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* Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Nicira Networks.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at:
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
#ifndef NETDEV_PROVIDER_H
#define NETDEV_PROVIDER_H 1
/* Generic interface to network devices. */
#include <assert.h>
#include "netdev.h"
#include "list.h"
#include "shash.h"
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/* A network device (e.g. an Ethernet device).
*
* This structure should be treated as opaque by network device
* implementations. */
struct netdev_dev {
char *name; /* Name of network device. */
const struct netdev_class *netdev_class; /* Functions to control
this device. */
int ref_cnt; /* Times this devices was opened. */
struct shash_node *node; /* Pointer to element in global map. */
};
void netdev_dev_init(struct netdev_dev *, const char *name,
const struct netdev_class *);
void netdev_dev_uninit(struct netdev_dev *, bool destroy);
const char *netdev_dev_get_type(const struct netdev_dev *);
const struct netdev_class *netdev_dev_get_class(const struct netdev_dev *);
const char *netdev_dev_get_name(const struct netdev_dev *);
struct netdev_dev *netdev_dev_from_name(const char *name);
void netdev_dev_get_devices(const struct netdev_class *,
struct shash *device_list);
static inline void netdev_dev_assert_class(const struct netdev_dev *netdev_dev,
const struct netdev_class *class_)
{
assert(netdev_dev->netdev_class == class_);
}
/* A instance of an open network device.
*
* This structure should be treated as opaque by network device
* implementations. */
struct netdev {
struct netdev_dev *netdev_dev; /* Parent netdev_dev. */
struct list node; /* Element in global list. */
enum netdev_flags save_flags; /* Initial device flags. */
enum netdev_flags changed_flags; /* Flags that we changed. */
};
void netdev_init(struct netdev *, struct netdev_dev *);
void netdev_uninit(struct netdev *, bool close);
struct netdev_dev *netdev_get_dev(const struct netdev *);
static inline void netdev_assert_class(const struct netdev *netdev,
const struct netdev_class *netdev_class)
{
netdev_dev_assert_class(netdev_get_dev(netdev), netdev_class);
}
/* Network device class structure, to be defined by each implementation of a
* network device.
*
* These functions return 0 if successful or a positive errno value on failure,
* except where otherwise noted. */
struct netdev_class {
/* Type of netdevs in this class, e.g. "system", "tap", "gre", etc.
*
* One of the providers should supply a "system" type, since this is
* the type assumed if no type is specified when opening a netdev.
* The "system" type corresponds to an existing network device on
* the system. */
const char *type;
/* Called when the netdev provider is registered, typically at program
* startup. Returning an error from this function will prevent any network
* device in this class from being opened.
*
* This function may be set to null if a network device class needs no
* initialization at registration time. */
int (*init)(void);
/* Performs periodic work needed by netdevs of this class. May be null if
* no periodic work is necessary. */
void (*run)(void);
/* Arranges for poll_block() to wake up if the "run" member function needs
* to be called. Implementations are additionally required to wake
* whenever something changes in any of its netdevs which would cause their
* ->change_seq() function to change its result. May be null if nothing is
* needed here. */
void (*wait)(void);
/* Attempts to create a network device named 'name' in 'netdev_class'. On
* success sets 'netdev_devp' to the newly created device. */
int (*create)(const struct netdev_class *netdev_class, const char *name,
struct netdev_dev **netdev_devp);
/* Destroys 'netdev_dev'.
*
* Netdev devices maintain a reference count that is incremented on
* netdev_open() and decremented on netdev_close(). If 'netdev_dev'
* has a non-zero reference count, then this function will not be
* called. */
void (*destroy)(struct netdev_dev *netdev_dev);
/* Fetches the device 'netdev_dev''s configuration, storing it in 'args'.
* The caller owns 'args' and pre-initializes it to an empty shash.
*
* If this netdev class does not have any configuration options, this may
* be a null pointer. */
int (*get_config)(struct netdev_dev *netdev_dev, struct shash *args);
/* Changes the device 'netdev_dev''s configuration to 'args'.
*
* If this netdev class does not support configuration, this may be a null
* pointer. */
int (*set_config)(struct netdev_dev *netdev_dev, const struct shash *args);
/* Attempts to open a network device. On success, sets 'netdevp'
* to the new network device. */
int (*open)(struct netdev_dev *netdev_dev, struct netdev **netdevp);
/* Closes 'netdev'. */
void (*close)(struct netdev *netdev);
/* ## ----------------- ## */
/* ## Receiving Packets ## */
/* ## ----------------- ## */
/* The network provider interface is mostly used for inspecting and configuring
* device "metadata", not for sending and receiving packets directly. It may
* be impractical to implement these functions on some operating systems and
* hardware. These functions may all be NULL in such cases.
