linux-stable.git/Documentation/networking, branch v3.18.76 Linux kernel stable tree netlink: remove mmapped netlink support 2017-04-18T05:55:51+00:00 Florian Westphal fw@strlen.de 2016-02-18T14:03:24+00:00 5152fc84571fefb86c36339ab2d0b5ca31b91a78 commit d1b4c689d4130bcfd3532680b64db562300716b6 upstream. mmapped netlink has a number of unresolved issues: - TX zerocopy support had to be disabled more than a year ago via commit 4682a0358639b29cf ("netlink: Always copy on mmap TX.") because the content of the mmapped area can change after netlink attribute validation but before message processing. - RX support was implemented mainly to speed up nfqueue dumping packet payload to userspace. However, since commit ae08ce0021087a5d812d2 ("netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: zero copy support") we avoid one copy with the socket-based interface too (via the skb_zerocopy helper). The other problem is that skbs attached to mmaped netlink socket behave different from normal skbs: - they don't have a shinfo area, so all functions that use skb_shinfo() (e.g. skb_clone) cannot be used. - reserving headroom prevents userspace from seeing the content as it expects message to start at skb->head. See for instance commit aa3a022094fa ("netlink: not trim skb for mmaped socket when dump"). - skbs handed e.g. to netlink_ack must have non-NULL skb->sk, else we crash because it needs the sk to check if a tx ring is attached. Also not obvious, leads to non-intuitive bug fixes such as 7c7bdf359 ("netfilter: nfnetlink: use original skbuff when acking batches"). mmaped netlink also didn't play nicely with the skb_zerocopy helper used by nfqueue and openvswitch. Daniel Borkmann fixed this via commit 6bb0fef489f6 ("netlink, mmap: fix edge-case leakages in nf queue zero-copy")' but at the cost of also needing to provide remaining length to the allocation function. nfqueue also has problems when used with mmaped rx netlink: - mmaped netlink doesn't allow use of nfqueue batch verdict messages. Problem is that in the mmap case, the allocation time also determines the ordering in which the frame will be seen by userspace (A allocating before B means that A is located in earlier ring slot, but this also means that B might get a lower sequence number then A since seqno is decided later. To fix this we would need to extend the spinlocked region to also cover the allocation and message setup which isn't desirable. - nfqueue can now be configured to queue large (GSO) skbs to userspace. Queing GSO packets is faster than having to force a software segmentation in the kernel, so this is a desirable option. However, with a mmap based ring one has to use 64kb per ring slot element, else mmap has to fall back to the socket path (NL_MMAP_STATUS_COPY) for all large packets. To use the mmap interface, userspace not only has to probe for mmap netlink support, it also has to implement a recv/socket receive path in order to handle messages that exceed the size of an rx ring element. Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Cc: Ken-ichirou MATSUZAWA <chamaken@gmail.com> Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Shi Yuejie <shiyuejie@outlook.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> 
commit d1b4c689d4130bcfd3532680b64db562300716b6 upstream.

mmapped netlink has a number of unresolved issues:

- TX zerocopy support had to be disabled more than a year ago via
  commit 4682a0358639b29cf ("netlink: Always copy on mmap TX.")
  because the content of the mmapped area can change after netlink
  attribute validation but before message processing.

- RX support was implemented mainly to speed up nfqueue dumping packet
  payload to userspace.  However, since commit ae08ce0021087a5d812d2
  ("netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: zero copy support") we avoid one copy
  with the socket-based interface too (via the skb_zerocopy helper).

The other problem is that skbs attached to mmaped netlink socket
behave different from normal skbs:

- they don't have a shinfo area, so all functions that use skb_shinfo()
(e.g. skb_clone) cannot be used.

- reserving headroom prevents userspace from seeing the content as
it expects message to start at skb->head.
See for instance
commit aa3a022094fa ("netlink: not trim skb for mmaped socket when dump").

