[RFC,v2,2/5] rtnetlink: add alloc() method to rtnl_link_ops

Commit Message

Johannes Berg June 2, 2021, 8:28 a.m. UTC

From: Johannes Berg <[e-mail]>

In order to make rtnetlink ops that can create different
kinds of devices, like what we want to add to the WWAN
framework, the priv_size and setup parameters aren't quite
sufficient. Make this easier to manage by allowing ops to
allocate their own netdev via an @alloc method that gets
the tb netlink data.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[e-mail]>
---
v2:
 * remove data[] argument and thus many changes
---
 include/net/rtnetlink.h |  8 ++++++++
 net/core/rtnetlink.c    | 13 +++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/include/net/rtnetlink.h b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
index 479f60ef54c0..384e800665f2 100644
--- a/include/net/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/rtnetlink.h
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@  static inline int rtnl_msg_family(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
  *	@maxtype: Highest device specific netlink attribute number
  *	@policy: Netlink policy for device specific attribute validation
  *	@validate: Optional validation function for netlink/changelink parameters
+ *	@alloc: netdev allocation function, can be %NULL and is then used
+ *		in place of alloc_netdev_mqs(), in this case @priv_size
+ *		and @setup are unused. Returns a netdev or ERR_PTR().
  *	@priv_size: sizeof net_device private space
  *	@setup: net_device setup function
  *	@newlink: Function for configuring and registering a new device
@@ -63,6 +66,11 @@  struct rtnl_link_ops {
 	const char		*kind;
 
 	size_t			priv_size;
+	struct net_device	*(*alloc)(struct nlattr *tb[],
+					  const char *ifname,
+					  unsigned char name_assign_type,
+					  unsigned int num_tx_queues,
+					  unsigned int num_rx_queues);
 	void			(*setup)(struct net_device *dev);
 
 	bool			netns_refund;
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 714d5fa38546..4975dd91407d 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3177,8 +3177,17 @@  struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net, const char *ifname,
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
-	dev = alloc_netdev_mqs(ops->priv_size, ifname, name_assign_type,
-			       ops->setup, num_tx_queues, num_rx_queues);
+	if (ops->alloc) {
+		dev = ops->alloc(tb, ifname, name_assign_type,
+				 num_tx_queues, num_rx_queues);
+		if (IS_ERR(dev))
+			return dev;
+	} else {
+		dev = alloc_netdev_mqs(ops->priv_size, ifname,
+				       name_assign_type, ops->setup,
+				       num_tx_queues, num_rx_queues);
+	}
+
 	if (!dev)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);