*
* (However, the "dpif-netdev" implementation, which is the easiest way to
* integrate Open vSwitch with a new operating system or hardware, does require
* the ability to receive packets.) */
/* Attempts to set up 'netdev' for receiving packets with ->recv().
* Returns 0 if successful, otherwise a positive errno value. Return
* EOPNOTSUPP to indicate that the network device does not implement packet
* reception through this interface. This function may be set to null if
* it would always return EOPNOTSUPP anyhow. (This will prevent the
* network device from being usefully used by the netdev-based "userspace
* datapath".)*/
int (*listen)(struct netdev *netdev);
/* Attempts to receive a packet from 'netdev' into the 'size' bytes in
* 'buffer'. If successful, returns the number of bytes in the received
* packet, otherwise a negative errno value. Returns -EAGAIN immediately
* if no packet is ready to be received.
*
* This function can only be expected to return a packet if ->listen() has
* been called successfully.
*
* May be null if not needed, such as for a network device that does not
* implement packet reception through the 'recv' member function. */
int (*recv)(struct netdev *netdev, void *buffer, size_t size);
/* Registers with the poll loop to wake up from the next call to
* poll_block() when a packet is ready to be received with netdev_recv() on
* 'netdev'.
*
* May be null if not needed, such as for a network device that does not
* implement packet reception through the 'recv' member function. */
void (*recv_wait)(struct netdev *netdev);
/* Discards all packets waiting to be received from 'netdev'.
*
* May be null if not needed, such as for a network device that does not
* implement packet reception through the 'recv' member function. */
int (*drain)(struct netdev *netdev);
/* Sends the 'size'-byte packet in 'buffer' on 'netdev'. Returns 0 if
* successful, otherwise a positive errno value. Returns EAGAIN without
* blocking if the packet cannot be queued immediately. Returns EMSGSIZE
* if a partial packet was transmitted or if the packet is too big or too
* small to transmit on the device.
*
* The caller retains ownership of 'buffer' in all cases.
*
* The network device is expected to maintain a packet transmission queue,
* so that the caller does not ordinarily have to do additional queuing of
* packets.
*
* May return EOPNOTSUPP if a network device does not implement packet
* transmission through this interface. This function may be set to null
* if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP anyhow. (This will prevent the
* network device from being usefully used by the netdev-based "userspace
* datapath". It will also prevent the OVS implementation of bonding from
* working properly over 'netdev'.) */
int (*send)(struct netdev *netdev, const void *buffer, size_t size);
/* Registers with the poll loop to wake up from the next call to
* poll_block() when the packet transmission queue for 'netdev' has
* sufficient room to transmit a packet with netdev_send().
*
* The network device is expected to maintain a packet transmission queue,
* so that the caller does not ordinarily have to do additional queuing of
* packets. Thus, this function is unlikely to ever be useful.
*
* May be null if not needed, such as for a network device that does not
* implement packet transmission through the 'send' member function. */
void (*send_wait)(struct netdev *netdev);
/* Sets 'netdev''s Ethernet address to 'mac' */
int (*set_etheraddr)(struct netdev *netdev, const uint8_t mac[6]);
/* Retrieves 'netdev''s Ethernet address into 'mac'. */
int (*get_etheraddr)(const struct netdev *netdev, uint8_t mac[6]);
/* Retrieves 'netdev''s MTU into '*mtup'.
*
* The MTU is the maximum size of transmitted (and received) packets, in
* bytes, not including the hardware header; thus, this is typically 1500
* bytes for Ethernet devices.
*
* If 'netdev' does not have an MTU (e.g. as some tunnels do not), then
* this function should return EOPNOTSUPP. This function may be set to
* null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP. */
int (*get_mtu)(const struct netdev *netdev, int *mtup);
/* Sets 'netdev''s MTU to 'mtu'.
*
* If 'netdev' does not have an MTU (e.g. as some tunnels do not), then
* this function should return EOPNOTSUPP. This function may be set to
* null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP. */
int (*set_mtu)(const struct netdev *netdev, int mtu);
/* Returns the ifindex of 'netdev', if successful, as a positive number.
* On failure, returns a negative errno value.