- skbs handed e.g. to netlink_ack must have non-NULL skb->sk, else we
crash because it needs the sk to check if a tx ring is attached.

Also not obvious, leads to non-intuitive bug fixes such as 7c7bdf359
("netfilter: nfnetlink: use original skbuff when acking batches").

mmaped netlink also didn't play nicely with the skb_zerocopy helper
used by nfqueue and openvswitch.  Daniel Borkmann fixed this via
commit 6bb0fef489f6 ("netlink, mmap: fix edge-case leakages in nf queue
zero-copy")' but at the cost of also needing to provide remaining
length to the allocation function.

nfqueue also has problems when used with mmaped rx netlink:
- mmaped netlink doesn't allow use of nfqueue batch verdict messages.
  Problem is that in the mmap case, the allocation time also determines
  the ordering in which the frame will be seen by userspace (A
  allocating before B means that A is located in earlier ring slot,
  but this also means that B might get a lower sequence number then A
  since seqno is decided later.  To fix this we would need to extend the
  spinlocked region to also cover the allocation and message setup which
  isn't desirable.
- nfqueue can now be configured to queue large (GSO) skbs to userspace.
  Queing GSO packets is faster than having to force a software segmentation
  in the kernel, so this is a desirable option.  However, with a mmap based
  ring one has to use 64kb per ring slot element, else mmap has to fall back
  to the socket path (NL_MMAP_STATUS_COPY) for all large packets.

To use the mmap interface, userspace not only has to probe for mmap netlink
support, it also has to implement a recv/socket receive path in order to
handle messages that exceed the size of an rx ring element.

Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Cc: Ken-ichirou MATSUZAWA <chamaken@gmail.com>
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Shi Yuejie <shiyuejie@outlook.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
RDS: Documentation: Document AF_RDS, PF_RDS and SOL_RDS correctly. 2015-06-28T17:39:23+00:00 Sowmini Varadhan sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com 2015-04-08T16:33:45+00:00 266073ce00eca585de344bdb2a33d4e3d3503c1b [ Upstream commit ebe96e641dee2cbd135ee802ae7e40c361640088 ] AF_RDS, PF_RDS and SOL_RDS are available in header files, and there is no need to get their values from /proc. Document this correctly. Fixes: 0c5f9b8830aa ("RDS: Documentation") Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com> 
[ Upstream commit ebe96e641dee2cbd135ee802ae7e40c361640088 ]

AF_RDS, PF_RDS and SOL_RDS are available in header files,
and there is no need to get their values from /proc. Document
this correctly.

Fixes: 0c5f9b8830aa ("RDS: Documentation")

Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
net-timestamp: Fix a documentation typo 2014-11-25T18:35:26+00:00 Andrew Lutomirski luto@amacapital.net 2014-11-24T20:02:29+00:00 138a7f49270fde7547afe976a01cef2b9fbf3a0e SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_ID puts the id in ee_data, not ee_info. Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
SOF_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_ID puts the id in ee_data, not ee_info.

Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net: Add missing descriptions for fwmark_reflect for ipv4 and ipv6. 2014-11-05T20:43:57+00:00 Loganaden Velvindron logan@elandsys.com 2014-11-04T11:02:49+00:00 219b5f29a570b94151533e701cc3a504efa86ef3 It was initially sent by Lorenzo Colitti, but was subsequently lost in the final diff he submitted. Signed-off-by: Loganaden Velvindron <logan@elandsys.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
It was initially sent by Lorenzo Colitti, but was subsequently
lost in the final diff he submitted.

