hdlc: fix compile problem

Fix build problem with hdlc driver. hdlc_null_ops was being referenced
before it was defined!

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>

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Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> writes:

> Fix build problem with hdlc driver. hdlc_null_ops was being referenced
> before it was defined!

:-)

Unfortunately I can't see it, which tree is it?


In David's and Linus' trees it appears twice, it seem to be entirely
correct and btw you are the author :-)
... and it compiled here 100 times or so :-)

static const struct header_ops hdlc_null_ops;
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
static void hdlc_setup_dev(struct net_device *dev)
{
        /* Re-init all variables changed by HDLC protocol drivers,
         * including ether_setup() called from hdlc_raw_eth.c.
         */
        dev->get_stats           = hdlc_get_stats;
        dev->flags               = IFF_POINTOPOINT | IFF_NOARP;
        dev->mtu                 = HDLC_MAX_MTU;
        dev->type                = ARPHRD_RAWHDLC;
        dev->hard_header_len     = 16;
        dev->addr_len            = 0;
        dev->header_ops          = &hdlc_null_ops;
                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        dev->change_mtu          = hdlc_change_mtu;
}

On Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:21:03 +0100
Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl> wrote:

> Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> writes:
> 
> > Fix build problem with hdlc driver. hdlc_null_ops was being referenced
> > before it was defined!
> 
> :-)
> 
> Unfortunately I can't see it, which tree is it?
> 
> 
> In David's and Linus' trees it appears twice, it seem to be entirely
> correct and btw you are the author :-)
> ... and it compiled here 100 times or so :-)
> 
> static const struct header_ops hdlc_null_ops;
>                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> static void hdlc_setup_dev(struct net_device *dev)
> {
>         /* Re-init all variables changed by HDLC protocol drivers,
>          * including ether_setup() called from hdlc_raw_eth.c.
>          */
>         dev->get_stats           = hdlc_get_stats;
>         dev->flags               = IFF_POINTOPOINT | IFF_NOARP;
>         dev->mtu                 = HDLC_MAX_MTU;
>         dev->type                = ARPHRD_RAWHDLC;
>         dev->hard_header_len     = 16;
>         dev->addr_len            = 0;
>         dev->header_ops          = &hdlc_null_ops;
>                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>         dev->change_mtu          = hdlc_change_mtu;
> }

It was introduced (by me) in previous patch. Since that isn't applied yet,
I'll go back and fix.
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Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> writes:

> It was introduced (by me) in previous patch. Since that isn't applied yet,
> I'll go back and fix.

I can see it now, I must have missed it because of the "synclink"
subject.

@@ -106,7 +98,7 @@ static int hdlc_device_event(struct noti
        if (dev_net(dev) != &init_net)
                return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
-       if (dev->get_stats != hdlc_get_stats)
+       if (dev->header_ops != &hdlc_null_ops)
                return NOTIFY_DONE; /* not an HDLC device */

This won't work because hdlc_null_ops may be substituted by
cisco_header_ops or ppp_header_ops. Current test works for now but is
wrong, too, at least for wanxl driver (it tries to use its
get_stats()).

Perhaps some
+       if (dev->header_ops->something != &something)
would do? Alternatively we can return to hdlc_carrier_on|off() and
hdlc_device_event() won't be needed.

Essentially, it's a bit hard to check if the device is one of ours if
we are the middle layer.


There are two layers here:
- hardware drivers (10+)
- protocol drivers (5 - hdlc* files)

Protocol drivers want to define things like:
- dev->header_ops (no problem)
- dev->change_mtu (perhaps)
- dev->hard_start_xmit

Hardware drivers need to define the rest of NDO.

Hmm, not much, only hard_start_xmit() is really problematic. I think
we need a trampoline: hw driver will define the NDO and set
hard_start_xmit and possibly change_mtu to (exported by hdlc.c)
hdlc_xmit (hdlc_change_mtu), and hdlc_start_xmit will just call
protocol's xmit().
We could also use it for the test in hdlc_device_event:
	if (dev->netdev_ops->start_hard_xmit != hdlc_xmit)

If we could then get rid of this special xmit() and do all header and
TX preparations in hard_header(), it would be even better (cleaner)
though IIRC it requires some changes to Ethernet(?) code.


The changes have to be applied to the 4 synclink drivers and to most
.c files in drivers/net/wan simultaneously, perhaps it's more practical
if I do it?