switchdev: add netlink flags to IPv4 FIB add op
Pass in the netlink flags (NLM_F_*) into switchdev driver for IPv4 FIB add op
to allow driver to 1) optimize hardware updates, 2) handle ip route prepend
and append commands correctly.
Suggested-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <[email protected]>
Suggested-by: Roopa Prabhu <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Roopa Prabhu <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
index 9095545..fcfa982 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_trie.c
@@ -1155,6 +1155,7 @@
err = netdev_switch_fib_ipv4_add(key, plen, fi,
new_fa->fa_tos,
cfg->fc_type,
+ cfg->fc_nlflags,
tb->tb_id);
if (err) {
netdev_switch_fib_ipv4_abort(fi);
@@ -1201,7 +1202,9 @@
/* (Optionally) offload fib entry to switch hardware. */
err = netdev_switch_fib_ipv4_add(key, plen, fi, tos,
- cfg->fc_type, tb->tb_id);
+ cfg->fc_type,
+ cfg->fc_nlflags,
+ tb->tb_id);
if (err) {
netdev_switch_fib_ipv4_abort(fi);
goto out_free_new_fa;
diff --git a/net/switchdev/switchdev.c b/net/switchdev/switchdev.c
index aba6aa2..8cf42a6 100644
--- a/net/switchdev/switchdev.c
+++ b/net/switchdev/switchdev.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
/*
* net/switchdev/switchdev.c - Switch device API
* Copyright (c) 2014 Jiri Pirko <[email protected]>
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Scott Feldman <[email protected]>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -294,12 +295,13 @@
* @fi: route FIB info structure
* @tos: route TOS
* @type: route type
+ * @nlflags: netlink flags passed in (NLM_F_*)
* @tb_id: route table ID
*
* Add IPv4 route entry to switch device.
*/
int netdev_switch_fib_ipv4_add(u32 dst, int dst_len, struct fib_info *fi,
- u8 tos, u8 type, u32 tb_id)
+ u8 tos, u8 type, u32 nlflags, u32 tb_id)
{
struct net_device *dev;
const struct net_device_ops *ops;
@@ -324,7 +326,8 @@
if (ops->ndo_switch_fib_ipv4_add) {
err = ops->ndo_switch_fib_ipv4_add(dev, htonl(dst), dst_len,
- fi, tos, type, tb_id);
+ fi, tos, type, nlflags,
+ tb_id);
if (!err)
fi->fib_flags |= RTNH_F_EXTERNAL;
}