Signed-off-by: Loganaden Velvindron <logan@elandsys.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Documentation: replace __sk_run_filter with __bpf_prog_run 2014-10-10T19:10:50+00:00 Li RongQing roy.qing.li@gmail.com 2014-10-10T03:36:54+00:00 1a9525f68e948d53cf99c963bdbf01223a08f4ed __sk_run_filter has been renamed as __bpf_prog_run, so replace them in comments Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@gmail.com> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
__sk_run_filter has been renamed as __bpf_prog_run, so replace them in comments

Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-10-09T01:40:54+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2014-10-09T01:40:54+00:00 35a9ad8af0bb0fa3525e6d0d20e32551d226f38e Pull networking updates from David Miller: "Most notable changes in here: 1) By far the biggest accomplishment, thanks to a large range of contributors, is the addition of multi-send for transmit. This is the result of discussions back in Chicago, and the hard work of several individuals. Now, when the ->ndo_start_xmit() method of a driver sees skb->xmit_more as true, it can choose to defer the doorbell telling the driver to start processing the new TX queue entires. skb->xmit_more means that the generic networking is guaranteed to call the driver immediately with another SKB to send. There is logic added to the qdisc layer to dequeue multiple packets at a time, and the handling mis-predicted offloads in software is now done with no locks held. Finally, pktgen is extended to have a "burst" parameter that can be used to test a multi-send implementation. Several drivers have xmit_more support: i40e, igb, ixgbe, mlx4, virtio_net Adding support is almost trivial, so export more drivers to support this optimization soon. I want to thank, in no particular or implied order, Jesper Dangaard Brouer, Eric Dumazet, Alexander Duyck, Tom Herbert, Jamal Hadi Salim, John Fastabend, Florian Westphal, Daniel Borkmann, David Tat, Hannes Frederic Sowa, and Rusty Russell. 2) PTP and timestamping support in bnx2x, from Michal Kalderon. 3) Allow adjusting the rx_copybreak threshold for a driver via ethtool, and add rx_copybreak support to enic driver. From Govindarajulu Varadarajan. 4) Significant enhancements to the generic PHY layer and the bcm7xxx driver in particular (EEE support, auto power down, etc.) from Florian Fainelli. 5) Allow raw buffers to be used for flow dissection, allowing drivers to determine the optimal "linear pull" size for devices that DMA into pools of pages. The objective is to get exactly the necessary amount of headers into the linear SKB area pre-pulled, but no more. The new interface drivers use is eth_get_headlen(). From WANG Cong, with driver conversions (several had their own by-hand duplicated implementations) by Alexander Duyck and Eric Dumazet. 6) Support checksumming more smoothly and efficiently for encapsulations, and add "foo over UDP" facility. From Tom Herbert. 7) Add Broadcom SF2 switch driver to DSA layer, from Florian Fainelli. 8) eBPF now can load programs via a system call and has an extensive testsuite. Alexei Starovoitov and Daniel Borkmann. 9) Major overhaul of the packet scheduler to use RCU in several major areas such as the classifiers and rate estimators. From John Fastabend. 10) Add driver for Intel FM10000 Ethernet Switch, from Alexander Duyck. 11) Rearrange TCP_SKB_CB() to reduce cache line misses, from Eric Dumazet. 12) Add Datacenter TCP congestion control algorithm support, From Florian Westphal. 13) Reorganize sk_buff so that __copy_skb_header() is significantly faster. From Eric Dumazet" * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1558 commits) netlabel: directly return netlbl_unlabel_genl_init() net: add netdev_txq_bql_{enqueue, complete}_prefetchw() helpers net: description of dma_cookie cause make xmldocs warning cxgb4: clean up a type issue cxgb4: potential shift wrapping bug i40e: skb->xmit_more support net: fs_enet: Add NAPI TX net: fs_enet: Remove non NAPI RX r8169:add support for RTL8168EP net_sched: copy exts->type in tcf_exts_change() wimax: convert printk to pr_foo() af_unix: remove 0 assignment on static ipv6: Do not warn for informational ICMP messages, regardless of type. Update Intel Ethernet Driver maintainers list bridge: Save frag_max_size between PRE_ROUTING and POST_ROUTING tipc: fix bug in multicast congestion handling net: better IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE support net/mlx4_en: remove NETDEV_TX_BUSY 3c59x: fix bad split of cpu_to_le32(pci_map_single()) net: bcmgenet: fix Tx ring priority programming ... 
Pull networking updates from David Miller:
 "Most notable changes in here:

   1) By far the biggest accomplishment, thanks to a large range of
      contributors, is the addition of multi-send for transmit.  This is
      the result of discussions back in Chicago, and the hard work of
      several individuals.