*
* The desired semantics of the ifindex value are a combination of those
* specified by POSIX for if_nametoindex() and by SNMP for ifIndex. An
* ifindex value should be unique within a host and remain stable at least
* until reboot. SNMP says an ifindex "ranges between 1 and the value of
* ifNumber" but many systems do not follow this rule anyhow.
*
* This function may be set to null if it would always return -EOPNOTSUPP.
*/
int (*get_ifindex)(const struct netdev *netdev);
/* Sets 'carrier' to true if carrier is active (link light is on) on
* 'netdev'.
*
* May be null if device does not provide carrier status (will be always
* up as long as device is up).
*/
int (*get_carrier)(const struct netdev *netdev, bool *carrier);
/* Returns the number of times 'netdev''s carrier has changed since being
* initialized.
*
* If null, callers will assume the number of carrier resets is zero. */
long long int (*get_carrier_resets)(const struct netdev *netdev);
/* Forces ->get_carrier() to poll 'netdev''s MII registers for link status
* instead of checking 'netdev''s carrier. 'netdev''s MII registers will
* be polled once ever 'interval' milliseconds. If 'netdev' does not
* support MII, another method may be used as a fallback. If 'interval' is
* less than or equal to zero, reverts ->get_carrier() to its normal
* behavior.
*
* Most network devices won't support this feature and will set this
* function pointer to NULL, which is equivalent to returning EOPNOTSUPP.
*/
int (*set_miimon_interval)(struct netdev *netdev, long long int interval);
/* Retrieves current device stats for 'netdev' into 'stats'.
*
* A network device that supports some statistics but not others, it should
* set the values of the unsupported statistics to all-1-bits
* (UINT64_MAX). */
int (*get_stats)(const struct netdev *netdev, struct netdev_stats *);
/* Sets the device stats for 'netdev' to 'stats'.
*
* Most network devices won't support this feature and will set this
* function pointer to NULL, which is equivalent to returning EOPNOTSUPP.
*
* Some network devices might only allow setting their stats to 0. */
int (*set_stats)(struct netdev *netdev, const struct netdev_stats *);
/* Stores the features supported by 'netdev' into each of '*current',
* '*advertised', '*supported', and '*peer'. Each value is a bitmap of
* "enum ofp_port_features" bits, in host byte order.
*
* This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP.
*/
int (*get_features)(const struct netdev *netdev,
uint32_t *current, uint32_t *advertised,
uint32_t *supported, uint32_t *peer);
/* Set the features advertised by 'netdev' to 'advertise', which is a
* bitmap of "enum ofp_port_features" bits, in host byte order.
*
* This function may be set to null for a network device that does not
* support configuring advertisements. */
int (*set_advertisements)(struct netdev *netdev, uint32_t advertise);
/* Attempts to set input rate limiting (policing) policy, such that up to
* 'kbits_rate' kbps of traffic is accepted, with a maximum accumulative
* burst size of 'kbits' kb.
*
* This function may be set to null if policing is not supported. */
int (*set_policing)(struct netdev *netdev, unsigned int kbits_rate,
unsigned int kbits_burst);
/* Adds to 'types' all of the forms of QoS supported by 'netdev', or leaves
* it empty if 'netdev' does not support QoS. Any names added to 'types'
* should be documented as valid for the "type" column in the "QoS" table
* in vswitchd/vswitch.xml (which is built as ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(8)).
*
* Every network device must support disabling QoS with a type of "", but
* this function must not add "" to 'types'.
*
* The caller is responsible for initializing 'types' (e.g. with
* sset_init()) before calling this function. The caller retains ownership
* of 'types'.
*
* May be NULL if 'netdev' does not support QoS at all. */
int (*get_qos_types)(const struct netdev *netdev, struct sset *types);
/* Queries 'netdev' for its capabilities regarding the specified 'type' of
* QoS. On success, initializes 'caps' with the QoS capabilities.
*
* Should return EOPNOTSUPP if 'netdev' does not support 'type'. May be
* NULL if 'netdev' does not support QoS at all. */
int (*get_qos_capabilities)(const struct netdev *netdev,
const char *type,
struct netdev_qos_capabilities *caps);
/* Queries 'netdev' about its currently configured form of QoS. If
* successful, stores the name of the current form of QoS into '*typep'
* and any details of configuration as string key-value pairs in
* 'details'.
*
* A '*typep' of "" indicates that QoS is currently disabled on 'netdev'.
*
* The caller initializes 'details' before calling this function. The
* caller takes ownership of the string key-values pairs added to
* 'details'.
*
* The netdev retains ownership of '*typep'.
