xref: /linux/include/linux/ppp_channel.h (revision 1a9239bb4253f9076b5b4b2a1a4e8d7defd77a95)
1  /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
2  #ifndef _PPP_CHANNEL_H_
3  #define _PPP_CHANNEL_H_
4  /*
5   * Definitions for the interface between the generic PPP code
6   * and a PPP channel.
7   *
8   * A PPP channel provides a way for the generic PPP code to send
9   * and receive packets over some sort of communications medium.
10   * Packets are stored in sk_buffs and have the 2-byte PPP protocol
11   * number at the start, but not the address and control bytes.
12   *
13   * Copyright 1999 Paul Mackerras.
14   *
15   * ==FILEVERSION 20000322==
16   */
17  
18  #include <linux/list.h>
19  #include <linux/skbuff.h>
20  #include <linux/poll.h>
21  #include <net/net_namespace.h>
22  
23  struct net_device_path;
24  struct net_device_path_ctx;
25  struct ppp_channel;
26  
27  struct ppp_channel_ops {
28  	/* Send a packet (or multilink fragment) on this channel.
29  	   Returns 1 if it was accepted, 0 if not. */
30  	int	(*start_xmit)(struct ppp_channel *, struct sk_buff *);
31  	/* Handle an ioctl call that has come in via /dev/ppp. */
32  	int	(*ioctl)(struct ppp_channel *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
33  	int	(*fill_forward_path)(struct net_device_path_ctx *,
34  				     struct net_device_path *,
35  				     const struct ppp_channel *);
36  };
37  
38  struct ppp_channel {
39  	void		*private;	/* channel private data */
40  	const struct ppp_channel_ops *ops; /* operations for this channel */
41  	int		mtu;		/* max transmit packet size */
42  	int		hdrlen;		/* amount of headroom channel needs */
43  	void		*ppp;		/* opaque to channel */
44  	int		speed;		/* transfer rate (bytes/second) */
45  	bool		direct_xmit;	/* no qdisc, xmit directly */
46  };
47  
48  #ifdef __KERNEL__
49  /* Called by the channel when it can send some more data. */
50  extern void ppp_output_wakeup(struct ppp_channel *);
51  
52  /* Called by the channel to process a received PPP packet.
53     The packet should have just the 2-byte PPP protocol header. */
54  extern void ppp_input(struct ppp_channel *, struct sk_buff *);
55  
56  /* Called by the channel when an input error occurs, indicating
57     that we may have missed a packet. */
58  extern void ppp_input_error(struct ppp_channel *, int code);
59  
60  /* Attach a channel to a given PPP unit in specified net. */
61  extern int ppp_register_net_channel(struct net *, struct ppp_channel *);
62  
63  /* Attach a channel to a given PPP unit. */
64  extern int ppp_register_channel(struct ppp_channel *);
65  
66  /* Detach a channel from its PPP unit (e.g. on hangup). */
67  extern void ppp_unregister_channel(struct ppp_channel *);
68  
69  /* Get the channel number for a channel */
70  extern int ppp_channel_index(struct ppp_channel *);
71  
72  /* Get the unit number associated with a channel, or -1 if none */
73  extern int ppp_unit_number(struct ppp_channel *);
74  
75  /* Get the device name associated with a channel, or NULL if none */
76  extern char *ppp_dev_name(struct ppp_channel *);
77  
78  /*
79   * SMP locking notes:
80   * The channel code must ensure that when it calls ppp_unregister_channel,
81   * nothing is executing in any of the procedures above, for that
82   * channel.  The generic layer will ensure that nothing is executing
83   * in the start_xmit and ioctl routines for the channel by the time
84   * that ppp_unregister_channel returns.
85   */
86  
87  #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
88  #endif
89