From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH nf-next,v1 3/4] net: expose dev_fwd_path() helper via static inline
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 11:32:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260708093250.1187068-3-pablo@netfilter.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260708093250.1187068-1-pablo@netfilter.org>
This is a preparation patch to be used by the bridge family to retrieve
the bridge vlan filtering information from the bridge port when
discovering the bridge flowtable path.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
---
v1: Just a preparation patch to allow to move the bridge vlan filtering
path discovery code to the flowtable infrastructure.
include/linux/netdevice.h | 11 +++++++++++
net/core/dev.c | 10 ----------
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 41cd092b032c..9393d3088042 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3420,6 +3420,17 @@ void dev_remove_offload(struct packet_offload *po);
int dev_get_iflink(const struct net_device *dev);
int dev_fill_metadata_dst(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb);
+
+static inline struct net_device_path *dev_fwd_path(struct net_device_path_stack *stack)
+{
+ int k = stack->num_paths++;
+
+ if (k >= NET_DEVICE_PATH_STACK_MAX)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return &stack->path[k];
+}
+
int dev_fill_forward_path(struct net_device_path_ctx *ctx,
struct net_device_path_stack *stack);
struct net_device *dev_get_by_name(struct net *net, const char *name);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 9a065c286d92..6b0e83fe743f 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -740,16 +740,6 @@ int dev_fill_metadata_dst(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_fill_metadata_dst);
-static struct net_device_path *dev_fwd_path(struct net_device_path_stack *stack)
-{
- int k = stack->num_paths++;
-
- if (k >= NET_DEVICE_PATH_STACK_MAX)
- return NULL;
-
- return &stack->path[k];
-}
-
int dev_fill_forward_path(struct net_device_path_ctx *ctx,
struct net_device_path_stack *stack)
{
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-08 9:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-08 9:32 [PATCH nf-next,v1 1/4] bridge: Add filling forward path from port to port Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-07-08 9:32 ` [PATCH nf-next,v1 2/4] net: pass net_device_path_ctx struct to dev_fill_forward_path() Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-07-08 9:32 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2026-07-08 9:32 ` [PATCH nf-next,v1 4/4] netfilter: flowtable: initial bridge support Pablo Neira Ayuso
2026-07-12 9:56 ` [PATCH nf-next,v1 1/4] bridge: Add filling forward path from port to port Eric Woudstra
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