[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] lib: move Netlink wrapper to lib

Nelio Laranjeiro nelio.laranjeiro at 6wind.com
Tue Mar 13 13:28:25 CET 2018


TAP PMD uses a wrapper to communicate with Netlink through a socket.  This
wrapper can be useful for other PMD which may need to communicate also with
the Linux kernel via Netlink.

This series moves this wrapper to the lib level to let any PMD implement use
it when necessary.

Nelio Laranjeiro (2):
  lib: move Netlink code into a common library
  lib: add request Netlink messages

 MAINTAINERS                                        |   3 +
 config/common_base                                 |   6 ++
 config/common_linuxapp                             |   1 +
 drivers/net/tap/Makefile                           |   3 +-
 drivers/net/tap/rte_eth_tap.c                      |  16 +--
 drivers/net/tap/tap_flow.c                         | 118 ++++++++++-----------
 drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.h                      |  42 --------
 drivers/net/tap/tap_tcmsgs.c                       |  28 ++---
 drivers/net/tap/tap_tcmsgs.h                       |   2 +-
 lib/Makefile                                       |   2 +
 lib/librte_netlink/Makefile                        |  26 +++++
 lib/librte_netlink/meson.build                     |  13 +++
 .../librte_netlink/rte_netlink.c                   |  87 +++++++++++----
 lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink.h                   |  43 ++++++++
 lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink_version.map         |  18 ++++
 lib/meson.build                                    |   2 +-
 mk/rte.app.mk                                      |   1 +
 17 files changed, 263 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.h
 create mode 100644 lib/librte_netlink/Makefile
 create mode 100644 lib/librte_netlink/meson.build
 rename drivers/net/tap/tap_netlink.c => lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink.c (77%)
 create mode 100644 lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink.h
 create mode 100644 lib/librte_netlink/rte_netlink_version.map

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2.11.0



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