[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] kni: Add set_rx_mode callback to handle multicast groups

[Simon Kagstrom]

We did some (very basic) tests with IGMP, which involves adding
multicast addresses to ETH interfaces. This is done via the ip tool,
an example can be found on e.g.,

  http://superuser.com/questions/324824/linux-built-in-or-open-source-program-to-join-multicast-group

and this will fail on KNI interfaces because of an unimplemented ioctl
SIOCADDMULTI. The patch simply adds an empty callback for set_rx_mode
(typically used for setting up hardware) so that the ioctl succeeds.
This is the same thing as the Linux tap interface does.

Signed-off-by: Simon Kagstrom <simon.kagstrom at netinsight.net>
Signed-off-by: Johan Faltstrom <johan.faltstrom at netinsight.net>
---
ChangeLog:

v2: Improve motivation for the patch

 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c index dd95db5..cf93c4b 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
@@ -495,6 +495,11 @@ kni_net_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq
*rq, int cmd) return 0;
 }
 
+static void
+kni_net_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+}
+
 static int
 kni_net_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 {
@@ -645,6 +650,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops
kni_net_netdev_ops = { .ndo_start_xmit = kni_net_tx,
 	.ndo_change_mtu = kni_net_change_mtu,
 	.ndo_do_ioctl = kni_net_ioctl,
+	.ndo_set_rx_mode = kni_net_set_rx_mode,
 	.ndo_get_stats = kni_net_stats,
 	.ndo_tx_timeout = kni_net_tx_timeout,
 	.ndo_set_mac_address = kni_net_set_mac,
-- 
1.9.1