The 04/18/2020 11:11, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
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> On 14/04/2020 14:26, Horatiu Vultur wrote:
> > In case the HW is capable to detect when the MRP ring is open or closed. It is
> > expected that the network driver will notify the SW that the ring is open or
> > closed.
> >
> > The function br_mrp_port_open is used to notify the kernel that one of the ports
> > stopped receiving MRP_Test frames. The argument 'loc' has a value of '1' when
> > the port stopped receiving MRP_Test and '0' when it started to receive MRP_Test.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/mrp_bridge.h | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 include/linux/mrp_bridge.h
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/mrp_bridge.h b/include/linux/mrp_bridge.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..23d46b356263
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/include/linux/mrp_bridge.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
> > +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
> > +
> > +#ifndef _LINUX_MRP_BRIDGE_H
> > +#define _LINUX_MRO_BRIDGE_H
> > +
> > +#include <linux/netdevice.h>
> > +
> > +/* The drivers are responsible to call this function when it detects that the
> > + * MRP port stopped receiving MRP_Test frames or it started to receive MRP_Test.
> > + * The argument dev represents the port and loc(Lost of Continuity) has a value
> > + * of 1 when it stopped receiving MRP_Test frames and a value of 0 when it
> > + * started to receive frames.
> > + *
> > + * This eventually notify the userspace which is required to react on these
> > + * changes.
> > + */
> > +
> > +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BRIDGE_MRP)
> > +int br_mrp_port_open(struct net_device *dev, u8 loc);
> > +#else
> > +inline int br_mrp_port_open(struct net_device *dev, u8 loc) {}
>
> static and put {} on their own, check how such functions are defined in other places (e.g. br_private.h)
> but in general I think you can drop this function favor of br_ifinfo_notify(). More about that in my review
> of next patches.
I have seen the other reviews but I am not sure I can completly drop
this function. I can have this function as a small wrapper over
br_ifinfo_notify. The reason is that I want that also the drivers to be
able to notify when a port get lost of continuity.
>
> > +#endif
> > +
> > +#endif
> >
>
--
/Horatiu