*
* '*typep' will be one of the types returned by netdev_get_qos_types() for
* 'netdev'. The contents of 'details' should be documented as valid for
* '*typep' in the "other_config" column in the "QoS" table in
* vswitchd/vswitch.xml (which is built as ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(8)).
*
* May be NULL if 'netdev' does not support QoS at all. */
int (*get_qos)(const struct netdev *netdev,
const char **typep, struct shash *details);
/* Attempts to reconfigure QoS on 'netdev', changing the form of QoS to
* 'type' with details of configuration from 'details'.
*
* On error, the previous QoS configuration is retained.
*
* When this function changes the type of QoS (not just 'details'), this
* also resets all queue configuration for 'netdev' to their defaults
* (which depend on the specific type of QoS). Otherwise, the queue
* configuration for 'netdev' is unchanged.
*
* 'type' should be "" (to disable QoS) or one of the types returned by
* netdev_get_qos_types() for 'netdev'. The contents of 'details' should
* be documented as valid for the given 'type' in the "other_config" column
* in the "QoS" table in vswitchd/vswitch.xml (which is built as
* ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(8)).
*
* May be NULL if 'netdev' does not support QoS at all. */
int (*set_qos)(struct netdev *netdev,
const char *type, const struct shash *details);
/* Queries 'netdev' for information about the queue numbered 'queue_id'.
* If successful, adds that information as string key-value pairs to
* 'details'. Returns 0 if successful, otherwise a positive errno value.
*
* Should return EINVAL if 'queue_id' is greater than or equal to the
* number of supported queues (as reported in the 'n_queues' member of
* struct netdev_qos_capabilities by 'get_qos_capabilities').
*
* The caller initializes 'details' before calling this function. The
* caller takes ownership of the string key-values pairs added to
* 'details'.
*
* The returned contents of 'details' should be documented as valid for the
* given 'type' in the "other_config" column in the "Queue" table in
* vswitchd/vswitch.xml (which is built as ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(8)).
*/
int (*get_queue)(const struct netdev *netdev,
unsigned int queue_id, struct shash *details);
/* Configures the queue numbered 'queue_id' on 'netdev' with the key-value
* string pairs in 'details'. The contents of 'details' should be
* documented as valid for the given 'type' in the "other_config" column in
* the "Queue" table in vswitchd/vswitch.xml (which is built as
* ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(8)). Returns 0 if successful, otherwise a positive
* errno value. On failure, the given queue's configuration should be
* unmodified.
*
* Should return EINVAL if 'queue_id' is greater than or equal to the
* number of supported queues (as reported in the 'n_queues' member of
* struct netdev_qos_capabilities by 'get_qos_capabilities'), or if
* 'details' is invalid for the type of queue.
*
* This function does not modify 'details', and the caller retains
* ownership of it.
*
* May be NULL if 'netdev' does not support QoS at all. */
int (*set_queue)(struct netdev *netdev,
unsigned int queue_id, const struct shash *details);
/* Attempts to delete the queue numbered 'queue_id' from 'netdev'.
*
* Should return EINVAL if 'queue_id' is greater than or equal to the
* number of supported queues (as reported in the 'n_queues' member of
* struct netdev_qos_capabilities by 'get_qos_capabilities'). Should
* return EOPNOTSUPP if 'queue_id' is valid but may not be deleted (e.g. if
* 'netdev' has a fixed set of queues with the current QoS mode).
*
* May be NULL if 'netdev' does not support QoS at all, or if all of its
* QoS modes have fixed sets of queues. */
int (*delete_queue)(struct netdev *netdev, unsigned int queue_id);
/* Obtains statistics about 'queue_id' on 'netdev'. Fills 'stats' with the
* queue's statistics. May set individual members of 'stats' to all-1-bits
* if the statistic is unavailable.
*
* May be NULL if 'netdev' does not support QoS at all. */
int (*get_queue_stats)(const struct netdev *netdev, unsigned int queue_id,
struct netdev_queue_stats *stats);
/* Iterates over all of 'netdev''s queues, calling 'cb' with the queue's
* ID, its configuration, and the 'aux' specified by the caller. The order
* of iteration is unspecified, but (when successful) each queue is visited
* exactly once.
*
* 'cb' will not modify or free the 'details' argument passed in. */
int (*dump_queues)(const struct netdev *netdev,
void (*cb)(unsigned int queue_id,
const struct shash *details,
void *aux),
void *aux);
/* Iterates over all of 'netdev''s queues, calling 'cb' with the queue's
* ID, its statistics, and the 'aux' specified by the caller. The order of
* iteration is unspecified, but (when successful) each queue must be
* visited exactly once.
