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<title>linux-stable.git/drivers/net/appletalk, branch v4.12</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/net/appletalk/</title>
<updated>2017-04-20T11:02:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Howells</name>
<email>dhowells@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-04-04T15:54:25+00:00</published>
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When the kernel is running in secure boot mode, we lock down the kernel to
prevent userspace from modifying the running kernel image.  Whilst this
includes prohibiting access to things like /dev/mem, it must also prevent
access by means of configuring driver modules in such a way as to cause a
device to access or modify the kernel image.

To this end, annotate module_param* statements that refer to hardware
configuration and indicate for future reference what type of parameter they
specify.  The parameter parser in the core sees this information and can
skip such parameters with an error message if the kernel is locked down.
The module initialisation then runs as normal, but just sees whatever the
default values for those parameters is.

Note that we do still need to do the module initialisation because some
drivers have viable defaults set in case parameters aren't specified and
some drivers support automatic configuration (e.g. PNP or PCI) in addition
to manually coded parameters.

This patch annotates drivers in drivers/net/appletalk/.

Suggested-by: Alan Cox &lt;gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@kernel.org&gt;
cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
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When the kernel is running in secure boot mode, we lock down the kernel to
prevent userspace from modifying the running kernel image.  Whilst this
includes prohibiting access to things like /dev/mem, it must also prevent
access by means of configuring driver modules in such a way as to cause a
device to access or modify the kernel image.

To this end, annotate module_param* statements that refer to hardware
configuration and indicate for future reference what type of parameter they
specify.  The parameter parser in the core sees this information and can
skip such parameters with an error message if the kernel is locked down.
The module initialisation then runs as normal, but just sees whatever the
default values for those parameters is.

Note that we do still need to do the module initialisation because some
drivers have viable defaults set in case parameters aren't specified and
some drivers support automatic configuration (e.g. PNP or PCI) in addition
to manually coded parameters.

This patch annotates drivers in drivers/net/appletalk/.

Suggested-by: Alan Cox &lt;gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@kernel.org&gt;
cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net/appletalk: Fix kernel memory disclosure</title>
<updated>2017-01-09T21:34:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vlad Tsyrklevich</name>
<email>vlad@tsyrklevich.net</email>
</author>
<published>2017-01-09T13:57:48+00:00</published>
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ipddp_route structs contain alignment padding so kernel heap memory
is leaked when they are copied to user space in
ipddp_ioctl(SIOCFINDIPDDPRT). Change kmalloc() to kzalloc() to clear
that memory.

Signed-off-by: Vlad Tsyrklevich &lt;vlad@tsyrklevich.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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ipddp_route structs contain alignment padding so kernel heap memory
is leaked when they are copied to user space in
ipddp_ioctl(SIOCFINDIPDDPRT). Change kmalloc() to kzalloc() to clear
that memory.

Signed-off-by: Vlad Tsyrklevich &lt;vlad@tsyrklevich.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Replace &lt;asm/uaccess.h&gt; with &lt;linux/uaccess.h&gt; globally</title>
<updated>2016-12-24T19:46:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-12-24T19:46:01+00:00</published>
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This was entirely automated, using the script by Al:

  PATT='^[[:blank:]]*#[[:blank:]]*include[[:blank:]]*&lt;asm/uaccess.h&gt;'
  sed -i -e "s!$PATT!#include &lt;linux/uaccess.h&gt;!" \
        $(git grep -l "$PATT"|grep -v ^include/linux/uaccess.h)

to do the replacement at the end of the merge window.

Requested-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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This was entirely automated, using the script by Al:

  PATT='^[[:blank:]]*#[[:blank:]]*include[[:blank:]]*&lt;asm/uaccess.h&gt;'
  sed -i -e "s!$PATT!#include &lt;linux/uaccess.h&gt;!" \
        $(git grep -l "$PATT"|grep -v ^include/linux/uaccess.h)

to do the replacement at the end of the merge window.

