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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>2007-03-21 13:38:47 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-04-25 22:28:44 -0700
commit6229e362dd49b9e8387126bd4483ab0574d23e9c (patch)
tree425c24858a6d21e58e49c05655875237d9b37a7c /net/core
parent604763722c655c7e3f31ecf6f7b4dafcd26a7a15 (diff)
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bridge: eliminate call by reference
Change the bridging hook to be simple function with return value rather than modifying the skb argument. This could generate better code and is cleaner. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core')
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c31
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d23972f56fc..7f31d0f8842 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1687,31 +1687,37 @@ static inline int deliver_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
}
#if defined(CONFIG_BRIDGE) || defined (CONFIG_BRIDGE_MODULE)
-int (*br_handle_frame_hook)(struct net_bridge_port *p, struct sk_buff **pskb);
+/* These hooks defined here for ATM */
struct net_bridge;
struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *(*br_fdb_get_hook)(struct net_bridge *br,
unsigned char *addr);
-void (*br_fdb_put_hook)(struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *ent);
+void (*br_fdb_put_hook)(struct net_bridge_fdb_entry *ent) __read_mostly;
-static __inline__ int handle_bridge(struct sk_buff **pskb,
- struct packet_type **pt_prev, int *ret,
- struct net_device *orig_dev)
+/*
+ * If bridge module is loaded call bridging hook.
+ * returns NULL if packet was consumed.
+ */
+struct sk_buff *(*br_handle_frame_hook)(struct net_bridge_port *p,
+ struct sk_buff *skb) __read_mostly;
+static inline struct sk_buff *handle_bridge(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ struct packet_type **pt_prev, int *ret,
+ struct net_device *orig_dev)
{
struct net_bridge_port *port;
- if ((*pskb)->pkt_type == PACKET_LOOPBACK ||
- (port = rcu_dereference((*pskb)->dev->br_port)) == NULL)
- return 0;
+ if (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_LOOPBACK ||
+ (port = rcu_dereference(skb->dev->br_port)) == NULL)
+ return skb;
if (*pt_prev) {
- *ret = deliver_skb(*pskb, *pt_prev, orig_dev);
+ *ret = deliver_skb(skb, *pt_prev, orig_dev);
*pt_prev = NULL;
}
- return br_handle_frame_hook(port, pskb);
+ return br_handle_frame_hook(port, skb);
}
#else
-#define handle_bridge(skb, pt_prev, ret, orig_dev) (0)
+#define handle_bridge(skb, pt_prev, ret, orig_dev) (skb)
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
@@ -1818,7 +1824,8 @@ int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
ncls:
#endif
- if (handle_bridge(&skb, &pt_prev, &ret, orig_dev))
+ skb = handle_bridge(skb, &pt_prev, &ret, orig_dev);
+ if (!skb)
goto out;
type = skb->protocol;