*
* 'cb' will not modify or free the statistics passed in. */
int (*dump_queue_stats)(const struct netdev *netdev,
void (*cb)(unsigned int queue_id,
struct netdev_queue_stats *,
void *aux),
void *aux);
/* If 'netdev' has an assigned IPv4 address, sets '*address' to that
* address and '*netmask' to the associated netmask.
*
* The following error values have well-defined meanings:
*
* - EADDRNOTAVAIL: 'netdev' has no assigned IPv4 address.
*
* - EOPNOTSUPP: No IPv4 network stack attached to 'netdev'.
*
* This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
* anyhow. */
int (*get_in4)(const struct netdev *netdev, struct in_addr *address,
struct in_addr *netmask);
/* Assigns 'addr' as 'netdev''s IPv4 address and 'mask' as its netmask. If
* 'addr' is INADDR_ANY, 'netdev''s IPv4 address is cleared.
*
* This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
* anyhow. */
int (*set_in4)(struct netdev *netdev, struct in_addr addr,
struct in_addr mask);
/* If 'netdev' has an assigned IPv6 address, sets '*in6' to that address.
*
* The following error values have well-defined meanings:
*
* - EADDRNOTAVAIL: 'netdev' has no assigned IPv6 address.
*
* - EOPNOTSUPP: No IPv6 network stack attached to 'netdev'.
*
* This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
* anyhow. */
int (*get_in6)(const struct netdev *netdev, struct in6_addr *in6);
/* Adds 'router' as a default IP gateway for the TCP/IP stack that
* corresponds to 'netdev'.
*
* This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
* anyhow. */
int (*add_router)(struct netdev *netdev, struct in_addr router);
/* Looks up the next hop for 'host'. If succesful, stores the next hop
* gateway's address (0 if 'host' is on a directly connected network) in
* '*next_hop' and a copy of the name of the device to reach 'host' in
* '*netdev_name', and returns 0. The caller is responsible for freeing
* '*netdev_name' (by calling free()).
*
* This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
* anyhow. */
int (*get_next_hop)(const struct in_addr *host, struct in_addr *next_hop,
char **netdev_name);
/* Retrieves the status of the device.
*
* Populates 'sh' with key-value pairs representing the status of the
* device. A device's status is a set of key-value string pairs
* representing netdev type specific information. For more information see
* ovs-vswitchd.conf.db(5).
*
* The data of 'sh' are heap allocated strings which the caller is
* responsible for deallocating.
*
* This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
* anyhow. */
int (*get_status)(const struct netdev *netdev, struct shash *sh);
/* Looks up the ARP table entry for 'ip' on 'netdev' and stores the
* corresponding MAC address in 'mac'. A return value of ENXIO, in
* particular, indicates that there is no ARP table entry for 'ip' on
* 'netdev'.
*
* This function may be set to null if it would always return EOPNOTSUPP
* anyhow. */
int (*arp_lookup)(const struct netdev *netdev, ovs_be32 ip,
uint8_t mac[6]);
/* Retrieves the current set of flags on 'netdev' into '*old_flags'.
* Then, turns off the flags that are set to 1 in 'off' and turns on the
* flags that are set to 1 in 'on'. (No bit will be set to 1 in both 'off'
* and 'on'; that is, off & on == 0.)
*
* This function may be invoked from a signal handler. Therefore, it
* should not do anything that is not signal-safe (such as logging). */
int (*update_flags)(struct netdev *netdev, enum netdev_flags off,
enum netdev_flags on, enum netdev_flags *old_flags);
/* Returns a sequence number which indicates changes in one of 'netdev''s
* properties. The returned sequence number must be nonzero so that
* callers have a value which they may use as a reset when tracking
* 'netdev'.
*
* Minimally, the returned sequence number is required to change whenever
* 'netdev''s flags, features, ethernet address, or carrier changes. The
* returned sequence number is allowed to change even when 'netdev' doesn't
* change, although implementations should try to avoid this. */
unsigned int (*change_seq)(const struct netdev *netdev);
};
int netdev_register_provider(const struct netdev_class *);
int netdev_unregister_provider(const char *type);
const struct netdev_class *netdev_lookup_provider(const char *type);
extern const struct netdev_class netdev_linux_class;
extern const struct netdev_class netdev_internal_class;
extern const struct netdev_class netdev_tap_class;
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* netdev.h */
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