      Now, when the ->ndo_start_xmit() method of a driver sees
      skb->xmit_more as true, it can choose to defer the doorbell
      telling the driver to start processing the new TX queue entires.

      skb->xmit_more means that the generic networking is guaranteed to
      call the driver immediately with another SKB to send.

      There is logic added to the qdisc layer to dequeue multiple
      packets at a time, and the handling mis-predicted offloads in
      software is now done with no locks held.

      Finally, pktgen is extended to have a "burst" parameter that can
      be used to test a multi-send implementation.

      Several drivers have xmit_more support: i40e, igb, ixgbe, mlx4,
      virtio_net

      Adding support is almost trivial, so export more drivers to
      support this optimization soon.

      I want to thank, in no particular or implied order, Jesper
      Dangaard Brouer, Eric Dumazet, Alexander Duyck, Tom Herbert, Jamal
      Hadi Salim, John Fastabend, Florian Westphal, Daniel Borkmann,
      David Tat, Hannes Frederic Sowa, and Rusty Russell.

   2) PTP and timestamping support in bnx2x, from Michal Kalderon.

   3) Allow adjusting the rx_copybreak threshold for a driver via
      ethtool, and add rx_copybreak support to enic driver.  From
      Govindarajulu Varadarajan.

   4) Significant enhancements to the generic PHY layer and the bcm7xxx
      driver in particular (EEE support, auto power down, etc.) from
      Florian Fainelli.

   5) Allow raw buffers to be used for flow dissection, allowing drivers
      to determine the optimal "linear pull" size for devices that DMA
      into pools of pages.  The objective is to get exactly the
      necessary amount of headers into the linear SKB area pre-pulled,
      but no more.  The new interface drivers use is eth_get_headlen().
      From WANG Cong, with driver conversions (several had their own
      by-hand duplicated implementations) by Alexander Duyck and Eric
      Dumazet.

   6) Support checksumming more smoothly and efficiently for
      encapsulations, and add "foo over UDP" facility.  From Tom
      Herbert.

   7) Add Broadcom SF2 switch driver to DSA layer, from Florian
      Fainelli.

   8) eBPF now can load programs via a system call and has an extensive
      testsuite.  Alexei Starovoitov and Daniel Borkmann.

   9) Major overhaul of the packet scheduler to use RCU in several major
      areas such as the classifiers and rate estimators.  From John
      Fastabend.

  10) Add driver for Intel FM10000 Ethernet Switch, from Alexander
      Duyck.

  11) Rearrange TCP_SKB_CB() to reduce cache line misses, from Eric
      Dumazet.

  12) Add Datacenter TCP congestion control algorithm support, From
      Florian Westphal.

  13) Reorganize sk_buff so that __copy_skb_header() is significantly
      faster.  From Eric Dumazet"

