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Currently drivers can register to receive TC block bind/unbind callbacks by implementing the setup_tc ndo in any of their given netdevs. However, drivers may also be interested in binds to higher level devices (e.g. tunnel drivers) to potentially offload filters applied to them. Introduce indirect block devs which allows drivers to register callbacks for block binds on other devices. The callback is triggered when the device is bound to a block, allowing the driver to register for rules applied to that block using already available functions. Freeing an indirect block callback will trigger an unbind event (if necessary) to direct the driver to remove any offloaded rules and unreg any block rule callbacks. It is the responsibility of the implementing driver to clean any registered indirect block callbacks before exiting, if the block it still active at such a time. Allow registering an indirect block dev callback for a device that is already bound to a block. In this case (if it is an ingress block), register and also trigger the callback meaning that any already installed rules can be replayed to the calling driver. Signed-off-by: John Hurley <john.hurley@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.