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Commit 536721b1 authored by Karoly Kemeny's avatar Karoly Kemeny Committed by David S. Miller
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net: kernel-doc compliant documentation for net_device



Net_device is a vast and important structure, but it has no kernel-doc
compliant documentation. This patch extracts the comments from the structure
to clean it up, and let the scripts extract documentation from it. I know that
the patch is big, but it's just reordering of comments into the appropriate
form, and adding a few more, for the missing members.

Signed-off-by: default avatarKaroly Kemeny <karoly.kemeny@gmail.com>
Acked-by: default avatarRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 8e97b85a
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@@ -1231,42 +1231,228 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
#define IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE		IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE
#define IFF_MACVLAN			IFF_MACVLAN

/*
 *	The DEVICE structure.
/**
 *	struct net_device - The DEVICE structure.
 *		Actually, this whole structure is a big mistake.  It mixes I/O
 *		data with strictly "high-level" data, and it has to know about
 *		almost every data structure used in the INET module.
 *
 *	@name:	This is the first field of the "visible" part of this structure
 *		(i.e. as seen by users in the "Space.c" file).  It is the name
 *	 	of the interface.
 *
 *	@name_hlist: 	Device name hash chain, please keep it close to name[]
 *	@ifalias:	SNMP alias
 *	@mem_end:	Shared memory end
 *	@mem_start:	Shared memory start
 *	@base_addr:	Device I/O address
 *	@irq:		Device IRQ number
 *
 *	@state:		Generic network queuing layer state, see netdev_state_t
 *	@dev_list:	The global list of network devices
 *	@napi_list:	List entry, that is used for polling napi devices
 *	@unreg_list:	List entry, that is used, when we are unregistering the
 *			device, see the function unregister_netdev
 *	@close_list:	List entry, that is used, when we are closing the device
 *
 *	@adj_list:	Directly linked devices, like slaves for bonding
 *	@all_adj_list:	All linked devices, *including* neighbours
 *	@features:	Currently active device features
 *	@hw_features:	User-changeable features
 *
 *	@wanted_features:	User-requested features
 *	@vlan_features:		Mask of features inheritable by VLAN devices
 *
 *	@hw_enc_features:	Mask of features inherited by encapsulating devices
 *				This field indicates what encapsulation
 *				offloads the hardware is capable of doing,
 *				and drivers will need to set them appropriately.
 *
 *	@mpls_features:	Mask of features inheritable by MPLS
 *
 *	@ifindex:	interface index
 *	@iflink:	unique device identifier
 *
 *	@stats:		Statistics struct, which was left as a legacy, use
 *			rtnl_link_stats64 instead
 *
 *	@rx_dropped:	Dropped packets by core network,
 *			do not use this in drivers
 *	@tx_dropped:	Dropped packets by core network,
 *			do not use this in drivers
 *
 *	@carrier_changes:	Stats to monitor carrier on<->off transitions
 *
 *	@wireless_handlers:	List of functions to handle Wireless Extensions,
 *				instead of ioctl,
 *				see <net/iw_handler.h> for details.
 *	@wireless_data:	Instance data managed by the core of wireless extensions
 *
 *	@netdev_ops:	Includes several pointers to callbacks,
 *			if one wants to override the ndo_*() functions
 *	@ethtool_ops:	Management operations
 *	@fwd_ops:	Management operations
 *	@header_ops:	Includes callbacks for creating,parsing,rebuilding,etc
 *			of Layer 2 headers.
 *
 *	@flags:		Interface flags (a la BSD)
 *	@priv_flags:	Like 'flags' but invisible to userspace,
 *			see if.h for the definitions
 *	@gflags:	Global flags ( kept as legacy )
 *	@padded:	How much padding added by alloc_netdev()
 *	@operstate:	RFC2863 operstate
 *	@link_mode:	Mapping policy to operstate
 *	@if_port:	Selectable AUI, TP, ...
 *	@dma:		DMA channel
 *	@mtu:		Interface MTU value
 *	@type:		Interface hardware type
 *	@hard_header_len: Hardware header length
 *
 *	@needed_headroom: Extra headroom the hardware may need, but not in all
 *			  cases can this be guaranteed
 *	@needed_tailroom: Extra tailroom the hardware may need, but not in all
 *			  cases can this be guaranteed. Some cases also use
 *			  LL_MAX_HEADER instead to allocate the skb
 *
 *	interface address info:
 *
 * 	@perm_addr:		Permanent hw address
 * 	@addr_assign_type:	Hw address assignment type
 * 	@addr_len:		Hardware address length
 * 	@neigh_priv_len;	Used in neigh_alloc(),
 * 				initialized only in atm/clip.c
 * 	@dev_id:		Used to differentiate devices that share
 * 				the same link layer address
 * 	@dev_port:		Used to differentiate devices that share
 * 				the same function
 *	@addr_list_lock:	XXX: need comments on this one
 *	@uc:			unicast mac addresses
 *	@mc:			multicast mac addresses
 *	@dev_addrs:		list of device hw addresses
 *	@queues_kset:		Group of all Kobjects in the Tx and RX queues
 *	@uc_promisc:		Counter, that indicates, that promiscuous mode
 *				has been enabled due to the need to listen to
 *				additional unicast addresses in a device that
 *				does not implement ndo_set_rx_mode()
 *	@promiscuity:		Number of times, the NIC is told to work in
 *				Promiscuous mode, if it becomes 0 the NIC will
 *				exit from working in Promiscuous mode
 *	@allmulti:		Counter, enables or disables allmulticast mode
 *
 *	@vlan_info:	VLAN info
 *	@dsa_ptr:	dsa specific data
 *	@tipc_ptr:	TIPC specific data
 *	@atalk_ptr:	AppleTalk link
 *	@ip_ptr:	IPv4 specific data
 *	@dn_ptr:	DECnet specific data
 *	@ip6_ptr:	IPv6 specific data
 *	@ax25_ptr:	AX.25 specific data
 *	@ieee80211_ptr:	IEEE 802.11 specific data, assign before registering
 *
 *	@last_rx:	Time of last Rx
 *	@dev_addr:	Hw address (before bcast,
 *			because most packets are unicast)
 *
 *	@_rx:			Array of RX queues
 *	@num_rx_queues:		Number of RX queues
 *				allocated at register_netdev() time
 *	@real_num_rx_queues: 	Number of RX queues currently active in device
 *
 *	@rx_handler:		handler for received packets
 *	@rx_handler_data: 	XXX: need comments on this one
 *	@ingress_queue:		XXX: need comments on this one
 *	@broadcast:		hw bcast address
 *
 *	@_tx:			Array of TX queues
 *	@num_tx_queues:		Number of TX queues allocated at alloc_netdev_mq() time
 *	@real_num_tx_queues: 	Number of TX queues currently active in device
 *	@qdisc:			Root qdisc from userspace point of view
 *	@tx_queue_len:		Max frames per queue allowed
 *	@tx_global_lock: 	XXX: need comments on this one
 *
 *	@xps_maps:	XXX: need comments on this one
 *
 *	@rx_cpu_rmap:	CPU reverse-mapping for RX completion interrupts,
 *			indexed by RX queue number. Assigned by driver.
 *			This must only be set if the ndo_rx_flow_steer
 *			operation is defined
 *
 *	@trans_start:		Time (in jiffies) of last Tx
 *	@watchdog_timeo:	Represents the timeout that is used by
 *				the watchdog ( see dev_watchdog() )
 *	@watchdog_timer:	List of timers
 *
 *	@pcpu_refcnt:		Number of references to this device
 *	@todo_list:		Delayed register/unregister
 *	@index_hlist:		Device index hash chain
 *	@link_watch_list:	XXX: need comments on this one
 *
 *	@reg_state:		Register/unregister state machine
 *	@dismantle:		Device is going to be freed
 *	@rtnl_link_state:	This enum represents the phases of creating
 *				a new link
 *
 *	@destructor:		Called from unregister,
 *				can be used to call free_netdev
 *	@npinfo:		XXX: need comments on this one
 * 	@nd_net:		Network namespace this network device is inside
 *
 * 	@ml_priv:	Mid-layer private
 * 	@lstats:	Loopback statistics
 * 	@tstats:	Tunnel statistics
 * 	@dstats:	Dummy statistics
 * 	@vstats:	Virtual ethernet statistics
 *
 *	@garp_port:	GARP
 *	@mrp_port:	MRP
 *
 *	@dev:		Class/net/name entry
 *	@sysfs_groups:	Space for optional device, statistics and wireless
 *			sysfs groups
 *
 *	@sysfs_rx_queue_group:	Space for optional per-rx queue attributes
 *	@rtnl_link_ops:	Rtnl_link_ops
 *
 *	@gso_max_size:	Maximum size of generic segmentation offload
 *	@gso_max_segs:	Maximum number of segments that can be passed to the
 *			NIC for GSO
 *
 *	@dcbnl_ops:	Data Center Bridging netlink ops
 *	@num_tc:	Number of traffic classes in the net device
 *	@tc_to_txq:	XXX: need comments on this one
 *	@prio_tc_map	XXX: need comments on this one
 *
 *	@fcoe_ddp_xid:	Max exchange id for FCoE LRO by ddp
 *
 *	@priomap:	XXX: need comments on this one
 *	@phydev:	Physical device may attach itself
 *			for hardware timestamping
 *
 *	@qdisc_tx_busylock:	XXX: need comments on this one
 *
 *	@group:		The group, that the device belongs to
 *	@pm_qos_req:	Power Management QoS object
 *
 *	FIXME: cleanup struct net_device such that network protocol info
 *	moves out.
 */

