linux-stable.git/net/core/rtnetlink.c, branch v3.16.3

rtnetlink: fix userspace API breakage for iproute2 < v3.9.0

2014-06-12T18:07:42+00:00

When running RHEL6 userspace on a current upstream kernel, "ip link"
fails to show VF information.

The reason is a kernel<->userspace API change introduced by commit
88c5b5ce5cb57 ("rtnetlink: Call nlmsg_parse() with correct header length"),
after which the kernel does not see iproute2's IFLA_EXT_MASK attribute
in the netlink request.

iproute2 adjusted for the API change in its commit 63338dca4513
("libnetlink: Use ifinfomsg instead of rtgenmsg in rtnl_wilddump_req_filter").

The problem has been noticed before:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=136692296022182&w=2
(Subject: Re: getting VF link info seems to be broken in 3.9-rc8)

We can do better than tell those with old userspace to upgrade. We can
recognize the old iproute2 in the kernel by checking the netlink message
length. Even when including the IFLA_EXT_MASK attribute, its netlink
message is shorter than struct ifinfomsg.

With this patch "ip link" shows VF information in both old and new
iproute2 versions.

Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

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

2014-06-11T23:02:55+00:00

Conflicts:
	net/core/rtnetlink.c
	net/core/skbuff.c

Both conflicts were very simple overlapping changes.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net/core: Add VF link state control policy

2014-06-11T22:51:37+00:00

Commit 1d8faf48c7 (net/core: Add VF link state control) added VF link state
control to the netlink VF nested structure, but failed to add a proper entry
for the new structure into the VF policy table.  Add the missing entry so
the table and the actual data copied into the netlink nested struct are in
sync.

Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: force a list_del() in unregister_netdevice_many()

2014-06-08T21:15:14+00:00

unregister_netdevice_many() API is error prone and we had too
many bugs because of dangling LIST_HEAD on stacks.

See commit f87e6f47933e3e ("net: dont leave active on stack LIST_HEAD")

In fact, instead of making sure no caller leaves an active list_head,
just force a list_del() in the callee. No one seems to need to access
the list after unregister_netdevice_many()

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

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

2014-06-04T06:32:12+00:00

Conflicts:
	include/net/inetpeer.h
	net/ipv6/output_core.c

Changes in net were fixing bugs in code removed in net-next.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

rtnetlink: fix a memory leak when ->newlink fails

2014-06-04T02:16:10+00:00

It is possible that ->newlink() fails before registering
the device, in this case we should just free it, it's
safe to call free_netdev().

Fixes: commit 0e0eee2465df77bcec2 (net: correct error path in rtnl_newlink())
Cc: David S. Miller 
Cc: Eric Dumazet 
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang 
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

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

2014-05-24T04:32:30+00:00

Conflicts:
	drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
	drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_msgdma.c
	drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_sgdma.c
	net/ipv6/xfrm6_output.c

Several cases of overlapping changes.

The xfrm6_output.c has a bug fix which overlaps the renaming
of skb->local_df to skb->ignore_df.

In the Altera TSE driver cases, the register access cleanups
in net-next overlapped with bug fixes done in net.

Similarly a bug fix to send ALB packets in the bonding driver using
the right source address overlaps with cleanups in net-next.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net-next:v4: Add support to configure SR-IOV VF minimum and maximum Tx rate through ip tool.

2014-05-23T19:04:02+00:00

o min_tx_rate puts lower limit on the VF bandwidth. VF is guaranteed
  to have a bandwidth of at least this value.
  max_tx_rate puts cap on the VF bandwidth. VF can have a bandwidth
  of up to this value.

o A new handler set_vf_rate for attr IFLA_VF_RATE has been introduced
  which takes 4 arguments:
  netdev, VF number, min_tx_rate, max_tx_rate

o ndo_set_vf_rate replaces ndo_set_vf_tx_rate handler.

o Drivers that currently implement ndo_set_vf_tx_rate should now call
  ndo_set_vf_rate instead and reject attempt to set a minimum bandwidth
  greater than 0 for IFLA_VF_TX_RATE when IFLA_VF_RATE is not yet
  implemented by driver.

o If user enters only one of either min_tx_rate or max_tx_rate, then,
  userland should read back the other value from driver and set both
  for IFLA_VF_RATE.
  Drivers that have not yet implemented IFLA_VF_RATE should always
  return min_tx_rate as 0 when read from ip tool.

o If both IFLA_VF_TX_RATE and IFLA_VF_RATE options are specified, then
  IFLA_VF_RATE should override.

o Idea is to have consistent display of rate values to user.