Requested-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: deprecate eth_change_mtu, remove usage</title>
<updated>2016-10-13T13:36:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jarod Wilson</name>
<email>jarod@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-10-08T02:04:34+00:00</published>
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With centralized MTU checking, there's nothing productive done by
eth_change_mtu that isn't already done in dev_set_mtu, so mark it as
deprecated and remove all usage of it in the kernel. All callers have been
audited for calls to alloc_etherdev* or ether_setup directly, which means
they all have a valid dev-&gt;min_mtu and dev-&gt;max_mtu. Now eth_change_mtu
prints out a netdev_warn about being deprecated, for the benefit of
out-of-tree drivers that might be utilizing it.

Of note, dvb_net.c actually had dev-&gt;mtu = 4096, while using
eth_change_mtu, meaning that if you ever tried changing it's mtu, you
couldn't set it above 1500 anymore. It's now getting dev-&gt;max_mtu also set
to 4096 to remedy that.

v2: fix up lantiq_etop, missed breakage due to drive not compiling on x86

CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson &lt;jarod@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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With centralized MTU checking, there's nothing productive done by
eth_change_mtu that isn't already done in dev_set_mtu, so mark it as
deprecated and remove all usage of it in the kernel. All callers have been
audited for calls to alloc_etherdev* or ether_setup directly, which means
they all have a valid dev-&gt;min_mtu and dev-&gt;max_mtu. Now eth_change_mtu
prints out a netdev_warn about being deprecated, for the benefit of
out-of-tree drivers that might be utilizing it.

Of note, dvb_net.c actually had dev-&gt;mtu = 4096, while using
eth_change_mtu, meaning that if you ever tried changing it's mtu, you
couldn't set it above 1500 anymore. It's now getting dev-&gt;max_mtu also set
to 4096 to remedy that.

v2: fix up lantiq_etop, missed breakage due to drive not compiling on x86

CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson &lt;jarod@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>treewide: replace dev-&gt;trans_start update with helper</title>
<updated>2016-05-04T18:16:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Florian Westphal</name>
<email>fw@strlen.de</email>
</author>
<published>2016-05-03T14:33:13+00:00</published>
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Replace all trans_start updates with netif_trans_update helper.
change was done via spatch:

struct net_device *d;
@@
- d-&gt;trans_start = jiffies
+ netif_trans_update(d)

Compile tested only.

Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org
Cc: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@broadcom.com
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-can@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org
Cc: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org
Cc: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Acked-by: Felipe Balbi &lt;felipe.balbi@linux.intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Mugunthan V N &lt;mugunthanvnm@ti.com&gt;
Acked-by: Antonio Quartulli &lt;a@unstable.cc&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Replace all trans_start updates with netif_trans_update helper.
change was done via spatch:

struct net_device *d;
@@
- d-&gt;trans_start = jiffies
+ netif_trans_update(d)

Compile tested only.

Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org
Cc: linux1394-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@broadcom.com
Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-can@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-omap@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org
Cc: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org
Cc: linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal &lt;fw@strlen.de&gt;
Acked-by: Felipe Balbi &lt;felipe.balbi@linux.intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Mugunthan V N &lt;mugunthanvnm@ti.com&gt;
Acked-by: Antonio Quartulli &lt;a@unstable.cc&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net/appletalk: LTPC needs virt_to_bus</title>
<updated>2015-02-20T21:28:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Arnd Bergmann</name>
<email>arnd@arndb.de</email>
</author>
<published>2015-02-18T19:48:54+00:00</published>
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The ltpc driver is rather outdated and does not get built on most
platforms because it requires the ISA_DMA_API symbol. However
there are some ARM platforms that have ISA_DMA_API but no virt_to_bus,
and they get this build error when enabling the ltpc driver.

drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c: In function 'handlefc':
drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c:380:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'virt_to_bus' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
  set_dma_addr(dma,virt_to_bus(ltdmacbuf));
  ^

This adds another dependency in Kconfig to avoid that configuration.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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The ltpc driver is rather outdated and does not get built on most
platforms because it requires the ISA_DMA_API symbol. However
there are some ARM platforms that have ISA_DMA_API but no virt_to_bus,
and they get this build error when enabling the ltpc driver.

drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c: In function 'handlefc':
drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c:380:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'virt_to_bus' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
  set_dma_addr(dma,virt_to_bus(ltdmacbuf));
  ^

This adds another dependency in Kconfig to avoid that configuration.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: better IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE support</title>
<updated>2014-10-07T17:22:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Dumazet</name>
<email>edumazet@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-10-06T01:38:35+00:00</published>
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Testing xmit_more support with netperf and connected UDP sockets,
I found strange dst refcount false sharing.