struct net_device {

	/*
	 * This is the first field of the "visible" part of this structure
	 * (i.e. as seen by users in the "Space.c" file).  It is the name
	 * of the interface.
	 */
	char			name[IFNAMSIZ];

	/* device name hash chain, please keep it close to name[] */
	struct hlist_node	name_hlist;

	/* snmp alias */
	char 			*ifalias;

	/*
	 *	I/O specific fields
	 *	FIXME: Merge these and struct ifmap into one
	 */
	unsigned long		mem_end;	/* shared mem end	*/
	unsigned long		mem_start;	/* shared mem start	*/
	unsigned long		base_addr;	/* device I/O address	*/
	int			irq;		/* device IRQ number	*/
	unsigned long		mem_end;
	unsigned long		mem_start;
	unsigned long		base_addr;
	int			irq;

	/*
	 *	Some hardware also needs these fields, but they are not
	 *	Some hardware also needs these fields (state,dev_list,
	 *	napi_list,unreg_list,close_list) but they are not
	 *	part of the usual set specified in Space.c.
	 */

@@ -1277,106 +1463,74 @@ struct net_device {
	struct list_head	unreg_list;
	struct list_head	close_list;

	/* directly linked devices, like slaves for bonding */
	struct {
		struct list_head upper;
		struct list_head lower;
	} adj_list;

	/* all linked devices, *including* neighbours */
	struct {
		struct list_head upper;
		struct list_head lower;
	} all_adj_list;


	/* currently active device features */
	netdev_features_t	features;
	/* user-changeable features */
	netdev_features_t	hw_features;
	/* user-requested features */
	netdev_features_t	wanted_features;
	/* mask of features inheritable by VLAN devices */
	netdev_features_t	vlan_features;
	/* mask of features inherited by encapsulating devices
	 * This field indicates what encapsulation offloads
	 * the hardware is capable of doing, and drivers will
	 * need to set them appropriately.
	 */
	netdev_features_t	hw_enc_features;
	/* mask of fetures inheritable by MPLS */
	netdev_features_t	mpls_features;

	/* Interface index. Unique device identifier	*/
	int			ifindex;
	int			iflink;

	struct net_device_stats	stats;

	/* dropped packets by core network, Do not use this in drivers */
	atomic_long_t		rx_dropped;
	atomic_long_t		tx_dropped;

	/* Stats to monitor carrier on<->off transitions */
	atomic_t		carrier_changes;

#ifdef CONFIG_WIRELESS_EXT
	/* List of functions to handle Wireless Extensions (instead of ioctl).
	 * See <net/iw_handler.h> for details. Jean II */
	const struct iw_handler_def *	wireless_handlers;
	/* Instance data managed by the core of Wireless Extensions. */
	struct iw_public_data *	wireless_data;
#endif
	/* Management operations */
	const struct net_device_ops *netdev_ops;
	const struct ethtool_ops *ethtool_ops;
	const struct forwarding_accel_ops *fwd_ops;

	/* Hardware header description */
	const struct header_ops *header_ops;

	unsigned int		flags;	/* interface flags (a la BSD)	*/
	unsigned int		priv_flags; /* Like 'flags' but invisible to userspace.
					     * See if.h for definitions. */
	unsigned int		flags;
	unsigned int		priv_flags;

	unsigned short		gflags;
	unsigned short		padded;	/* How much padding added by alloc_netdev() */
	unsigned short		padded;

	unsigned char		operstate; /* RFC2863 operstate */
	unsigned char		link_mode; /* mapping policy to operstate */
	unsigned char		operstate;
	unsigned char		link_mode;

	unsigned char		if_port;	/* Selectable AUI, TP,..*/
	unsigned char		dma;		/* DMA channel		*/
	unsigned char		if_port;
	unsigned char		dma;

	unsigned int		mtu;	/* interface MTU value		*/
	unsigned short		type;	/* interface hardware type	*/
	unsigned short		hard_header_len;	/* hardware hdr length	*/
	unsigned int		mtu;
	unsigned short		type;
	unsigned short		hard_header_len;

