This patch will introduce a 6lowpan neighbour private data. Like the
interface private data we handle private data for generic 6lowpan and
for link-layer specific 6lowpan.
The current first use case if to save the short address for a 802.15.4
6lowpan neighbour.
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Schmidt <stefan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <aar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/netdevice.h | 3 +--
include/net/6lowpan.h | 10 ++++++++++
net/ieee802154/6lowpan/core.c | 12 ++++++++++++
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index c148edf..42737c4 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1484,8 +1484,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
* @perm_addr: Permanent hw address
* @addr_assign_type: Hw address assignment type
* @addr_len: Hardware address length
- * @neigh_priv_len; Used in neigh_alloc(),
- * initialized only in atm/clip.c
+ * @neigh_priv_len: Used in neigh_alloc()
* @dev_id: Used to differentiate devices that share
* the same link layer address
* @dev_port: Used to differentiate devices that share
diff --git a/include/net/6lowpan.h b/include/net/6lowpan.h
index da84cf9..2d9b9d3 100644
--- a/include/net/6lowpan.h
+++ b/include/net/6lowpan.h
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ struct lowpan_dev {
u8 priv[0] __aligned(sizeof(void *));
};
+struct lowpan_802154_neigh {
+ __le16 short_addr;
+};
+
+static inline
+struct lowpan_802154_neigh *lowpan_802154_neigh(void *neigh_priv)
+{
+ return neigh_priv;
+}
+
static inline
struct lowpan_dev *lowpan_dev(const struct net_device *dev)
{
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/core.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/core.c
index dd085db..dcc0d59 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/core.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/core.c
@@ -92,11 +92,21 @@ static int lowpan_stop(struct net_device *dev)
return 0;
}
+static int lowpan_neigh_construct(struct neighbour *n)
+{
+ struct lowpan_802154_neigh *neigh = lowpan_802154_neigh(neighbour_priv(n));
+
+ /* default no short_addr is available for a neighbour */
+ neigh->short_addr = cpu_to_le16(IEEE802154_ADDR_SHORT_UNSPEC);
+ return 0;
+}
+
static const struct net_device_ops lowpan_netdev_ops = {
.ndo_init = lowpan_dev_init,
.ndo_start_xmit = lowpan_xmit,
.ndo_open = lowpan_open,
.ndo_stop = lowpan_stop,
+ .ndo_neigh_construct = lowpan_neigh_construct,
};
static void lowpan_setup(struct net_device *ldev)
@@ -161,6 +171,8 @@ static int lowpan_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *ldev,
wdev->needed_headroom;
ldev->needed_tailroom = wdev->needed_tailroom;
+ ldev->neigh_priv_len = sizeof(struct lowpan_802154_neigh);
+
ret = lowpan_register_netdevice(ldev, LOWPAN_LLTYPE_IEEE802154);
if (ret < 0) {
dev_put(wdev);
--
2.8.2
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