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1558 commits)
  netlabel: directly return netlbl_unlabel_genl_init()
  net: add netdev_txq_bql_{enqueue, complete}_prefetchw() helpers
  net: description of dma_cookie cause make xmldocs warning
  cxgb4: clean up a type issue
  cxgb4: potential shift wrapping bug
  i40e: skb->xmit_more support
  net: fs_enet: Add NAPI TX
  net: fs_enet: Remove non NAPI RX
  r8169:add support for RTL8168EP
  net_sched: copy exts->type in tcf_exts_change()
  wimax: convert printk to pr_foo()
  af_unix: remove 0 assignment on static
  ipv6: Do not warn for informational ICMP messages, regardless of type.
  Update Intel Ethernet Driver maintainers list
  bridge: Save frag_max_size between PRE_ROUTING and POST_ROUTING
  tipc: fix bug in multicast congestion handling
  net: better IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE support
  net/mlx4_en: remove NETDEV_TX_BUSY
  3c59x: fix bad split of cpu_to_le32(pci_map_single())
  net: bcmgenet: fix Tx ring priority programming
  ...
Merge tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux 2014-10-08T09:34:24+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2014-10-08T09:34:24+00:00 6325e940e7e0c690c6bdfaf5d54309e71845d3d9 Pull arm64 updates from Catalin Marinas: - eBPF JIT compiler for arm64 - CPU suspend backend for PSCI (firmware interface) with standard idle states defined in DT (generic idle driver to be merged via a different tree) - Support for CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX - Support for unmapped cpu-release-addr (outside kernel linear mapping) - set_arch_dma_coherent_ops() implemented and bus notifiers removed - EFI_STUB improvements when base of DRAM is occupied - Typos in KGDB macros - Clean-up to (partially) allow kernel building with LLVM - Other clean-ups (extern keyword, phys_addr_t usage) * tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (51 commits) arm64: Remove unneeded extern keyword ARM64: make of_device_ids const arm64: Use phys_addr_t type for physical address aarch64: filter $x from kallsyms arm64: Use DMA_ERROR_CODE to denote failed allocation arm64: Fix typos in KGDB macros arm64: insn: Add return statements after BUG_ON() arm64: debug: don't re-enable debug exceptions on return from el1_dbg Revert "arm64: dmi: Add SMBIOS/DMI support" arm64: Implement set_arch_dma_coherent_ops() to replace bus notifiers of: amba: use of_dma_configure for AMBA devices arm64: dmi: Add SMBIOS/DMI support arm64: Correct ftrace calls to aarch64_insn_gen_branch_imm() arm64:mm: initialize max_mapnr using function set_max_mapnr setup: Move unmask of async interrupts after possible earlycon setup arm64: LLVMLinux: Fix inline arm64 assembly for use with clang arm64: pageattr: Correctly adjust unaligned start addresses net: bpf: arm64: fix module memory leak when JIT image build fails arm64: add PSCI CPU_SUSPEND based cpu_suspend support arm64: kernel: introduce cpu_init_idle CPU operation ... 
Pull arm64 updates from Catalin Marinas:
 - eBPF JIT compiler for arm64
 - CPU suspend backend for PSCI (firmware interface) with standard idle
   states defined in DT (generic idle driver to be merged via a
   different tree)
 - Support for CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX
 - Support for unmapped cpu-release-addr (outside kernel linear mapping)
 - set_arch_dma_coherent_ops() implemented and bus notifiers removed
 - EFI_STUB improvements when base of DRAM is occupied
 - Typos in KGDB macros
 - Clean-up to (partially) allow kernel building with LLVM
 - Other clean-ups (extern keyword, phys_addr_t usage)