	/* extra head- and tailroom the hardware may need, but not in all cases
	 * can this be guaranteed, especially tailroom. Some cases also use
	 * LL_MAX_HEADER instead to allocate the skb.
	 */
	unsigned short		needed_headroom;
	unsigned short		needed_tailroom;

	/* Interface address info. */
	unsigned char		perm_addr[MAX_ADDR_LEN]; /* permanent hw address */
	unsigned char		addr_assign_type; /* hw address assignment type */
	unsigned char		addr_len;	/* hardware address length	*/
	unsigned char		perm_addr[MAX_ADDR_LEN];
	unsigned char		addr_assign_type;
	unsigned char		addr_len;
	unsigned short		neigh_priv_len;
	unsigned short          dev_id;		/* Used to differentiate devices
						 * that share the same link
						 * layer address
						 */
	unsigned short          dev_port;	/* Used to differentiate
						 * devices that share the same
						 * function
						 */
	unsigned short          dev_id;
	unsigned short          dev_port;
	spinlock_t		addr_list_lock;
	struct netdev_hw_addr_list	uc;	/* Unicast mac addresses */
	struct netdev_hw_addr_list	mc;	/* Multicast mac addresses */
	struct netdev_hw_addr_list	dev_addrs; /* list of device
						    * hw addresses
						    */
	struct netdev_hw_addr_list	uc;
	struct netdev_hw_addr_list	mc;
	struct netdev_hw_addr_list	dev_addrs;

#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
	struct kset		*queues_kset;
#endif
@@ -1391,40 +1545,34 @@ struct net_device {
	/* Protocol specific pointers */

#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q)
	struct vlan_info __rcu	*vlan_info;	/* VLAN info */
	struct vlan_info __rcu	*vlan_info;
#endif
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_DSA)
	struct dsa_switch_tree	*dsa_ptr;	/* dsa specific data */
	struct dsa_switch_tree	*dsa_ptr;
#endif
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_TIPC)
	struct tipc_bearer __rcu *tipc_ptr;	/* TIPC specific data */
	struct tipc_bearer __rcu *tipc_ptr;
#endif
	void 			*atalk_ptr;	/* AppleTalk link 	*/
	struct in_device __rcu	*ip_ptr;	/* IPv4 specific data	*/
	struct dn_dev __rcu     *dn_ptr;        /* DECnet specific data */
	struct inet6_dev __rcu	*ip6_ptr;       /* IPv6 specific data */
	void			*ax25_ptr;	/* AX.25 specific data */
	struct wireless_dev	*ieee80211_ptr;	/* IEEE 802.11 specific data,
						   assign before registering */
	void 			*atalk_ptr;
	struct in_device __rcu	*ip_ptr;
	struct dn_dev __rcu     *dn_ptr;
	struct inet6_dev __rcu	*ip6_ptr;
	void			*ax25_ptr;
	struct wireless_dev	*ieee80211_ptr;

/*
 * Cache lines mostly used on receive path (including eth_type_trans())
 */
	unsigned long		last_rx;	/* Time of last Rx */
	unsigned long		last_rx;

	/* Interface address info used in eth_type_trans() */
	unsigned char		*dev_addr;	/* hw address, (before bcast
						   because most packets are
						   unicast) */
	unsigned char		*dev_addr;


#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
	struct netdev_rx_queue	*_rx;

	/* Number of RX queues allocated at register_netdev() time */
	unsigned int		num_rx_queues;

	/* Number of RX queues currently active in device */
	unsigned int		real_num_rx_queues;

#endif
@@ -1433,33 +1581,23 @@ struct net_device {
	void __rcu		*rx_handler_data;

	struct netdev_queue __rcu *ingress_queue;
	unsigned char		broadcast[MAX_ADDR_LEN];	/* hw bcast add	*/
	unsigned char		broadcast[MAX_ADDR_LEN];


/*
 * Cache lines mostly used on transmit path
 */
	struct netdev_queue	*_tx ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;

