *);
int netdev_nodev_set_etheraddr(const char *name, const uint8_t mac[6]);