Commit f4d41c59 authored by Jeremy Kerr's avatar Jeremy Kerr Committed by David S. Miller

doc/mctp: Add a little detail about kernel internals

Describe common flows and refcounting behaviour.
Signed-off-by: default avatarJeremy Kerr <jk@codeconstruct.com.au>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent 97f09abf
......@@ -211,3 +211,62 @@ remote address is already known, or the message does not require a reply.
Like the send calls, sockets will only receive responses to requests they have
sent (TO=1) and may only respond (TO=0) to requests they have received.
Kernel internals
================
There are a few possible packet flows in the MCTP stack:
1. local TX to remote endpoint, message <= MTU::
sendmsg()
-> mctp_local_output()
: route lookup
-> rt->output() (== mctp_route_output)
-> dev_queue_xmit()
2. local TX to remote endpoint, message > MTU::
sendmsg()
-> mctp_local_output()
-> mctp_do_fragment_route()
: creates packet-sized skbs. For each new skb:
-> rt->output() (== mctp_route_output)
-> dev_queue_xmit()
3. remote TX to local endpoint, single-packet message::
mctp_pkttype_receive()
: route lookup
-> rt->output() (== mctp_route_input)
: sk_key lookup
-> sock_queue_rcv_skb()
4. remote TX to local endpoint, multiple-packet message::
mctp_pkttype_receive()
: route lookup
-> rt->output() (== mctp_route_input)
: sk_key lookup
: stores skb in struct sk_key->reasm_head
mctp_pkttype_receive()
: route lookup
-> rt->output() (== mctp_route_input)
: sk_key lookup
: finds existing reassembly in sk_key->reasm_head
: appends new fragment
-> sock_queue_rcv_skb()
Key refcounts
-------------
* keys are refed by:
- a skb: during route output, stored in ``skb->cb``.
- netns and sock lists.
* keys can be associated with a device, in which case they hold a
reference to the dev (set through ``key->dev``, counted through
``dev->key_count``). Multiple keys can reference the device.
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