dev.c

	synchronize_rcu();

	write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
	hlist_add_head_rcu(&dev->name_hlist, dev_name_hash(net, dev->name));
	write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);

	ret = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGENAME, dev);
	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);

	if (ret) {
		/* err >= 0 after dev_alloc_name() or stores the first errno */
		if (err >= 0) {
			err = ret;
			memcpy(dev->name, oldname, IFNAMSIZ);
			goto rollback;
		} else {
			printk(KERN_ERR
			       "%s: name change rollback failed: %d.\n",
			       dev->name, ret);
		}
	}

	return err;
}

/**
 *	dev_set_alias - change ifalias of a device
 *	@dev: device
 *	@alias: name up to IFALIASZ
 *	@len: limit of bytes to copy from info
 *
 *	Set ifalias for a device,
 */
int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *dev, const char *alias, size_t len)
{
	ASSERT_RTNL();

	if (len >= IFALIASZ)
		return -EINVAL;

	if (!len) {
		if (dev->ifalias) {
			kfree(dev->ifalias);
			dev->ifalias = NULL;
		}
		return 0;
	}

	dev->ifalias = krealloc(dev->ifalias, len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
	if (!dev->ifalias)
		return -ENOMEM;

	strlcpy(dev->ifalias, alias, len+1);
	return len;
}


/**
 *	netdev_features_change - device changes features
 *	@dev: device to cause notification
 *
 *	Called to indicate a device has changed features.
 */
void netdev_features_change(struct net_device *dev)
{
	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE, dev);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_features_change);

/**
 *	netdev_state_change - device changes state
 *	@dev: device to cause notification
 *
 *	Called to indicate a device has changed state. This function calls
 *	the notifier chains for netdev_chain and sends a NEWLINK message
 *	to the routing socket.
 */
void netdev_state_change(struct net_device *dev)
{
	if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
		call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGE, dev);
		rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, 0);
	}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_state_change);

int netdev_bonding_change(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long event)
{
	return call_netdevice_notifiers(event, dev);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_bonding_change);

/**
 *	dev_load 	- load a network module
 *	@net: the applicable net namespace
 *	@name: name of interface
 *
 *	If a network interface is not present and the process has suitable
 *	privileges this function loads the module. If module loading is not
 *	available in this kernel then it becomes a nop.
 */

void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name)
{
	struct net_device *dev;

	rcu_read_lock();
	dev = dev_get_by_name_rcu(net, name);
	rcu_read_unlock();

	if (!dev && capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
		request_module("%s", name);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_load);

static int __dev_open(struct net_device *dev)
{
	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
	int ret;

	ASSERT_RTNL();

	/*
	 *	Is it even present?
	 */
	if (!netif_device_present(dev))
		return -ENODEV;

	ret = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_PRE_UP, dev);
	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
	if (ret)
		return ret;

	/*
	 *	Call device private open method
	 */
	set_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &dev->state);

	if (ops->ndo_validate_addr)
		ret = ops->ndo_validate_addr(dev);

	if (!ret && ops->ndo_open)
		ret = ops->ndo_open(dev);

	/*
	 *	If it went open OK then:
	 */

	if (ret)
		clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &dev->state);
	else {
		/*
		 *	Set the flags.
		 */
		dev->flags |= IFF_UP;

		/*
		 *	Enable NET_DMA
		 */
		net_dmaengine_get();

		/*
		 *	Initialize multicasting status
		 */
		dev_set_rx_mode(dev);

		/*
		 *	Wakeup transmit queue engine
		 */
		dev_activate(dev);
	}

	return ret;
}

/**
 *	dev_open	- prepare an interface for use.
 *	@dev:	device to open
 *
 *	Takes a device from down to up state. The device's private open
 *	function is invoked and then the multicast lists are loaded. Finally
 *	the device is moved into the up state and a %NETDEV_UP message is
 *	sent to the netdev notifier chain.
 *
 *	Calling this function on an active interface is a nop. On a failure
 *	a negative errno code is returned.
 */
int dev_open(struct net_device *dev)
{
	int ret;

	/*
	 *	Is it already up?
	 */
	if (dev->flags & IFF_UP)
		return 0;

	/*
	 *	Open device
	 */
	ret = __dev_open(dev);
	if (ret < 0)
		return ret;

