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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 ppp_channel;
24 
25 struct ppp_channel_ops {
26 	/* Send a packet (or multilink fragment) on this channel.
27 	   Returns 1 if it was accepted, 0 if not. */
28 	int	(*start_xmit)(struct ppp_channel *, struct sk_buff *);
29 	/* Handle an ioctl call that has come in via /dev/ppp. */
30 	int	(*ioctl)(struct ppp_channel *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
31 };
32 
33 struct ppp_channel {
34 	void		*private;	/* channel private data */
35 	const struct ppp_channel_ops *ops; /* operations for this channel */
36 	int		mtu;		/* max transmit packet size */
37 	int		hdrlen;		/* amount of headroom channel needs */
38 	void		*ppp;		/* opaque to channel */
39 	int		speed;		/* transfer rate (bytes/second) */
40 	/* the following is not used at present */
41 	int		latency;	/* overhead time in milliseconds */
42 };
43 
44 #ifdef __KERNEL__
45 /* Called by the channel when it can send some more data. */
46 extern void ppp_output_wakeup(struct ppp_channel *);
47 
48 /* Called by the channel to process a received PPP packet.
49    The packet should have just the 2-byte PPP protocol header. */
50 extern void ppp_input(struct ppp_channel *, struct sk_buff *);
51 
52 /* Called by the channel when an input error occurs, indicating
53    that we may have missed a packet. */
54 extern void ppp_input_error(struct ppp_channel *, int code);
55 
56 /* Attach a channel to a given PPP unit in specified net. */
57 extern int ppp_register_net_channel(struct net *, struct ppp_channel *);
58 
59 /* Attach a channel to a given PPP unit. */
60 extern int ppp_register_channel(struct ppp_channel *);
61 
62 /* Detach a channel from its PPP unit (e.g. on hangup). */
63 extern void ppp_unregister_channel(struct ppp_channel *);
64 
65 /* Get the channel number for a channel */
66 extern int ppp_channel_index(struct ppp_channel *);
67 
68 /* Get the unit number associated with a channel, or -1 if none */
69 extern int ppp_unit_number(struct ppp_channel *);
70 
71 /* Get the device name associated with a channel, or NULL if none */
72 extern char *ppp_dev_name(struct ppp_channel *);
73 
74 /*
75  * SMP locking notes:
76  * The channel code must ensure that when it calls ppp_unregister_channel,
77  * nothing is executing in any of the procedures above, for that
78  * channel.  The generic layer will ensure that nothing is executing
79  * in the start_xmit and ioctl routines for the channel by the time
80  * that ppp_unregister_channel returns.
81  */
82 
83 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
84 #endif
85