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| author | David Decotigny <decot@google.com> | 2011-04-27 18:32:38 +0000 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2011-04-29 14:01:30 -0700 |
| commit | 8ae6daca85c8bbd6a32c382db5e2a2a989f8bed2 (patch) | |
| tree | 0c85476c2af6568c3d3a73a960d582d2f91a1256 /include/linux/ethtool.h | |
| parent | 36504605432996590f889e33d47e2d9c581f7569 (diff) | |
ethtool: Call ethtool's get/set_settings callbacks with cleaned data
This makes sure that when a driver calls the ethtool's
get/set_settings() callback of another driver, the data passed to it
is clean. This guarantees that speed_hi will be zeroed correctly if
the called callback doesn't explicitely set it: we are sure we don't
get a corrupted speed from the underlying driver. We also take care of
setting the cmd field appropriately (ETHTOOL_GSET/SSET).
This applies to dev_ethtool_get_settings(), which now makes sure it
sets up that ethtool command parameter correctly before passing it to
drivers. This also means that whoever calls dev_ethtool_get_settings()
does not have to clean the ethtool command parameter. This function
also becomes an exported symbol instead of an inline.
All drivers visible to make allyesconfig under x86_64 have been
updated.
Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <decot@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/ethtool.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/ethtool.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h index 7e6e0a89ca26..4194a2067a14 100644 --- a/include/linux/ethtool.h +++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h @@ -744,7 +744,9 @@ bool ethtool_invalid_flags(struct net_device *dev, u32 data, u32 supported); /** * struct ethtool_ops - optional netdev operations * @get_settings: Get various device settings including Ethernet link - * settings. Returns a negative error code or zero. + * settings. The @cmd parameter is expected to have been cleared + * before get_settings is called. Returns a negative error code or + * zero. * @set_settings: Set various device settings including Ethernet link * settings. Returns a negative error code or zero. * @get_drvinfo: Report driver/device information. Should only set the |