linux-stable.git/include/linux/netdevice.h, branch v3.11.2

net: rename CONFIG_NET_LL_RX_POLL to CONFIG_NET_RX_BUSY_POLL

2013-08-01T22:11:17+00:00

Eliezer renames several *ll_poll to *busy_poll, but forgets
CONFIG_NET_LL_RX_POLL, so in case of confusion, rename it too.

Cc: Eliezer Tamir 
Cc: David S. Miller 
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: rename ll methods to busy-poll

2013-07-11T00:08:27+00:00

Rename ndo_ll_poll to ndo_busy_poll.
Rename sk_mark_ll to sk_mark_napi_id.
Rename skb_mark_ll to skb_mark_napi_id.
Correct all useres of these functions.
Update comments and defines  in include/net/busy_poll.h

Signed-off-by: Eliezer Tamir 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net

2013-07-03T21:55:13+00:00

Conflicts:
	drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
	drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
	net/ipv4/gre.c

The GRE conflict is between a bug fix (kfree_skb --> kfree_skb_list)
and the splitting of the gre.c code into seperate files.

The FEC conflict was two sets of changes adding ethtool support code
in an "!CONFIG_M5272" CPP protected block.

Finally the sh_eth.c conflict was between one commit add bits set
in the .eesr_err_check mask whilst another commit removed the
.tx_error_check member and assignments.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: fix kernel deadlock with interface rename and netdev name retrieval.

2013-06-26T20:42:54+00:00

When the kernel (compiled with CONFIG_PREEMPT=n) is performing the
rename of a network interface, it can end up waiting for a workqueue
to complete. If userland is able to invoke a SIOCGIFNAME ioctl or a
SO_BINDTODEVICE getsockopt in between, the kernel will deadlock due to
the fact that read_secklock_begin() will spin forever waiting for the
writer process (the one doing the interface rename) to update the
devnet_rename_seq sequence.

This patch fixes the problem by adding a helper (netdev_get_name())
and using it in the code handling the SIOCGIFNAME ioctl and
SO_BINDTODEVICE setsockopt.

The netdev_get_name() helper uses raw_seqcount_begin() to avoid
spinning forever, waiting for devnet_rename_seq->sequence to become
even. cond_resched() is used in the contended case, before retrying
the access to give the writer process a chance to finish.

The use of raw_seqcount_begin() will incur some unneeded work in the
reader process in the contended case, but this is better than
deadlocking the system.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schichan 
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net/core: Add VF link state control

2013-06-14T00:51:04+00:00

Add netlink directives and ndo entry to allow for controling
VF link, which can be in one of three states:

Auto - VF link state reflects the PF link state (default)

Up - VF link state is up, traffic from VF to VF works even if
the actual PF link is down

Down - VF link state is down, no traffic from/to this VF, can be of
use while configuring the VF

Signed-off-by: Rony Efraim 
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net-rps: fixes for rps flow limit

2013-06-14T00:13:05+00:00

Caught by sparse:
- __rcu: missing annotation to sd->flow_limit
- __user: direct access in cpumask_scnprintf

Also
- add endline character when printing bitmap if room in buffer
- avoid bucket overflow by reducing FLOW_LIMIT_HISTORY

The last item warrants some explanation. The hashtable buckets are
subject to overflow if FLOW_LIMIT_HISTORY is larger than or equal
to bucket size, since all packets may end up in a single bucket. The
current (rather arbitrary) history value of 256 happens to match the
buffer size (u8).

As a result, with a single flow, the first 128 packets are accepted
(correct), the second 128 packets dropped (correct) and then the
history[] array has filled, so that each subsequent new packet
causes an increment in the bucket for new_flow plus a decrement
for old_flow: a steady state.

This is fine if packets are dropped, as the steady state goes away
as soon as a mix of traffic reappears. But, because the 256th packet
overflowed the bucket to 0: no packets are dropped.

Instead of explicitly adding an overflow check, this patch changes
FLOW_LIMIT_HISTORY to never be able to overflow a single bucket.

Reported-by: Fengguang Wu 
(first item)

Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

doc:networking: Update comment for dev_id field in netdevice.h

2013-06-12T10:03:47+00:00

This patch updates the comment for 'dev_id' field in
'include/linux/netdevice.h' to reflect the intended
usage of 'dev_id'.

References: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=136992115300526&w=2
References: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=137062569014612&w=2

Signed-off-by: Narendra K 
Reviewed-by: Ben Hutchings 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: add low latency socket poll

2013-06-11T04:22:35+00:00

Adds an ndo_ll_poll method and the code that supports it.
This method can be used by low latency applications to busy-poll
Ethernet device queues directly from the socket code.
sysctl_net_ll_poll controls how many microseconds to poll.
Default is zero (disabled).
Individual protocol support will be added by subsequent patches.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck 
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg 
Signed-off-by: Eliezer Tamir 
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet 
Tested-by: Willem de Bruijn 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: add napi_id and hash

2013-06-11T04:22:35+00:00

Adds a napi_id and a hashing mechanism to lookup a napi by id.
This will be used by subsequent patches to implement low latency
Ethernet device polling.
Based on a code sample by Eric Dumazet.

Signed-off-by: Eliezer Tamir 
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet 
Tested-by: Willem de Bruijn 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: always pass struct netdev_notifier_info to netdevice notifiers

2013-05-29T04:58:54+00:00

commit 351638e7deeed2ec8ce451b53d3 (net: pass info struct via netdevice notifier)
breaks booting of my KVM guest, this is due to we still forget to pass
struct netdev_notifier_info in several places. This patch completes it.

Cc: Jiri Pirko 
Cc: David S. Miller 
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller