From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com
Subject: [patch] variable number of dummy devices
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:36:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031211083621.GA2455@averell> (raw)
Uses the new module_params that nobody else uses now.
diff -u linux-2.6.0test11-amd64/drivers/net/dummy.c-DUMMY linux-2.6.0test11-amd64/drivers/net/dummy.c
--- linux-2.6.0test11-amd64/drivers/net/dummy.c-DUMMY 2003-11-29 16:34:26.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.0test11-amd64/drivers/net/dummy.c 2003-12-11 09:34:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
+
+static int numdummies = 1;
static int dummy_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
static struct net_device_stats *dummy_get_stats(struct net_device *dev);
@@ -83,10 +86,14 @@
return dev->priv;
}
-static struct net_device *dev_dummy;
+static struct net_device **dummies;
-static int __init dummy_init_module(void)
+/* Number of dummy devices to be set up by this module. */
+module_param(numdummies, int, 0);
+
+static int __init dummy_init_one(int index)
{
+ struct net_device *dev_dummy;
int err;
dev_dummy = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct net_device_stats),
@@ -98,15 +105,40 @@
if ((err = register_netdev(dev_dummy))) {
kfree(dev_dummy);
dev_dummy = NULL;
+ } else {
+ dummies[index] = dev_dummy;
}
+
return err;
}
+static void __exit dummy_free_one(int index)
+{
+ unregister_netdev(dummies[index]);
+ free_netdev(dummies[index]);
+}
+
+static int __init dummy_init_module(void)
+{
+ int i, err = 0;
+ dummies = kmalloc(numdummies * sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!dummies)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ for (i = 0; i < numdummies && !err; i++)
+ err = dummy_init_one(i);
+ if (err) {
+ while (--i >= 0)
+ dummy_free_one(i);
+ }
+ return err;
+}
+
static void __exit dummy_cleanup_module(void)
{
- unregister_netdev(dev_dummy);
- free_netdev(dev_dummy);
- dev_dummy = NULL;
+ int i;
+ for (i = 0; i < numdummies; i++)
+ dummy_free_one(i);
+ kfree(dummies);
}
module_init(dummy_init_module);
next reply other threads:[~2003-12-11 8:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-11 8:36 Andi Kleen [this message]
2003-12-12 7:10 ` [patch] variable number of dummy devices David S. Miller
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