* tag 'arm64-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux: (51 commits)
  arm64: Remove unneeded extern keyword
  ARM64: make of_device_ids const
  arm64: Use phys_addr_t type for physical address
  aarch64: filter $x from kallsyms
  arm64: Use DMA_ERROR_CODE to denote failed allocation
  arm64: Fix typos in KGDB macros
  arm64: insn: Add return statements after BUG_ON()
  arm64: debug: don't re-enable debug exceptions on return from el1_dbg
  Revert "arm64: dmi: Add SMBIOS/DMI support"
  arm64: Implement set_arch_dma_coherent_ops() to replace bus notifiers
  of: amba: use of_dma_configure for AMBA devices
  arm64: dmi: Add SMBIOS/DMI support
  arm64: Correct ftrace calls to aarch64_insn_gen_branch_imm()
  arm64:mm: initialize max_mapnr using function set_max_mapnr
  setup: Move unmask of async interrupts after possible earlycon setup
  arm64: LLVMLinux: Fix inline arm64 assembly for use with clang
  arm64: pageattr: Correctly adjust unaligned start addresses
  net: bpf: arm64: fix module memory leak when JIT image build fails
  arm64: add PSCI CPU_SUSPEND based cpu_suspend support
  arm64: kernel: introduce cpu_init_idle CPU operation
  ...
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/doc 2014-10-08T01:14:57+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2014-10-08T01:14:57+00:00 b6420ebd4a541455a75f9802f58cfa3ba0ea5390 Pull documentation updates from Jiri Kosina: "Updates to kernel documentation. I took this over (hopefully temporarily) from Randy who was not willing to maintain it any longer. This pile mostly is a relay of queue that Randy already had in his tree" * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/doc: Documentation: fix broken v4l-utils URL Documentation: update include path for mpssd Documentation: correct parameter error for dma_mapping_error MAINTAINERS: update location of linux-doc tree Documentation: remove networking/.gitignore tools: add more endian.h macros Make Documenation depend on headers_install Docs: this_cpu_ops: remove redundant add forms Documentation: disable vdso_test to avoid breakage with old glibc Documentation: update vDSO makefile to build portable examples Documentation: update .gitignore files Documentation: support glibc versions without htole macros v4l2-pci-skeleton: Only build if PCI is available Documentation: fix misc. warnings Documentation: make functions static to avoid prototype warnings Documentation: add makefiles for more targets Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files 
Pull documentation updates from Jiri Kosina:
 "Updates to kernel documentation.

  I took this over (hopefully temporarily) from Randy who was not
  willing to maintain it any longer.  This pile mostly is a relay of
  queue that Randy already had in his tree"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/doc:
  Documentation: fix broken v4l-utils URL
  Documentation: update include path for mpssd
  Documentation: correct parameter error for dma_mapping_error
  MAINTAINERS: update location of linux-doc tree
  Documentation: remove networking/.gitignore
  tools: add more endian.h macros
  Make Documenation depend on headers_install
  Docs: this_cpu_ops: remove redundant add forms
  Documentation: disable vdso_test to avoid breakage with old glibc
  Documentation: update vDSO makefile to build portable examples
  Documentation: update .gitignore files
  Documentation: support glibc versions without htole macros
  v4l2-pci-skeleton: Only build if PCI is available
  Documentation: fix misc. warnings
  Documentation: make functions static to avoid prototype warnings
  Documentation: add makefiles for more targets
  Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files
Merge tag 'dmaengine-3.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/dmaengine 2014-10-08T00:39:25+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2014-10-08T00:39:25+00:00 d0cd84817c745655428dbfdb1e3f754230b46bef Pull dmaengine updates from Dan Williams: "Even though this has fixes marked for -stable, given the size and the needed conflict resolutions this is 3.18-rc1/merge-window material. These patches have been languishing in my tree for a long while. The fact that I do not have the time to do proper/prompt maintenance of this tree is a primary factor in the decision to step down as dmaengine maintainer. That and the fact that the bulk of drivers/dma/ activity is going through Vinod these days. The net_dma removal has not been in -next. It has developed simple conflicts against mainline and net-next (for-3.18). Continuing thanks to Vinod for staying on top of drivers/dma/. Summary: 1/ Step down as dmaengine maintainer see commit 08223d80df38 "dmaengine maintainer update" 2/ Removal of net_dma, as it has been marked 'broken' since 3.13 (commit 77873803363c "net_dma: mark broken"), without reports of performance regression. 3/ Miscellaneous fixes" * tag 'dmaengine-3.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/dmaengine: net: make tcp_cleanup_rbuf private net_dma: revert 'copied_early' net_dma: simple removal dmaengine maintainer update dmatest: prevent memory leakage on error path in thread ioat: Use time_before_jiffies() dmaengine: fix xor sources continuation dma: mv_xor: Rename __mv_xor_slot_cleanup() to mv_xor_slot_cleanup() dma: mv_xor: Remove all callers of mv_xor_slot_cleanup() dma: mv_xor: Remove unneeded mv_xor_clean_completed_slots() call ioat: Use pci_enable_msix_exact() instead of pci_enable_msix() drivers: dma: Include appropriate header file in dca.c drivers: dma: Mark functions as static in dma_v3.c dma: mv_xor: Add DMA API error checks ioat/dca: Use dev_is_pci() to check whether it is pci device 
Pull dmaengine updates from Dan Williams:
 "Even though this has fixes marked for -stable, given the size and the
  needed conflict resolutions this is 3.18-rc1/merge-window material.

