net/6lowpan/nhc.h

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/net/6lowpan/nhc.h

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
net/6lowpan/nhc.h
Extension
.h
Size
3923 bytes
Lines
134
Domain
Networking Core
Bucket
Sockets, Protocols, Packet Path, And Network Policy
Inferred role
Networking Core: exported/initcall integration point
Status
integration implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Networking stack implementation surface: socket APIs, protocol dispatch, packet flow, routing, filtering, and network namespaces.

Dependency Surface

Detected Declarations

Annotated Snippet

module_init(__nhc##_init);			\
static void __exit __nhc##_exit(void)		\
{						\
	lowpan_nhc_del(&(__nhc));		\
}						\
module_exit(__nhc##_exit);

/**
 * struct lowpan_nhc - hold 6lowpan next hdr compression ifnformation
 *
 * @name: name of the specific next header compression
 * @nexthdr: next header value of the protocol which should be compressed.
 * @nexthdrlen: ipv6 nexthdr len for the reserved space.
 * @id: one byte nhc id value.
 * @idmask: one byte nhc id mask value.
 * @compress: callback to do the header compression.
 * @uncompress: callback to do the header uncompression.
 */
struct lowpan_nhc {
	const char	*name;
	u8		nexthdr;
	size_t		nexthdrlen;
	u8		id;
	u8		idmask;

	int		(*uncompress)(struct sk_buff *skb, size_t needed);
	int		(*compress)(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 **hc_ptr);
};

/**
 * lowpan_nhc_by_nexthdr - return the 6lowpan nhc by ipv6 nexthdr.
 *
 * @nexthdr: ipv6 nexthdr value.
 */
struct lowpan_nhc *lowpan_nhc_by_nexthdr(u8 nexthdr);

/**
 * lowpan_nhc_check_compression - checks if we support compression format. If
 *	we support the nhc by nexthdr field, the function will return 0. If we
 *	don't support the nhc by nexthdr this function will return -ENOENT.
 *
 * @skb: skb of 6LoWPAN header to read nhc and replace header.
 * @hdr: ipv6hdr to check the nexthdr value
 * @hc_ptr: pointer for 6LoWPAN header which should increment at the end of
 *	    replaced header.
 */
int lowpan_nhc_check_compression(struct sk_buff *skb,
				 const struct ipv6hdr *hdr, u8 **hc_ptr);

/**
 * lowpan_nhc_do_compression - calling compress callback for nhc
 *
 * @skb: skb of 6LoWPAN header to read nhc and replace header.
 * @hdr: ipv6hdr to set the nexthdr value
 * @hc_ptr: pointer for 6LoWPAN header which should increment at the end of
 *	    replaced header.
 */
int lowpan_nhc_do_compression(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct ipv6hdr *hdr,
			      u8 **hc_ptr);

/**
 * lowpan_nhc_do_uncompression - calling uncompress callback for nhc
 *
 * @nhc: 6LoWPAN nhc context, get by lowpan_nhc_by_ functions.
 * @skb: skb of 6LoWPAN header, skb->data should be pointed to nhc id value.
 * @dev: netdevice for print logging information.
 * @hdr: ipv6hdr for setting nexthdr value.
 */
int lowpan_nhc_do_uncompression(struct sk_buff *skb,
				const struct net_device *dev,
				struct ipv6hdr *hdr);

/**
 * lowpan_nhc_add - register a next header compression to framework
 *
 * @nhc: nhc which should be add.
 */
int lowpan_nhc_add(const struct lowpan_nhc *nhc);

/**
 * lowpan_nhc_del - delete a next header compression from framework
 *
 * @nhc: nhc which should be delete.
 */
void lowpan_nhc_del(const struct lowpan_nhc *nhc);

/**
 * lowpan_nhc_init - adding all default nhcs
 */
void lowpan_nhc_init(void);

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