net: add IFF_SKB_TX_SHARED flag to priv_flags
commit60f17a7798369bec34f171ca126f8247c773763b
authorNeil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:05:37 +0000 (26 06:05 +0000)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:31:38 +0000 (15 18:31 -0700)
tree84f10726110facc5c624bccedc02cab0fa6da970
parent711ae7c7a810eb8bc92cac46041c996eb66dbd54
net: add IFF_SKB_TX_SHARED flag to priv_flags

[ Upstream commit d8873315065f1f527c7c380402cf59b1e1d0ae36 ]

Pktgen attempts to transmit shared skbs to net devices, which can't be used by
some drivers as they keep state information in skbs.  This patch adds a flag
marking drivers as being able to handle shared skbs in their tx path.  Drivers
are defaulted to being unable to do so, but calling ether_setup enables this
flag, as 90% of the drivers calling ether_setup touch real hardware and can
handle shared skbs.  A subsequent patch will audit drivers to ensure that the
flag is set properly

Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Reported-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
CC: Robert Olsson <robert.olsson@its.uu.se>
CC: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
CC: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
CC: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
include/linux/if.h
net/core/pktgen.c
net/ethernet/eth.c