	/*
	 *	... and announce new interface.
	 */
	rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, IFF_UP|IFF_RUNNING);
	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_UP, dev);

	return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_open);

static int __dev_close(struct net_device *dev)
{
	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;

	ASSERT_RTNL();
	might_sleep();

	/*
	 *	Tell people we are going down, so that they can
	 *	prepare to death, when device is still operating.
	 */
	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_GOING_DOWN, dev);

	clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &dev->state);

	/* Synchronize to scheduled poll. We cannot touch poll list,
	 * it can be even on different cpu. So just clear netif_running().
	 *
	 * dev->stop() will invoke napi_disable() on all of it's
	 * napi_struct instances on this device.
	 */
	smp_mb__after_clear_bit(); /* Commit netif_running(). */

	dev_deactivate(dev);

	/*
	 *	Call the device specific close. This cannot fail.
	 *	Only if device is UP
	 *
	 *	We allow it to be called even after a DETACH hot-plug
	 *	event.
	 */
	if (ops->ndo_stop)
		ops->ndo_stop(dev);

	/*
	 *	Device is now down.
	 */

	dev->flags &= ~IFF_UP;

	/*
	 *	Shutdown NET_DMA
	 */
	net_dmaengine_put();

	return 0;
}

/**
 *	dev_close - shutdown an interface.
 *	@dev: device to shutdown
 *
 *	This function moves an active device into down state. A
 *	%NETDEV_GOING_DOWN is sent to the netdev notifier chain. The device
 *	is then deactivated and finally a %NETDEV_DOWN is sent to the notifier
 *	chain.
 */
int dev_close(struct net_device *dev)
{
	if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))
		return 0;

	__dev_close(dev);

	/*
	 * Tell people we are down
	 */
	rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, IFF_UP|IFF_RUNNING);
	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_DOWN, dev);

	return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_close);


/**
 *	dev_disable_lro - disable Large Receive Offload on a device
 *	@dev: device
 *
 *	Disable Large Receive Offload (LRO) on a net device.  Must be
 *	called under RTNL.  This is needed if received packets may be
 *	forwarded to another interface.
 */
void dev_disable_lro(struct net_device *dev)
{
	if (dev->ethtool_ops && dev->ethtool_ops->get_flags &&
	    dev->ethtool_ops->set_flags) {
		u32 flags = dev->ethtool_ops->get_flags(dev);
		if (flags & ETH_FLAG_LRO) {
			flags &= ~ETH_FLAG_LRO;
			dev->ethtool_ops->set_flags(dev, flags);
		}
	}
	WARN_ON(dev->features & NETIF_F_LRO);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_disable_lro);


static int dev_boot_phase = 1;

/*
 *	Device change register/unregister. These are not inline or static
 *	as we export them to the world.
 */

/**
 *	register_netdevice_notifier - register a network notifier block
 *	@nb: notifier
 *
 *	Register a notifier to be called when network device events occur.
 *	The notifier passed is linked into the kernel structures and must
 *	not be reused until it has been unregistered. A negative errno code
 *	is returned on a failure.
 *
 * 	When registered all registration and up events are replayed
 *	to the new notifier to allow device to have a race free
 *	view of the network device list.
 */

int register_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
{
	struct net_device *dev;
	struct net_device *last;
	struct net *net;
	int err;

	rtnl_lock();
	err = raw_notifier_chain_register(&netdev_chain, nb);
	if (err)
		goto unlock;
	if (dev_boot_phase)
		goto unlock;
	for_each_net(net) {
		for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
			err = nb->notifier_call(nb, NETDEV_REGISTER, dev);
			err = notifier_to_errno(err);
			if (err)
				goto rollback;

			if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))
				continue;

			nb->notifier_call(nb, NETDEV_UP, dev);
		}
	}

unlock:
	rtnl_unlock();
	return err;

rollback:
	last = dev;
	for_each_net(net) {
		for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
			if (dev == last)
				break;

			if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
				nb->notifier_call(nb, NETDEV_GOING_DOWN, dev);
				nb->notifier_call(nb, NETDEV_DOWN, dev);
			}
			nb->notifier_call(nb, NETDEV_UNREGISTER, dev);
			nb->notifier_call(nb, NETDEV_UNREGISTER_BATCH, dev);
		}
	}

	raw_notifier_chain_unregister(&netdev_chain, nb);
	goto unlock;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_netdevice_notifier);

/**
 *	unregister_netdevice_notifier - unregister a network notifier block
 *	@nb: notifier
 *
 *	Unregister a notifier previously registered by
 *	register_netdevice_notifier(). The notifier is unlinked into the
 *	kernel structures and may then be reused. A negative errno code
 *	is returned on a failure.
 */

int unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
{
	int err;

	rtnl_lock();
	err = raw_notifier_chain_unregister(&netdev_chain, nb);
	rtnl_unlock();
	return err;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_netdevice_notifier);

/**
 *	call_netdevice_notifiers - call all network notifier blocks
 *      @val: value passed unmodified to notifier function
 *      @dev: net_device pointer passed unmodified to notifier function
 *
 *	Call all network notifier blocks.  Parameters and return value
 *	are as for raw_notifier_call_chain().
 */

int call_netdevice_notifiers(unsigned long val, struct net_device *dev)
{
	return raw_notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, val, dev);
}

/* When > 0 there are consumers of rx skb time stamps */
static atomic_t netstamp_needed = ATOMIC_INIT(0);

void net_enable_timestamp(void)
{
	atomic_inc(&netstamp_needed);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(net_enable_timestamp);

void net_disable_timestamp(void)
{
	atomic_dec(&netstamp_needed);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(net_disable_timestamp);

static inline void net_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
	if (atomic_read(&netstamp_needed))
		__net_timestamp(skb);
	else
		skb->tstamp.tv64 = 0;
}

/**
 * dev_forward_skb - loopback an skb to another netif
 *
 * @dev: destination network device
 * @skb: buffer to forward
 *
 * return values:
 *	NET_RX_SUCCESS	(no congestion)
 *	NET_RX_DROP     (packet was dropped)
 *
 * dev_forward_skb can be used for injecting an skb from the
 * start_xmit function of one device into the receive queue
 * of another device.
 *
 * The receiving device may be in another namespace, so
 * we have to clear all information in the skb that could
 * impact namespace isolation.
 */
int dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
	skb_orphan(skb);

	if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))
		return NET_RX_DROP;

	if (skb->len > (dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len))
		return NET_RX_DROP;

	skb_set_dev(skb, dev);
	skb->tstamp.tv64 = 0;
	skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
	return netif_rx(skb);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_forward_skb);

/*
 *	Support routine. Sends outgoing frames to any network
 *	taps currently in use.
 */

static void dev_queue_xmit_nit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
{
	struct packet_type *ptype;

#ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
	if (!(skb->tstamp.tv64 && (G_TC_FROM(skb->tc_verd) & AT_INGRESS)))
		net_timestamp(skb);
#else
	net_timestamp(skb);
#endif

	rcu_read_lock();
	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ptype, &ptype_all, list) {
		/* Never send packets back to the socket
		 * they originated from - MvS (miquels@drinkel.ow.org)
		 */
		if ((ptype->dev == dev || !ptype->dev) &&
		    (ptype->af_packet_priv == NULL ||
		     (struct sock *)ptype->af_packet_priv != skb->sk)) {
			struct sk_buff *skb2 = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
			if (!skb2)
				break;

			/* skb->nh should be correctly
			   set by sender, so that the second statement is
			   just protection against buggy protocols.
			 */
			skb_reset_mac_header(skb2);

			if (skb_network_header(skb2) < skb2->data ||
			    skb2->network_header > skb2->tail) {
				if (net_ratelimit())
					printk(KERN_CRIT "protocol %04x is "
					       "buggy, dev %s\n",
					       skb2->protocol, dev->name);
				skb_reset_network_header(skb2);
			}

			skb2->transport_header = skb2->network_header;
			skb2->pkt_type = PACKET_OUTGOING;
			ptype->func(skb2, skb->dev, ptype, skb->dev);
		}
	}
	rcu_read_unlock();
}


static inline void __netif_reschedule(struct Qdisc *q)
{
	struct softnet_data *sd;
	unsigned long flags;

	local_irq_save(flags);
	sd = &__get_cpu_var(softnet_data);
	q->next_sched = sd->output_queue;
	sd->output_queue = q;
	raise_softirq_irqoff(NET_TX_SOFTIRQ);
	local_irq_restore(flags);
}

void __netif_schedule(struct Qdisc *q)
{
	if (!test_and_set_bit(__QDISC_STATE_SCHED, &q->state))
		__netif_reschedule(q);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__netif_schedule);

void dev_kfree_skb_irq(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&skb->users)) {
		struct softnet_data *sd;
		unsigned long flags;

		local_irq_save(flags);
		sd = &__get_cpu_var(softnet_data);
		skb->next = sd->completion_queue;
		sd->completion_queue = skb;
		raise_softirq_irqoff(NET_TX_SOFTIRQ);
		local_irq_restore(flags);
	}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_kfree_skb_irq);

void dev_kfree_skb_any(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
	if (in_irq() || irqs_disabled())
		dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
	else
		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_kfree_skb_any);


/**
 * netif_device_detach - mark device as removed
 * @dev: network device
 *
 * Mark device as removed from system and therefore no longer available.
 */
void netif_device_detach(struct net_device *dev)
{
	if (test_and_clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_PRESENT, &dev->state) &&
	    netif_running(dev)) {
		netif_tx_stop_all_queues(dev);
	}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_device_detach);

/**
 * netif_device_attach - mark device as attached
 * @dev: network device
 *
 * Mark device as attached from system and restart if needed.
 */
void netif_device_attach(struct net_device *dev)
{
	if (!test_and_set_bit(__LINK_STATE_PRESENT, &dev->state) &&
	    netif_running(dev)) {
		netif_tx_wake_all_queues(dev);
		__netdev_watchdog_up(dev);
	}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_device_attach);

static bool can_checksum_protocol(unsigned long features, __be16 protocol)
{
	return ((features & NETIF_F_GEN_CSUM) ||
		((features & NETIF_F_IP_CSUM) &&
		 protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) ||
		((features & NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM) &&
		 protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) ||
		((features & NETIF_F_FCOE_CRC) &&
		 protocol == htons(ETH_P_FCOE)));
}

static bool dev_can_checksum(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
	if (can_checksum_protocol(dev->features, skb->protocol))
		return true;

	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_8021Q)) {
		struct vlan_ethhdr *veh = (struct vlan_ethhdr *)skb->data;
		if (can_checksum_protocol(dev->features & dev->vlan_features,
					  veh->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto))
			return true;
	}

	return false;
}

/**
 * skb_dev_set -- assign a new device to a buffer
 * @skb: buffer for the new device
 * @dev: network device
 *
 * If an skb is owned by a device already, we have to reset
 * all data private to the namespace a device belongs to
 * before assigning it a new device.
 */
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
void skb_set_dev(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
{
	skb_dst_drop(skb);
	if (skb->dev && !net_eq(dev_net(skb->dev), dev_net(dev))) {
		secpath_reset(skb);
		nf_reset(skb);
		skb_init_secmark(skb);
		skb->mark = 0;
		skb->priority = 0;
		skb->nf_trace = 0;
		skb->ipvs_property = 0;
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_SCHED
		skb->tc_index = 0;
#endif
	}
	skb->dev = dev;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_set_dev);
#endif /* CONFIG_NET_NS */

/*
 * Invalidate hardware checksum when packet is to be mangled, and
 * complete checksum manually on outgoing path.
 */
int skb_checksum_help(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
	__wsum csum;
	int ret = 0, offset;

	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_COMPLETE)
		goto out_set_summed;

	if (unlikely(skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size)) {
		/* Let GSO fix up the checksum. */
		goto out_set_summed;
	}

	offset = skb->csum_start - skb_headroom(skb);
	BUG_ON(offset >= skb_headlen(skb));
	csum = skb_checksum(skb, offset, skb->len - offset, 0);

	offset += skb->csum_offset;
	BUG_ON(offset + sizeof(__sum16) > skb_headlen(skb));

	if (skb_cloned(skb) &&
	    !skb_clone_writable(skb, offset + sizeof(__sum16))) {
		ret = pskb_expand_head(skb, 0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
		if (ret)
			goto out;
	}

	*(__sum16 *)(skb->data + offset) = csum_fold(csum);
out_set_summed:
	skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
out:
	return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_checksum_help);

/**
 *	skb_gso_segment - Perform segmentation on skb.
 *	@skb: buffer to segment
 *	@features: features for the output path (see dev->features)
 *
 *	This function segments the given skb and returns a list of segments.
 *
 *	It may return NULL if the skb requires no segmentation.  This is
 *	only possible when GSO is used for verifying header integrity.
 */
struct sk_buff *skb_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb, int features)
{
	struct sk_buff *segs = ERR_PTR(-EPROTONOSUPPORT);
	struct packet_type *ptype;
	__be16 type = skb->protocol;
	int err;

	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
	skb->mac_len = skb->network_header - skb->mac_header;
	__skb_pull(skb, skb->mac_len);

	if (unlikely(skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)) {
		struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
		struct ethtool_drvinfo info = {};

		if (dev && dev->ethtool_ops && dev->ethtool_ops->get_drvinfo)
			dev->ethtool_ops->get_drvinfo(dev, &info);

		WARN(1, "%s: caps=(0x%lx, 0x%lx) len=%d data_len=%d "
			"ip_summed=%d",
		     info.driver, dev ? dev->features : 0L,
		     skb->sk ? skb->sk->sk_route_caps : 0L,
		     skb->len, skb->data_len, skb->ip_summed);

		if (skb_header_cloned(skb) &&
		    (err = pskb_expand_head(skb, 0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC)))
			return ERR_PTR(err);
	}

	rcu_read_lock();
	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ptype,
			&ptype_base[ntohs(type) & PTYPE_HASH_MASK], list) {
		if (ptype->type == type && !ptype->dev && ptype->gso_segment) {
			if (unlikely(skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)) {
				err = ptype->gso_send_check(skb);
				segs = ERR_PTR(err);
				if (err || skb_gso_ok(skb, features))
					break;
				__skb_push(skb, (skb->data -
						 skb_network_header(skb)));
			}
			segs = ptype->gso_segment(skb, features);
			break;
		}
	}
	rcu_read_unlock();

	__skb_push(skb, skb->data - skb_mac_header(skb));

	return segs;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_gso_segment);

/* Take action when hardware reception checksum errors are detected. */
#ifdef CONFIG_BUG
void netdev_rx_csum_fault(struct net_device *dev)
{
	if (net_ratelimit()) {
		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: hw csum failure.\n",
			dev ? dev->name : "<unknown>");
		dump_stack();
	}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_rx_csum_fault);
#endif

/* Actually, we should eliminate this check as soon as we know, that:
 * 1. IOMMU is present and allows to map all the memory.
 * 2. No high memory really exists on this machine.
 */

static inline int illegal_highdma(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
	int i;

	if (dev->features & NETIF_F_HIGHDMA)
		return 0;

	for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++)
		if (PageHighMem(skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i].page))
			return 1;

#endif
	return 0;
}

struct dev_gso_cb {
	void (*destructor)(struct sk_buff *skb);
};

#define DEV_GSO_CB(skb) ((struct dev_gso_cb *)(skb)->cb)

static void dev_gso_skb_destructor(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
	struct dev_gso_cb *cb;

	do {
		struct sk_buff *nskb = skb->next;

		skb->next = nskb->next;
		nskb->next = NULL;
		kfree_skb(nskb);
	} while (skb->next);

	cb = DEV_GSO_CB(skb);
	if (cb->destructor)
		cb->destructor(skb);
}

/**
 *	dev_gso_segment - Perform emulated hardware segmentation on skb.
 *	@skb: buffer to segment
 *
 *	This function segments the given skb and stores the list of segments
 *	in skb->next.
 */
static int dev_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
	struct sk_buff *segs;
	int features = dev->features & ~(illegal_highdma(dev, skb) ?
					 NETIF_F_SG : 0);

	segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, features);

	/* Verifying header integrity only. */
	if (!segs)
		return 0;

	if (IS_ERR(segs))
		return PTR_ERR(segs);

	skb->next = segs;
	DEV_GSO_CB(skb)->destructor = skb->destructor;
	skb->destructor = dev_gso_skb_destructor;

	return 0;
}

int dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
			struct netdev_queue *txq)
{
	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
	int rc = NETDEV_TX_OK;

	if (likely(!skb->next)) {
		if (!list_empty(&ptype_all))
			dev_queue_xmit_nit(skb, dev);

		if (netif_needs_gso(dev, skb)) {
			if (unlikely(dev_gso_segment(skb)))
				goto out_kfree_skb;
			if (skb->next)
				goto gso;
		}

		/*
		 * If device doesnt need skb->dst, release it right now while
		 * its hot in this cpu cache
		 */
		if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE)
			skb_dst_drop(skb);

		rc = ops->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev);
		if (rc == NETDEV_TX_OK)
			txq_trans_update(txq);
		/*
		 * TODO: if skb_orphan() was called by
		 * dev->hard_start_xmit() (for example, the unmodified
		 * igb driver does that; bnx2 doesn't), then
		 * skb_tx_software_timestamp() will be unable to send
		 * back the time stamp.
		 *
		 * How can this be prevented? Always create another
		 * reference to the socket before calling
		 * dev->hard_start_xmit()? Prevent that skb_orphan()
		 * does anything in dev->hard_start_xmit() by clearing
		 * the skb destructor before the call and restoring it
		 * afterwards, then doing the skb_orphan() ourselves?
		 */
		return rc;
	}

gso:
	do {
		struct sk_buff *nskb = skb->next;

		skb->next = nskb->next;
		nskb->next = NULL;

		/*
		 * If device doesnt need nskb->dst, release it right now while
		 * its hot in this cpu cache
		 */
		if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE)
			skb_dst_drop(nskb);

		rc = ops->ndo_start_xmit(nskb, dev);
		if (unlikely(rc != NETDEV_TX_OK)) {
			if (rc & ~NETDEV_TX_MASK)
				goto out_kfree_gso_skb;
			nskb->next = skb->next;
			skb->next = nskb;
			return rc;
		}
		txq_trans_update(txq);
		if (unlikely(netif_tx_queue_stopped(txq) && skb->next))
			return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
	} while (skb->next);

out_kfree_gso_skb:
	if (likely(skb->next == NULL))
		skb->destructor = DEV_GSO_CB(skb)->destructor;
out_kfree_skb:
	kfree_skb(skb);
	return rc;
}

static u32 hashrnd __read_mostly;

u16 skb_tx_hash(const struct net_device *dev, const struct sk_buff *skb)
{
	u32 hash;

	if (skb_rx_queue_recorded(skb)) {
		hash = skb_get_rx_queue(skb);
		while (unlikely(hash >= dev->real_num_tx_queues))
			hash -= dev->real_num_tx_queues;
		return hash;
	}

	if (skb->sk && skb->sk->sk_hash)
		hash = skb->sk->sk_hash;
	else
		hash = skb->protocol;

	hash = jhash_1word(hash, hashrnd);

	return (u16) (((u64) hash * dev->real_num_tx_queues) >> 32);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_tx_hash);

static inline u16 dev_cap_txqueue(struct net_device *dev, u16 queue_index)
{
	if (unlikely(queue_index >= dev->real_num_tx_queues)) {
		if (net_ratelimit()) {
			netdev_warn(dev, "selects TX queue %d, but "
			     "real number of TX queues is %d\n",
			     queue_index, dev->real_num_tx_queues);
		}
		return 0;
	}
	return queue_index;
}

static struct netdev_queue *dev_pick_tx(struct net_device *dev,
					struct sk_buff *skb)
{
	u16 queue_index;
	struct sock *sk = skb->sk;

	if (sk_tx_queue_recorded(sk)) {
		queue_index = sk_tx_queue_get(sk);
	} else {
		const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;

		if (ops->ndo_select_queue) {
			queue_index = ops->ndo_select_queue(dev, skb);
			queue_index = dev_cap_txqueue(dev, queue_index);
		} else {
			queue_index = 0;
			if (dev->real_num_tx_queues > 1)
				queue_index = skb_tx_hash(dev, skb);

			if (sk && sk->sk_dst_cache)
				sk_tx_queue_set(sk, queue_index);
		}
	}

	skb_set_queue_mapping(skb, queue_index);
	return netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, queue_index);
}

static inline int __dev_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
				 struct net_device *dev,