util: Avoid uninitialized pointer complaints from Coverity.

[openvswitch] / lib / netdev-provider.h

diff --git a/lib/netdev-provider.h b/lib/netdev-provider.h
index 93b6ab87d700327c2f4b20797920861b74a3ffc5..be51c48a541f8d94d3847edc7dbf79c8a159efa3 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/netdev-provider.h
+++ b/lib/netdev-provider.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Nicira Networks.
+ * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Nicira Networks.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct netdev_dev {
 };
 
 void netdev_dev_init(struct netdev_dev *, const char *name,
+                     const struct shash *args,
                      const struct netdev_class *);
 void netdev_dev_uninit(struct netdev_dev *, bool destroy);
 const char *netdev_dev_get_type(const struct netdev_dev *);
@@ -137,12 +138,12 @@ struct netdev_class {
      * called. */
     void (*destroy)(struct netdev_dev *netdev_dev);
 
-    /* Reconfigures the device 'netdev_dev' with 'args'.
+    /* Changes the device 'netdev_dev''s configuration to 'args'.
      *
      * If this netdev class does not support reconfiguring a netdev
      * device, this may be a null pointer.
      */
-    int (*reconfigure)(struct netdev_dev *netdev_dev, const struct shash *args);
+    int (*set_config)(struct netdev_dev *netdev_dev, const struct shash *args);
 
     /* Attempts to open a network device.  On success, sets 'netdevp'
      * to the new network device.
@@ -236,7 +237,10 @@ struct netdev_class {
      *
      * The MTU is the maximum size of transmitted (and received) packets, in
      * bytes, not including the hardware header; thus, this is typically 1500
-     * bytes for Ethernet devices.*/
+     * bytes for Ethernet devices.
+     *
+     * If 'netdev' does not have an MTU (e.g. as some tunnels do not), then
+     * this function should set '*mtup' to INT_MAX. */
     int (*get_mtu)(const struct netdev *netdev, int *mtup);
 
     /* Returns the ifindex of 'netdev', if successful, as a positive number.