  These patches have been languishing in my tree for a long while.  The
  fact that I do not have the time to do proper/prompt maintenance of
  this tree is a primary factor in the decision to step down as
  dmaengine maintainer.  That and the fact that the bulk of drivers/dma/
  activity is going through Vinod these days.

  The net_dma removal has not been in -next.  It has developed simple
  conflicts against mainline and net-next (for-3.18).

  Continuing thanks to Vinod for staying on top of drivers/dma/.

  Summary:

   1/ Step down as dmaengine maintainer see commit 08223d80df38
      "dmaengine maintainer update"

   2/ Removal of net_dma, as it has been marked 'broken' since 3.13
      (commit 77873803363c "net_dma: mark broken"), without reports of
      performance regression.

   3/ Miscellaneous fixes"

* tag 'dmaengine-3.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djbw/dmaengine:
  net: make tcp_cleanup_rbuf private
  net_dma: revert 'copied_early'
  net_dma: simple removal
  dmaengine maintainer update
  dmatest: prevent memory leakage on error path in thread
  ioat: Use time_before_jiffies()
  dmaengine: fix xor sources continuation
  dma: mv_xor: Rename __mv_xor_slot_cleanup() to mv_xor_slot_cleanup()
  dma: mv_xor: Remove all callers of mv_xor_slot_cleanup()
  dma: mv_xor: Remove unneeded mv_xor_clean_completed_slots() call
  ioat: Use pci_enable_msix_exact() instead of pci_enable_msix()
  drivers: dma: Include appropriate header file in dca.c
  drivers: dma: Mark functions as static in dma_v3.c
  dma: mv_xor: Add DMA API error checks
  ioat/dca: Use dev_is_pci() to check whether it is pci device
net: pktgen: packet bursting via skb->xmit_more 2014-10-02T02:08:12+00:00 Alexei Starovoitov ast@plumgrid.com 2014-10-01T00:53:21+00:00 38b2cf2982dc73d3f07fe84fec8cc4ed9f64c1c5 This patch demonstrates the effect of delaying update of HW tailptr. (based on earlier patch by Jesper) burst=1 is the default. It sends one packet with xmit_more=false burst=2 sends one packet with xmit_more=true and 2nd copy of the same packet with xmit_more=false burst=3 sends two copies of the same packet with xmit_more=true and 3rd copy with xmit_more=false Performance with ixgbe (usec 30): burst=1 tx:9.2 Mpps burst=2 tx:13.5 Mpps burst=3 tx:14.5 Mpps full 10G line rate Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 
This patch demonstrates the effect of delaying update of HW tailptr.
(based on earlier patch by Jesper)

burst=1 is the default. It sends one packet with xmit_more=false
burst=2 sends one packet with xmit_more=true and
        2nd copy of the same packet with xmit_more=false
burst=3 sends two copies of the same packet with xmit_more=true and
        3rd copy with xmit_more=false

Performance with ixgbe (usec 30):
burst=1  tx:9.2 Mpps
burst=2  tx:13.5 Mpps
burst=3  tx:14.5 Mpps full 10G line rate

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>