dev.c

			BUG_TRAP(!dev->ip6_ptr);
			BUG_TRAP(!dev->dn_ptr);


			/* It must be the very last action, 
			 * after this 'dev' may point to freed up memory.
			 */
			if (dev->destructor)
				dev->destructor(dev);
			break;

		default:
			printk(KERN_ERR "network todo '%s' but state %d\n",
			       dev->name, dev->reg_state);
			break;
		}
	}

out:
	up(&net_todo_run_mutex);
}

/**
 *	alloc_netdev - allocate network device
 *	@sizeof_priv:	size of private data to allocate space for
 *	@name:		device name format string
 *	@setup:		callback to initialize device
 *
 *	Allocates a struct net_device with private data area for driver use
 *	and performs basic initialization.
 */
struct net_device *alloc_netdev(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
		void (*setup)(struct net_device *))
{
	void *p;
	struct net_device *dev;
	int alloc_size;

	/* ensure 32-byte alignment of both the device and private area */
	alloc_size = (sizeof(*dev) + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST) & ~NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST;
	alloc_size += sizeof_priv + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST;

	p = kmalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
	if (!p) {
		printk(KERN_ERR "alloc_dev: Unable to allocate device.\n");
		return NULL;
	}
	memset(p, 0, alloc_size);

	dev = (struct net_device *)
		(((long)p + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST) & ~NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST);
	dev->padded = (char *)dev - (char *)p;

	if (sizeof_priv)
		dev->priv = netdev_priv(dev);

	setup(dev);
	strcpy(dev->name, name);
	return dev;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(alloc_netdev);

/**
 *	free_netdev - free network device
 *	@dev: device
 *
 *	This function does the last stage of destroying an allocated device 
 * 	interface. The reference to the device object is released.  
 *	If this is the last reference then it will be freed.
 */
void free_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
	/*  Compatiablity with error handling in drivers */
	if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED) {
		kfree((char *)dev - dev->padded);
		return;
	}

	BUG_ON(dev->reg_state != NETREG_UNREGISTERED);
	dev->reg_state = NETREG_RELEASED;

	/* will free via class release */
	class_device_put(&dev->class_dev);
#else
	kfree((char *)dev - dev->padded);
#endif
}
 
/* Synchronize with packet receive processing. */
void synchronize_net(void) 
{
	might_sleep();
	synchronize_kernel();
}

/**
 *	unregister_netdevice - remove device from the kernel
 *	@dev: device
 *
 *	This function shuts down a device interface and removes it
 *	from the kernel tables. On success 0 is returned, on a failure
 *	a negative errno code is returned.
 *
 *	Callers must hold the rtnl semaphore.  You may want
 *	unregister_netdev() instead of this.
 */

int unregister_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
{
	struct net_device *d, **dp;

	BUG_ON(dev_boot_phase);
	ASSERT_RTNL();

	/* Some devices call without registering for initialization unwind. */
	if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED) {
		printk(KERN_DEBUG "unregister_netdevice: device %s/%p never "
				  "was registered\n", dev->name, dev);
		return -ENODEV;
	}

	BUG_ON(dev->reg_state != NETREG_REGISTERED);

	/* If device is running, close it first. */
	if (dev->flags & IFF_UP)
		dev_close(dev);

	/* And unlink it from device chain. */
	for (dp = &dev_base; (d = *dp) != NULL; dp = &d->next) {
		if (d == dev) {
			write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
			hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist);
			hlist_del(&dev->index_hlist);
			if (dev_tail == &dev->next)
				dev_tail = dp;
			*dp = d->next;
			write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
			break;
		}
	}
	if (!d) {
		printk(KERN_ERR "unregister net_device: '%s' not found\n",
		       dev->name);
		return -ENODEV;
	}

	dev->reg_state = NETREG_UNREGISTERING;

	synchronize_net();

	/* Shutdown queueing discipline. */
	dev_shutdown(dev);

	
	/* Notify protocols, that we are about to destroy
	   this device. They should clean all the things.
	*/
	notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, NETDEV_UNREGISTER, dev);
	
	/*
	 *	Flush the multicast chain
	 */
	dev_mc_discard(dev);

	if (dev->uninit)
		dev->uninit(dev);

	/* Notifier chain MUST detach us from master device. */
	BUG_TRAP(!dev->master);

	free_divert_blk(dev);

