[PATCH net-next RFC v4] net: hdlc_x25: Queue outgoing LAPB frames

[Xie He]

When sending packets, we will first hand over the (L3) packets to the
LAPB module. The LAPB module will then hand over the corresponding LAPB
(L2) frames back to us for us to transmit.

The LAPB module can also emit LAPB (L2) frames at any time, even without
an (L3) packet currently being sent on the device. This happens when the
LAPB module tries to send (L3) packets queued up in its internal queue,
or when the LAPB module decides to send some (L2) control frame.

This means we need to have a queue for these outgoing LAPB (L2) frames,
otherwise frames can be dropped if sent when the hardware driver is
already busy in transmitting. The queue needs to be controlled by
the hardware driver's netif_stop_queue and netif_wake_queue calls.
Therefore, we need to use the device's qdisc TX queue for this purpose.
However, currently outgoing LAPB (L2) frames are not queued.

On the other hand, outgoing (L3) packets (before they are handed over
to the LAPB module) don't need to be queued, because the LAPB module
already has an internal queue for them, and is able to queue new outgoing
(L3) packets at any time. However, currently outgoing (L3) packets are
being queued in the device's qdisc TX queue, which is controlled by
the hardware driver's netif_stop_queue and netif_wake_queue calls.
This is unnecessary and meaningless.

To fix these issues, we can split the HDLC device into two devices -
a virtual X.25 device and the actual HDLC device, use the virtual X.25
device to send (L3) packets and then use the actual HDLC device to
queue LAPB (L2) frames. The outgoing (L2) LAPB queue will be controlled
by the hardware driver's netif_stop_queue and netif_wake_queue calls,
while outgoing (L3) packets will not be affected by these calls.

Cc: Martin Schiller <ms@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xie He <xie.he.0141@xxxxxxxxx>
---

Change from RFC v3:
Call netif_carrier_off in x25_hdlc_open before calling register_netdevice.

Change from RFC v2:
Simplified the commit message.
Dropped the x25_open fix which is already merged into net-next now.
Use HDLC_MAX_MTU as the mtu of the X.25 virtual device.
Add an explanation to the documentation about the X.25 virtual device.

Change from RFC v1:
Properly initialize state(hdlc)->x25_dev and state(hdlc)->x25_dev_lock.

---
 Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.rst |   3 +
 drivers/net/wan/hdlc_x25.c                | 156 ++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 133 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.rst b/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.rst
index 1c3bb5cb98d4..55f6b0ab45be 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/generic-hdlc.rst
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ or::
 In Frame Relay mode, ifconfig master hdlc device up (without assigning
 any IP address to it) before using pvc devices.
 
+In X.25 mode, ifconfig the hdlc device up, then a virtual X.25 device
+would appear for use.
+
 
 Setting interface:
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_x25.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_x25.c
index 4aaa6388b9ee..b7744065900f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_x25.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_x25.c
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
 
 struct x25_state {
 	x25_hdlc_proto settings;
+	struct net_device *x25_dev;
+	spinlock_t x25_dev_lock; /* Protects the x25_dev pointer */
+};
+
+/* Pointed to by netdev_priv(x25_dev) */
+struct x25_device {
+	struct net_device *hdlc_dev;
 };
 
 static int x25_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr);
@@ -32,6 +39,11 @@ static struct x25_state *state(hdlc_device *hdlc)
 	return hdlc->state;
 }
 
+static struct x25_device *dev_to_x25(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	return netdev_priv(dev);
+}
+
 /* These functions are callbacks called by LAPB layer */
 
 static void x25_connect_disconnect(struct net_device *dev, int reason, int code)
@@ -89,15 +101,10 @@ static int x25_data_indication(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 static void x25_data_transmit(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	hdlc_device *hdlc = dev_to_hdlc(dev);
-
+	skb->dev = dev_to_x25(dev)->hdlc_dev;
+	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_HDLC);
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
-	skb->protocol = hdlc_type_trans(skb, dev);
-
-	if (dev_nit_active(dev))
-		dev_queue_xmit_nit(skb, dev);
-
-	hdlc->xmit(skb, dev); /* Ignore return value :-( */
+	dev_queue_xmit(skb);
 }
 
 
@@ -163,7 +170,8 @@ static int x25_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		.data_indication = x25_data_indication,
 		.data_transmit = x25_data_transmit,
 	};
-	hdlc_device *hdlc = dev_to_hdlc(dev);
+	struct net_device *hdlc_dev = dev_to_x25(dev)->hdlc_dev;
+	hdlc_device *hdlc = dev_to_hdlc(hdlc_dev);
 	struct lapb_parms_struct params;
 	int result;
 
@@ -195,9 +203,101 @@ static int x25_open(struct net_device *dev)
 
 
 
