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[RFC]Adding hooks in if_link_state_change and ether_ifdetach
Hi tech-net@ and tech-kern@,
Currently implementation, some interfaces e.g. bridge(4), vlan(4), and lagg(4)
insert their functions in if_link_state_change_process() to get change of
the link state of related interface. The functions are used together with
macros (e.g. "#if NVLAN > 0") so these do not work well when an interface
is running as a kernel module.
To solve this problem, I would like to add a hook point in
the if_link_state_change_process() and make the interfaces use it.
And ether_ifdetach() has the same issue, I am also going to fix it in
the same way.
I put the patch on the following:
- https://www.netbsd.org/~yamaguchi/linkstate-ifdetach.patch
- https://github.com/s-ymgch228/netbsd-src_offficial/pull/2
Summary of the patch:
- added functions to use hook list implemented in kern_hook.c
- added hook list heads to struct ifnet and struct ethercom
and functions to establish and disestablish a callback
- used the added functions in bridge(4), vlan(4), lagg(4), and carp(4)
- There are changes not related directly to this about ixg(4), ixv(4),
and lagg(4)
- Those are refactoring or bug fixes.
I would like to get your feedback because I think that it impacts
various components.
Thanks,
-- yamaguchi
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