	/* Number of TX queues allocated at alloc_netdev_mq() time  */
	unsigned int		num_tx_queues;

	/* Number of TX queues currently active in device  */
	unsigned int		real_num_tx_queues;

	/* root qdisc from userspace point of view */
	struct Qdisc		*qdisc;

	unsigned long		tx_queue_len;	/* Max frames per queue allowed */
	unsigned long		tx_queue_len;
	spinlock_t		tx_global_lock;

#ifdef CONFIG_XPS
	struct xps_dev_maps __rcu *xps_maps;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL
	/* CPU reverse-mapping for RX completion interrupts, indexed
	 * by RX queue number.  Assigned by driver.  This must only be
	 * set if the ndo_rx_flow_steer operation is defined. */
	struct cpu_rmap		*rx_cpu_rmap;
#endif

@@ -1469,22 +1607,17 @@ struct net_device {
	 * trans_start here is expensive for high speed devices on SMP,
	 * please use netdev_queue->trans_start instead.
	 */
	unsigned long		trans_start;	/* Time (in jiffies) of last Tx	*/
	unsigned long		trans_start;

	int			watchdog_timeo; /* used by dev_watchdog() */
	int			watchdog_timeo;
	struct timer_list	watchdog_timer;

	/* Number of references to this device */
	int __percpu		*pcpu_refcnt;

	/* delayed register/unregister */
	struct list_head	todo_list;
	/* device index hash chain */
	struct hlist_node	index_hlist;

	struct hlist_node	index_hlist;
	struct list_head	link_watch_list;

	/* register/unregister state machine */
	enum { NETREG_UNINITIALIZED=0,
	       NETREG_REGISTERED,	/* completed register_netdevice */
	       NETREG_UNREGISTERING,	/* called unregister_netdevice */
@@ -1493,14 +1626,13 @@ struct net_device {
	       NETREG_DUMMY,		/* dummy device for NAPI poll */
	} reg_state:8;

	bool dismantle; /* device is going do be freed */
	bool dismantle;

	enum {
		RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED,
		RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZING,
	} rtnl_link_state:16;

	/* Called from unregister, can be used to call free_netdev */
	void (*destructor)(struct net_device *dev);

#ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
@@ -1508,31 +1640,25 @@ struct net_device {
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
	/* Network namespace this network device is inside */
	struct net		*nd_net;
#endif

	/* mid-layer private */
	union {
		void					*ml_priv;
		struct pcpu_lstats __percpu	*lstats; /* loopback stats */
		struct pcpu_lstats __percpu		*lstats;
		struct pcpu_sw_netstats __percpu	*tstats;
		struct pcpu_dstats __percpu	*dstats; /* dummy stats */
		struct pcpu_vstats __percpu	*vstats; /* veth stats */
		struct pcpu_dstats __percpu		*dstats;
		struct pcpu_vstats __percpu		*vstats;
	};
	/* GARP */

	struct garp_port __rcu	*garp_port;
	/* MRP */
	struct mrp_port __rcu	*mrp_port;

	/* class/net/name entry */
	struct device	dev;
	/* space for optional device, statistics, and wireless sysfs groups */
	const struct attribute_group *sysfs_groups[4];
	/* space for optional per-rx queue attributes */
	const struct attribute_group *sysfs_rx_queue_group;

	/* rtnetlink link ops */
	const struct rtnl_link_ops *rtnl_link_ops;

	/* for setting kernel sock attribute on TCP connection setup */
@@ -1542,7 +1668,6 @@ struct net_device {
	u16			gso_max_segs;

#ifdef CONFIG_DCB
	/* Data Center Bridging netlink ops */
	const struct dcbnl_rtnl_ops *dcbnl_ops;
#endif
	u8 num_tc;
@@ -1550,20 +1675,14 @@ struct net_device {
	u8 prio_tc_map[TC_BITMASK + 1];

#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FCOE)
	/* max exchange id for FCoE LRO by ddp */
	unsigned int		fcoe_ddp_xid;
#endif
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_PRIO)
	struct netprio_map __rcu *priomap;
#endif
	/* phy device may attach itself for hardware timestamping */
	struct phy_device *phydev;

	struct lock_class_key *qdisc_tx_busylock;

	/* group the device belongs to */
	int group;

	struct pm_qos_request	pm_qos_req;
};
#define to_net_dev(d) container_of(d, struct net_device, dev)