Commit bcc1f84e authored by Hangbin Liu's avatar Hangbin Liu Committed by Paolo Abeni

docs: bridge: Add kAPI/uAPI fields

Add kAPI/uAPI field for bridge doc. Update struct net_bridge_vlan
comments to fix doc build warning.
Reviewed-by: default avatarFlorian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarHangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
Acked-by: default avatarNikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
parent 8c4bafdb
......@@ -14,6 +14,39 @@ at the data link layer (Layer 2) of the OSI (Open Systems Interconnection)
model. The purpose of a bridge is to filter and forward frames between
different segments based on the destination MAC (Media Access Control) address.
Bridge kAPI
===========
Here are some core structures of bridge code. Note that the kAPI is *unstable*,
and can be changed at any time.
.. kernel-doc:: net/bridge/br_private.h
:identifiers: net_bridge_vlan
Bridge uAPI
===========
Modern Linux bridge uAPI is accessed via Netlink interface. You can find
below files where the bridge and bridge port netlink attributes are defined.
Bridge netlink attributes
-------------------------
.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
:doc: Bridge enum definition
Bridge port netlink attributes
------------------------------
.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
:doc: Bridge port enum definition
Bridge sysfs
------------
The sysfs interface is deprecated and should not be extended if new
options are added.
FAQ
===
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......@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ enum {
* struct net_bridge_vlan - per-vlan entry
*
* @vnode: rhashtable member
* @tnode: rhashtable member
* @vid: VLAN id
* @flags: bridge vlan flags
* @priv_flags: private (in-kernel) bridge vlan flags
......@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ enum {
* @refcnt: if MASTER flag set, this is bumped for each port referencing it
* @brvlan: if MASTER flag unset, this points to the global per-VLAN context
* for this VLAN entry
* @tinfo: bridge tunnel info
* @br_mcast_ctx: if MASTER flag set, this is the global vlan multicast context
* @port_mcast_ctx: if MASTER flag unset, this is the per-port/vlan multicast
* context
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