o Usage example: -

  ./ip link set p4p1 vf 0 rate 900

  ./ip link show p4p1
  32: p4p1:  mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode
  DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:0e:1e:08:b0:f0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    vf 0 MAC 3e:a0:ca:bd:ae:5a, tx rate 900 (Mbps), max_tx_rate 900Mbps
    vf 1 MAC f6:c6:7c:3f:3d:6c
    vf 2 MAC 56:32:43:98:d7:71
    vf 3 MAC d6:be:c3:b5:85:ff
    vf 4 MAC ee:a9:9a:1e:19:14
    vf 5 MAC 4a:d0:4c:07:52:18
    vf 6 MAC 3a:76:44:93:62:f9
    vf 7 MAC 82:e9:e7:e3:15:1a

  ./ip link set p4p1 vf 0 max_tx_rate 300 min_tx_rate 200

  ./ip link show p4p1
  32: p4p1:  mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode
  DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:0e:1e:08:b0:f0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    vf 0 MAC 3e:a0:ca:bd:ae:5a, tx rate 300 (Mbps), max_tx_rate 300Mbps,
    min_tx_rate 200Mbps
    vf 1 MAC f6:c6:7c:3f:3d:6c
    vf 2 MAC 56:32:43:98:d7:71
    vf 3 MAC d6:be:c3:b5:85:ff
    vf 4 MAC ee:a9:9a:1e:19:14
    vf 5 MAC 4a:d0:4c:07:52:18
    vf 6 MAC 3a:76:44:93:62:f9
    vf 7 MAC 82:e9:e7:e3:15:1a

  ./ip link set p4p1 vf 0 max_tx_rate 600 rate 300

  ./ip link show p4p1
  32: p4p1:  mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode
  DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 00:0e:1e:08:b0:f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    vf 0 MAC 3e:a0:ca:bd:ae:5, tx rate 600 (Mbps), max_tx_rate 600Mbps,
    min_tx_rate 200Mbps
    vf 1 MAC f6:c6:7c:3f:3d:6c
    vf 2 MAC 56:32:43:98:d7:71
    vf 3 MAC d6:be:c3:b5:85:ff
    vf 4 MAC ee:a9:9a:1e:19:14
    vf 5 MAC 4a:d0:4c:07:52:18
    vf 6 MAC 3a:76:44:93:62:f9
    vf 7 MAC 82:e9:e7:e3:15:1a

Signed-off-by: Sucheta Chakraborty 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

rtnetlink: wait for unregistering devices in rtnl_link_unregister()

2014-05-15T19:30:33+00:00

From: Cong Wang 

commit 50624c934db18ab90 (net: Delay default_device_exit_batch until no
devices are unregistering) introduced rtnl_lock_unregistering() for
default_device_exit_batch(). Same race could happen we when rmmod a driver
which calls rtnl_link_unregister() as we call dev->destructor without rtnl
lock.

For long term, I think we should clean up the mess of netdev_run_todo()
and net namespce exit code.

Cc: Eric W. Biederman 
Cc: David S. Miller 
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang 
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

rtnetlink: Only supply IFLA_VF_PORTS information when RTEXT_FILTER_VF is set

2014-04-24T17:52:54+00:00

Since 115c9b81928360d769a76c632bae62d15206a94a (rtnetlink: Fix problem with
buffer allocation), RTM_NEWLINK messages only contain the IFLA_VFINFO_LIST
attribute if they were solicited by a GETLINK message containing an
IFLA_EXT_MASK attribute with the RTEXT_FILTER_VF flag.

That was done because some user programs broke when they received more data
than expected - because IFLA_VFINFO_LIST contains information for each VF
it can become large if there are many VFs.

However, the IFLA_VF_PORTS attribute, supplied for devices which implement
ndo_get_vf_port (currently the 'enic' driver only), has the same problem.
It supplies per-VF information and can therefore become large, but it is
not currently conditional on the IFLA_EXT_MASK value.

Worse, it interacts badly with the existing EXT_MASK handling.  When
IFLA_EXT_MASK is not supplied, the buffer for netlink replies is fixed at
NLMSG_GOODSIZE.  If the information for IFLA_VF_PORTS exceeds this, then
rtnl_fill_ifinfo() returns -EMSGSIZE on the first message in a packet.
netlink_dump() will misinterpret this as having finished the listing and
omit data for this interface and all subsequent ones.  That can cause
getifaddrs(3) to enter an infinite loop.

This patch addresses the problem by only supplying IFLA_VF_PORTS when
IFLA_EXT_MASK is supplied with the RTEXT_FILTER_VF flag set.

Signed-off-by: David Gibson 
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller