linux-stable.git/drivers/net, branch v4.4.16

cdc_ncm: workaround for EM7455 "silent" data interface

2016-07-27T16:47:31+00:00

[ Upstream commit c086e7096170390594c425114d98172bc9aceb8a ]

Several Lenovo users have reported problems with their Sierra
Wireless EM7455 modem. The driver has loaded successfully and
the MBIM management channel has appeared to work, including
establishing a connection to the mobile network. But no frames
have been received over the data interface.

The problem affects all EM7455 and MC7455, and is assumed to
affect other modems based on the same Qualcomm chipset and
baseband firmware.

Testing narrowed the problem down to what seems to be a
firmware timing bug during initialization. Adding a short sleep
while probing is sufficient to make the problem disappear.
Experiments have shown that 1-2 ms is too little to have any
effect, while 10-20 ms is enough to reliably succeed.

Reported-by: Stefan Armbruster 
Reported-by: Ralph Plawetzki 
Reported-by: Andreas Fett 
Reported-by: Rasmus Lerdorf 
Reported-by: Samo Ratnik 
Reported-and-tested-by: Aleksander Morgado 
Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

mac80211_hwsim: Add missing check for HWSIM_ATTR_SIGNAL

2016-07-27T16:47:27+00:00

commit 62397da50bb20a6b812c949ef465d7e69fe54bb6 upstream.

A wmediumd that does not send this attribute causes a NULL pointer
dereference, as the attribute is accessed even if it does not exist.

The attribute was required but never checked ever since userspace frame
forwarding has been introduced. The issue gets more problematic once we
allow wmediumd registration from user namespaces.

Fixes: 7882513bacb1 ("mac80211_hwsim driver support userspace frame tx/rx")
Signed-off-by: Martin Willi 
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

net: alx: Work around the DMA RX overflow issue

2016-07-11T16:31:12+00:00

[ Upstream commit 881d0327db37ad917a367c77aff1afa1ee41e0a9 ]

Note: This is a verified backported patch for stable 4.4 kernel, and it
could also be applied to 4.3/4.2/4.1/3.18/3.16

There is a problem with alx devices, that the network link will be
lost in 1-5 minutes after the device is up.

>From debugging without datasheet, we found the error always
happen when the DMA RX address is set to 0x....fc0, which is very
likely to be a HW/silicon problem.

This patch will apply rx skb with 64 bytes longer space, and if the
allocated skb has a 0x...fc0 address, it will use skb_resever(skb, 64)
to advance the address, so that the RX overflow can be avoided.

Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70761
Signed-off-by: Feng Tang 
Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet 
Tested-by: Ole Lukoie 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

net: macb: fix default configuration for GMAC on AT91

2016-07-11T16:31:12+00:00

[ Upstream commit 6bdaa5e9ed39b3b3328f35d218e8ad5a99cfc4d2 ]

On AT91 SoCs, the User Register (USRIO) exposes a switch to configure the
"Reduced" or "Traditional" version of the Media Independent Interface
(RMII vs. MII or RGMII vs. GMII).
As on the older EMAC version, on GMAC, this switch is set by default to the
non-reduced type of interface, so use the existing capability and extend it to
GMII as well. We then keep the current logic in the macb_init() function.

The capabilities of sama5d2, sama5d4 and sama5d3 GEM interface are updated in
the macb_config structure to be able to properly enable them with a traditional
interface (GMII or MII).

Reported-by: Romain HENRIET 
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Ferre 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller 
[cyrille.pitchen@atmel.com: backported to 4.4.y]
Signed-off-by: Cyrille Pitchen 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

vxlan, gre, geneve: Set a large MTU on ovs-created tunnel devices

2016-06-24T17:18:18+00:00

[ Upstream commit 7e059158d57b79159eaf1f504825d19866ef2c42 ]

Prior to 4.3, openvswitch tunnel vports (vxlan, gre and geneve) could
transmit vxlan packets of any size, constrained only by the ability to
send out the resulting packets.  4.3 introduced netdevs corresponding
to tunnel vports.  These netdevs have an MTU, which limits the size of
a packet that can be successfully encapsulated.  The default MTU
values are low (1500 or less), which is awkwardly small in the context
of physical networks supporting jumbo frames, and leads to a
conspicuous change in behaviour for userspace.

Instead, set the MTU on openvswitch-created netdevs to be the relevant
maximum (i.e. the maximum IP packet size minus any relevant overhead),
effectively restoring the behaviour prior to 4.3.

Signed-off-by: David Wragg 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

geneve: Relax MTU constraints

2016-06-24T17:18:18+00:00

[ Upstream commit 55e5bfb53cff286c1c1ff49f51325dc15c7fea63 ]

Allow the MTU of geneve devices to be set to large values, in order to
exploit underlying networks with larger frame sizes.

GENEVE does not have a fixed encapsulation overhead (an openvswitch
rule can add variable length options), so there is no relevant maximum
MTU to enforce.  A maximum of IP_MAX_MTU is used instead.
Encapsulated packets that are too big for the underlying network will
get dropped on the floor.

Signed-off-by: David Wragg 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

vxlan: Relax MTU constraints

2016-06-24T17:18:17+00:00

[ Upstream commit 72564b59ffc438ea103b0727a921aaddce766728 ]

Allow the MTU of vxlan devices without an underlying device to be set
to larger values (up to a maximum based on IP packet limits and vxlan
overhead).

Previously, their MTUs could not be set to higher than the
conventional ethernet value of 1500.  This is a very arbitrary value
in the context of vxlan, and prevented vxlan devices from being able
to take advantage of jumbo frames etc.

The default MTU remains 1500, for compatibility.

Signed-off-by: David Wragg 
Acked-by: Roopa Prabhu 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

vxlan: Accept user specified MTU value when create new vxlan link

2016-06-24T17:18:17+00:00

[ Upstream commit ce577668a426c6a9e2470a09dcd07fbd6e45272a ]

When create a new vxlan link, example:
  ip link add vtap mtu 1440 type vxlan vni 1 dev eth0

The argument "mtu" has no effect, because it is not set to conf->mtu. The
default value is used in vxlan_dev_configure function.

This problem was introduced by commit 0dfbdf4102b9 (vxlan: Factor out device
configuration).

Fixes: 0dfbdf4102b9 (vxlan: Factor out device configuration)
Signed-off-by:  Chen Haiquan 
Acked-by: Cong Wang 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

team: don't call netdev_change_features under team->lock

2016-06-24T17:18:17+00:00

[ Upstream commit f6988cb63a4e698d8a62a1d085d263d1fcc351ea ]

The team_device_event() notifier calls team_compute_features() to fix
vlan_features under team->lock to protect team->port_list. The problem is
that subsequent __team_compute_features() calls netdev_change_features()
to propagate vlan_features to upper vlan devices while team->lock is still
taken. This can lead to deadlock when NETIF_F_LRO is modified on lower
devices or team device itself.

Example:
The team0 as active backup with eth0 and eth1 NICs. Both eth0 & eth1 are
LRO capable and LRO is enabled. Thus LRO is also enabled on team0.

The command 'ethtool -K team0 lro off' now hangs due to this deadlock:

dev_ethtool()
-> ethtool_set_features()
 -> __netdev_update_features(team)
  -> netdev_sync_lower_features()
   -> netdev_update_features(lower_1)
    -> __netdev_update_features(lower_1)
    -> netdev_features_change(lower_1)
     -> call_netdevice_notifiers(...)
      -> team_device_event(lower_1)
       -> team_compute_features(team) [TAKES team->lock]
        -> netdev_change_features(team)
         -> __netdev_update_features(team)
          -> netdev_sync_lower_features()
           -> netdev_update_features(lower_2)
            -> __netdev_update_features(lower_2)
            -> netdev_features_change(lower_2)
             -> call_netdevice_notifiers(...)
              -> team_device_event(lower_2)
               -> team_compute_features(team) [DEADLOCK]

The bug is present in team from the beginning but it appeared after the commit
fd867d5 (net/core: generic support for disabling netdev features down stack)
that adds synchronization of features with lower devices.

Fixes: fd867d5 (net/core: generic support for disabling netdev features down stack)
Cc: Jiri Pirko 
Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera 
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

sfc: on MC reset, clear PIO buffer linkage in TXQs

2016-06-24T17:18:17+00:00

[ Upstream commit c0795bf64cba4d1b796fdc5b74b33772841ed1bb ]

Otherwise, if we fail to allocate new PIO buffers, our TXQs will try to
use the old ones, which aren't there any more.

Fixes: 183233bec810 "sfc: Allocate and link PIO buffers; map them with write-combining"
Signed-off-by: Edward Cree 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman