tipc: Enhance sending of bulk name table messages

Modifies the initial transfer of name table entries to a new neighboring
node so that the messages are enqueued as a unit, rather than individually.

The revised algorithm now locates the link carrying the message only once,
and eliminates unnecessary checks for link congestion, message fragmentation,
and message bundling that are not required when sending these messages.

Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/link.h b/net/tipc/link.h
index 74fbecab1ea0..e56cb532913e 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.h
+++ b/net/tipc/link.h
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ struct sk_buff *tipc_link_cmd_show_stats(const void *req_tlv_area, int req_tlv_s
 struct sk_buff *tipc_link_cmd_reset_stats(const void *req_tlv_area, int req_tlv_space);
 void tipc_link_reset(struct link *l_ptr);
 int tipc_link_send(struct sk_buff *buf, u32 dest, u32 selector);
+void tipc_link_send_names(struct list_head *message_list, u32 dest);
 int tipc_link_send_buf(struct link *l_ptr, struct sk_buff *buf);
 u32 tipc_link_get_max_pkt(u32 dest, u32 selector);
 int tipc_link_send_sections_fast(struct tipc_port *sender,