	/* Finish processing unregister after unlock */
	net_set_todo(dev);

	synchronize_net();

	dev_put(dev);
	return 0;
}

/**
 *	unregister_netdev - remove device from the kernel
 *	@dev: device
 *
 *	This function shuts down a device interface and removes it
 *	from the kernel tables. On success 0 is returned, on a failure
 *	a negative errno code is returned.
 *
 *	This is just a wrapper for unregister_netdevice that takes
 *	the rtnl semaphore.  In general you want to use this and not
 *	unregister_netdevice.
 */
void unregister_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
{
	rtnl_lock();
	unregister_netdevice(dev);
	rtnl_unlock();
}

EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdev);

#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
static int dev_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
			    unsigned long action,
			    void *ocpu)
{
	struct sk_buff **list_skb;
	struct net_device **list_net;
	struct sk_buff *skb;
	unsigned int cpu, oldcpu = (unsigned long)ocpu;
	struct softnet_data *sd, *oldsd;

	if (action != CPU_DEAD)
		return NOTIFY_OK;

	local_irq_disable();
	cpu = smp_processor_id();
	sd = &per_cpu(softnet_data, cpu);
	oldsd = &per_cpu(softnet_data, oldcpu);

	/* Find end of our completion_queue. */
	list_skb = &sd->completion_queue;
	while (*list_skb)
		list_skb = &(*list_skb)->next;
	/* Append completion queue from offline CPU. */
	*list_skb = oldsd->completion_queue;
	oldsd->completion_queue = NULL;

	/* Find end of our output_queue. */
	list_net = &sd->output_queue;
	while (*list_net)
		list_net = &(*list_net)->next_sched;
	/* Append output queue from offline CPU. */
	*list_net = oldsd->output_queue;
	oldsd->output_queue = NULL;

	raise_softirq_irqoff(NET_TX_SOFTIRQ);
	local_irq_enable();

	/* Process offline CPU's input_pkt_queue */
	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&oldsd->input_pkt_queue)))
		netif_rx(skb);

	return NOTIFY_OK;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */


/*
 *	Initialize the DEV module. At boot time this walks the device list and
 *	unhooks any devices that fail to initialise (normally hardware not
 *	present) and leaves us with a valid list of present and active devices.
 *
 */

/*
 *       This is called single threaded during boot, so no need
 *       to take the rtnl semaphore.
 */
static int __init net_dev_init(void)
{
	int i, rc = -ENOMEM;

	BUG_ON(!dev_boot_phase);

	net_random_init();

	if (dev_proc_init())
		goto out;

	if (netdev_sysfs_init())
		goto out;

	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ptype_all);
	for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) 
		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ptype_base[i]);

	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dev_name_head); i++)
		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&dev_name_head[i]);

	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dev_index_head); i++)
		INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&dev_index_head[i]);

	/*
	 *	Initialise the packet receive queues.
	 */

	for (i = 0; i < NR_CPUS; i++) {
		struct softnet_data *queue;

		queue = &per_cpu(softnet_data, i);
		skb_queue_head_init(&queue->input_pkt_queue);
		queue->throttle = 0;
		queue->cng_level = 0;
		queue->avg_blog = 10; /* arbitrary non-zero */
		queue->completion_queue = NULL;
		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&queue->poll_list);
		set_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &queue->backlog_dev.state);
		queue->backlog_dev.weight = weight_p;
		queue->backlog_dev.poll = process_backlog;
		atomic_set(&queue->backlog_dev.refcnt, 1);
	}

#ifdef OFFLINE_SAMPLE
	samp_timer.expires = jiffies + (10 * HZ);
	add_timer(&samp_timer);
#endif

	dev_boot_phase = 0;

	open_softirq(NET_TX_SOFTIRQ, net_tx_action, NULL);
	open_softirq(NET_RX_SOFTIRQ, net_rx_action, NULL);

	hotcpu_notifier(dev_cpu_callback, 0);
	dst_init();
	dev_mcast_init();
	rc = 0;
out:
	return rc;
}

subsys_initcall(net_dev_init);

EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_get_by_index);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_get_by_name);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__dev_remove_pack);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__skb_linearize);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_add_pack);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_alloc_name);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_close);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_by_flags);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_by_index);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_by_name);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_ioctl);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_open);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_queue_xmit);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_remove_pack);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_allmulti);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_promiscuity);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_change_flags);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_mtu);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_mac_address);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_netdev);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_boot_setup_check);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_set_master);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_state_change);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_receive_skb);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_rx);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_gifconf);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_netdevice);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_netdevice_notifier);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_checksum_help);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(synchronize_net);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdevice);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdevice_notifier);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(net_enable_timestamp);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(net_disable_timestamp);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_flags);

#if defined(CONFIG_BRIDGE) || defined(CONFIG_BRIDGE_MODULE)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(br_handle_frame_hook);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(br_fdb_get_hook);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(br_fdb_put_hook);
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_load);
#endif

EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(softnet_data);