-static void x25_close(struct net_device *dev)
+static int x25_close(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	lapb_unregister(dev);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct net_device_ops hdlc_x25_netdev_ops = {
+	.ndo_open       = x25_open,
+	.ndo_stop       = x25_close,
+	.ndo_start_xmit = x25_xmit,
+};
+
+static void x25_setup_virtual_dev(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	dev->netdev_ops	     = &hdlc_x25_netdev_ops;
+	dev->type            = ARPHRD_X25;
+	dev->addr_len        = 0;
+	dev->hard_header_len = 0;
+	dev->mtu             = HDLC_MAX_MTU;
+
+	/* When transmitting data:
+	 * first we'll remove a pseudo header of 1 byte,
+	 * then the LAPB module will prepend an LAPB header of at most 3 bytes.
+	 */
+	dev->needed_headroom = 3 - 1;
+}
+
+static int x25_hdlc_open(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct hdlc_device *hdlc = dev_to_hdlc(dev);
+	struct net_device *x25_dev;
+	char x25_dev_name[sizeof(x25_dev->name)];
+	int result;
+
+	if (strlen(dev->name) + 4 >= sizeof(x25_dev_name))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	strcpy(x25_dev_name, dev->name);
+	strcat(x25_dev_name, "_x25");
+
+	x25_dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct x25_device), x25_dev_name,
+			       NET_NAME_PREDICTABLE, x25_setup_virtual_dev);
+	if (!x25_dev)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	dev_to_x25(x25_dev)->hdlc_dev = dev;
+
+	/* netif_carrier_on will be called later by x25_hdlc_start */
+	netif_carrier_off(x25_dev);
+
+	result = register_netdevice(x25_dev);
+	if (result) {
+		free_netdev(x25_dev);
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&state(hdlc)->x25_dev_lock);
+	state(hdlc)->x25_dev = x25_dev;
+	spin_unlock_bh(&state(hdlc)->x25_dev_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void x25_hdlc_close(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct hdlc_device *hdlc = dev_to_hdlc(dev);
+	struct net_device *x25_dev = state(hdlc)->x25_dev;
+
+	if (x25_dev->flags & IFF_UP)
+		dev_close(x25_dev);
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&state(hdlc)->x25_dev_lock);
+	state(hdlc)->x25_dev = NULL;
+	spin_unlock_bh(&state(hdlc)->x25_dev_lock);
+
+	unregister_netdevice(x25_dev);
+	free_netdev(x25_dev);
+}
+
+static void x25_hdlc_start(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct hdlc_device *hdlc = dev_to_hdlc(dev);
+	struct net_device *x25_dev = state(hdlc)->x25_dev;
+
+	/* hdlc.c guarantees no racing so we're sure x25_dev is valid */
+	netif_carrier_on(x25_dev);
+}
+
+static void x25_hdlc_stop(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct hdlc_device *hdlc = dev_to_hdlc(dev);
+	struct net_device *x25_dev = state(hdlc)->x25_dev;
+
+	/* hdlc.c guarantees no racing so we're sure x25_dev is valid */
+	netif_carrier_off(x25_dev);
 }
 
 
@@ -205,27 +305,38 @@ static void x25_close(struct net_device *dev)
 static int x25_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
+	struct hdlc_device *hdlc = dev_to_hdlc(dev);
+	struct net_device *x25_dev;
 
 	if ((skb = skb_share_check(skb, GFP_ATOMIC)) == NULL) {
 		dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
 		return NET_RX_DROP;
 	}
 
-	if (lapb_data_received(dev, skb) == LAPB_OK)
-		return NET_RX_SUCCESS;
-
-	dev->stats.rx_errors++;
+	spin_lock_bh(&state(hdlc)->x25_dev_lock);
+	x25_dev = state(hdlc)->x25_dev;
+	if (!x25_dev)
+		goto drop;
+	if (lapb_data_received(x25_dev, skb) != LAPB_OK)
+		goto drop;
+	spin_unlock_bh(&state(hdlc)->x25_dev_lock);
+	return NET_RX_SUCCESS;
+
+drop:
+	spin_unlock_bh(&state(hdlc)->x25_dev_lock);
+	dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
 	dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 	return NET_RX_DROP;
 }
 
 
 static struct hdlc_proto proto = {
-	.open		= x25_open,
-	.close		= x25_close,
+	.open		= x25_hdlc_open,
+	.close		= x25_hdlc_close,
+	.start		= x25_hdlc_start,
+	.stop		= x25_hdlc_stop,
 	.ioctl		= x25_ioctl,
 	.netif_rx	= x25_rx,
-	.xmit		= x25_xmit,
 	.module		= THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
@@ -298,16 +409,9 @@ static int x25_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr)
 			return result;
 
 		memcpy(&state(hdlc)->settings, &new_settings, size);
+		state(hdlc)->x25_dev = NULL;
+		spin_lock_init(&state(hdlc)->x25_dev_lock);
 
-		/* There's no header_ops so hard_header_len should be 0. */
-		dev->hard_header_len = 0;
-		/* When transmitting data:
-		 * first we'll remove a pseudo header of 1 byte,
-		 * then we'll prepend an LAPB header of at most 3 bytes.
-		 */
-		dev->needed_headroom = 3 - 1;
-
-		dev->type = ARPHRD_X25;
 		call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_POST_TYPE_CHANGE, dev);
 		netif_dormant_off(dev);
 		return 0;
-- 
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