Current handling of IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE is not optimal.

Dropping dst in validate_xmit_skb() is certainly too late in case
packet was queued by cpu X but dequeued by cpu Y

The logical point to take care of drop/force is in __dev_queue_xmit()
before even taking qdisc lock.

As Julian Anastasov pointed out, need for skb_dst() might come from some
packet schedulers or classifiers.

This patch adds new helper to cleanly express needs of various drivers
or qdiscs/classifiers.

Drivers that need skb_dst() in their ndo_start_xmit() should call
following helper in their setup instead of the prior :

	dev-&gt;priv_flags &amp;= ~IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
-&gt;
	netif_keep_dst(dev);

Instead of using a single bit, we use two bits, one being
eventually rebuilt in bonding/team drivers.

The other one, is permanent and blocks IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE being
rebuilt in bonding/team. Eventually, we could add something
smarter later.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Cc: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Testing xmit_more support with netperf and connected UDP sockets,
I found strange dst refcount false sharing.

Current handling of IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE is not optimal.

Dropping dst in validate_xmit_skb() is certainly too late in case
packet was queued by cpu X but dequeued by cpu Y

The logical point to take care of drop/force is in __dev_queue_xmit()
before even taking qdisc lock.

As Julian Anastasov pointed out, need for skb_dst() might come from some
packet schedulers or classifiers.

This patch adds new helper to cleanly express needs of various drivers
or qdiscs/classifiers.

Drivers that need skb_dst() in their ndo_start_xmit() should call
following helper in their setup instead of the prior :

	dev-&gt;priv_flags &amp;= ~IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
-&gt;
	netif_keep_dst(dev);

Instead of using a single bit, we use two bits, one being
eventually rebuilt in bonding/team drivers.

The other one, is permanent and blocks IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE being
rebuilt in bonding/team. Eventually, we could add something
smarter later.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;edumazet@google.com&gt;
Cc: Julian Anastasov &lt;ja@ssi.bg&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>PTR_RET is now PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(): Replace most.</title>
<updated>2013-07-15T01:55:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Rusty Russell</name>
<email>rusty@rustcorp.com.au</email>
</author>
<published>2013-07-15T01:50:32+00:00</published>
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Sweep of the simple cases.

Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Julia Lawall &lt;julia.lawall@lip6.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
Acked-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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Sweep of the simple cases.

Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Julia Lawall &lt;julia.lawall@lip6.fr&gt;
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell &lt;rusty@rustcorp.com.au&gt;
Acked-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>appletalk: remove "config IPDDP_DECAP"</title>
<updated>2013-03-22T14:21:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Bolle</name>
<email>pebolle@tiscali.nl</email>
</author>
<published>2013-03-21T23:35:24+00:00</published>
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The Kconfig symbol IPDDP_DECAP got added in v2.1.75. It has never been
used. Its entry can safely be removed.

Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle &lt;pebolle@tiscali.nl&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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The Kconfig symbol IPDDP_DECAP got added in v2.1.75. It has never been
used. Its entry can safely be removed.

Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle &lt;pebolle@tiscali.nl&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: Use PTR_RET rather than if(IS_ERR(.. [1]</title>
<updated>2012-08-06T20:30:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Meyer</name>
<email>thomas@m3y3r.de</email>
</author>
<published>2012-08-06T07:51:16+00:00</published>
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The semantic patch that makes this change is available
in scripts/coccinelle/api/ptr_ret.cocci.

More information about semantic patching is available at
http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/

Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer &lt;thomas@m3y3r.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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The semantic patch that makes this change is available
in scripts/coccinelle/api/ptr_ret.cocci.

More information about semantic patching is available at
http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/

Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer &lt;thomas@m3y3r.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
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