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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/netmem.rst3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/translations/zh_CN/networking/netmem.rst3
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/netkit.c1
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h3
5 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst b/Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst
index 1c19bb7705df..7b3392553fd6 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Type Name fastpath_tx_acce
=================================== =========================== =================== =================== ===================================================================================
unsigned_long:32 priv_flags read_mostly __dev_queue_xmit(tx)
unsigned_long:1 lltx read_mostly HARD_TX_LOCK,HARD_TX_TRYLOCK,HARD_TX_UNLOCK(tx)
-unsigned long:1 netmem_tx:1; read_mostly
+unsigned_long:2 netmem_tx:2; read_mostly
char name[16]
struct netdev_name_node* name_node
struct dev_ifalias* ifalias
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netmem.rst b/Documentation/networking/netmem.rst
index 5ccadba4f373..217869d1108d 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netmem.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netmem.rst
@@ -99,3 +99,6 @@ Driver TX Requirements
appropriate mode:
- `NETMEM_TX_DMA`: for physical devices that perform DMA.
+
+ - `NETMEM_TX_NO_DMA`: for virtual or passthrough devices that do
+ not DMA, but still support handling of netmem-backed skbs.
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/networking/netmem.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/networking/netmem.rst
index 9c84423b7528..320f3eacf51b 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/networking/netmem.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/networking/netmem.rst
@@ -92,3 +92,6 @@ dma-mapping API 去处理。
2. 驱动程序应将 `netdev->netmem_tx` 设置为适当的模式:
- `NETMEM_TX_DMA`:适用于执行 DMA 的物理设备。
+
+ - `NETMEM_TX_NO_DMA`:适用于不执行 DMA 的虚拟或透传设备,但仍支持
+ 处理 netmem 支持的 skb。
diff --git a/drivers/net/netkit.c b/drivers/net/netkit.c
index 5e2eecc3165d..0ad6a806d7d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netkit.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netkit.c
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ static void netkit_setup(struct net_device *dev)
dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE;
dev->priv_flags |= IFF_DISABLE_NETPOLL;
dev->lltx = true;
+ dev->netmem_tx = NETMEM_TX_NO_DMA;
dev->netdev_ops = &netkit_netdev_ops;
dev->ethtool_ops = &netkit_ethtool_ops;
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index b7a4503f7cdb..bf3dd9b2c1a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1797,6 +1797,7 @@ enum netdev_stat_type {
enum netmem_tx_mode {
NETMEM_TX_NONE, /* no netmem TX support */
NETMEM_TX_DMA, /* DMA-capable netmem TX (real HW) */
+ NETMEM_TX_NO_DMA, /* no DMA, e.g. passthrough for virtual devs */
};
enum netdev_reg_state {
@@ -2143,7 +2144,7 @@ struct net_device {
struct_group(priv_flags_fast,
unsigned long priv_flags:32;
unsigned long lltx:1;
- unsigned long netmem_tx:1;
+ unsigned long netmem_tx:2;
);
const struct net_device_ops *netdev_ops;
const struct header_ops *header_ops;