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<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net</title>
<updated>2014-12-19T00:41:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2014-12-19T00:41:13+00:00</published>
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Pull networking fixes from David Miller:

 1) Fix NBMA tunnel mac header handling in GRE, from Timo Teräs.

 2) Fix a NAPI race in the fec driver, from Nimrod Andy.

 3) The new IFF_VNET_LE bit is outside the size of the flags member it
    is stored in (which is 16-bits), store the state locally in the
    drivers.  From Michael S Tsirkin.

 4) We are kicking the tires with the new wireless maintainership
    situation.  Bluetooth fixes via Johan Hedberg, and mac80211 fixes
    from Johannes Berg.

 5) Fix locking and leaks in geneve driver, from Jesse Gross.

 6) Make netlink TX mmap code always copy, so we don't have to be
    potentially exposed to the user changing the underlying contents
    from underneath us.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net: (63 commits)
  be2net: Fix incorrect setting of tunnel offload flag in netdev features
  bnx2x: fix typos in "configure"
  xen-netback: support frontends without feature-rx-notify again
  MAINTAINERS: changes for wireless
  cxgb4: Fix decoding QSA module for ethtool get settings
  geneve: Fix races between socket add and release.
  geneve: Remove socket and offload handlers at destruction.
  netlink: Don't reorder loads/stores before marking mmap netlink frame as available
  netlink: Always copy on mmap TX.
  Bluetooth: Fix bug with filter in service discovery optimization
  mac80211: free management frame keys when removing station
  net: Disallow providing non zero VLAN ID for NIC drivers FDB add flow
  net/mlx4: Cache line CQE/EQE stride fixes
  net: fec: Fix NAPI race
  xen-netfront: use napi_complete() correctly to prevent Rx stalling
  ip_tunnel: Add missing validation of encap type to ip_tunnel_encap_setup()
  ip_tunnel: Add sanity checks to ip_tunnel_encap_add_ops()
  net: Allow FIXED_PHY to be modular.
  if_tun: drop broken IFF_VNET_LE
  macvtap: drop broken IFF_VNET_LE
  ...
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Pull networking fixes from David Miller:

 1) Fix NBMA tunnel mac header handling in GRE, from Timo Teräs.

 2) Fix a NAPI race in the fec driver, from Nimrod Andy.

 3) The new IFF_VNET_LE bit is outside the size of the flags member it
    is stored in (which is 16-bits), store the state locally in the
    drivers.  From Michael S Tsirkin.

 4) We are kicking the tires with the new wireless maintainership
    situation.  Bluetooth fixes via Johan Hedberg, and mac80211 fixes
    from Johannes Berg.

 5) Fix locking and leaks in geneve driver, from Jesse Gross.

 6) Make netlink TX mmap code always copy, so we don't have to be
    potentially exposed to the user changing the underlying contents
    from underneath us.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net: (63 commits)
  be2net: Fix incorrect setting of tunnel offload flag in netdev features
  bnx2x: fix typos in "configure"
  xen-netback: support frontends without feature-rx-notify again
  MAINTAINERS: changes for wireless
  cxgb4: Fix decoding QSA module for ethtool get settings
  geneve: Fix races between socket add and release.
  geneve: Remove socket and offload handlers at destruction.
  netlink: Don't reorder loads/stores before marking mmap netlink frame as available
  netlink: Always copy on mmap TX.
  Bluetooth: Fix bug with filter in service discovery optimization
  mac80211: free management frame keys when removing station
  net: Disallow providing non zero VLAN ID for NIC drivers FDB add flow
  net/mlx4: Cache line CQE/EQE stride fixes
  net: fec: Fix NAPI race
  xen-netfront: use napi_complete() correctly to prevent Rx stalling
  ip_tunnel: Add missing validation of encap type to ip_tunnel_encap_setup()
  ip_tunnel: Add sanity checks to ip_tunnel_encap_add_ops()
  net: Allow FIXED_PHY to be modular.
  if_tun: drop broken IFF_VNET_LE
  macvtap: drop broken IFF_VNET_LE
  ...
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs</title>
<updated>2014-12-16T23:53:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-12-16T23:53:03+00:00</published>
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Pull vfs pile #2 from Al Viro:
 "Next pile (and there'll be one or two more).

  The large piece in this one is getting rid of /proc/*/ns/* weirdness;
  among other things, it allows to (finally) make nameidata completely
  opaque outside of fs/namei.c, making for easier further cleanups in
  there"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  coda_venus_readdir(): use file_inode()
  fs/namei.c: fold link_path_walk() call into path_init()
  path_init(): don't bother with LOOKUP_PARENT in argument
  fs/namei.c: new helper (path_cleanup())
  path_init(): store the "base" pointer to file in nameidata itself
  make default -&gt;i_fop have -&gt;open() fail with ENXIO
  make nameidata completely opaque outside of fs/namei.c
  kill proc_ns completely
  take the targets of /proc/*/ns/* symlinks to separate fs
  bury struct proc_ns in fs/proc
  copy address of proc_ns_ops into ns_common
  new helpers: ns_alloc_inum/ns_free_inum
  make proc_ns_operations work with struct ns_common * instead of void *
  switch the rest of proc_ns_operations to working with &amp;...-&gt;ns
  netns: switch -&gt;get()/-&gt;put()/-&gt;install()/-&gt;inum() to working with &amp;net-&gt;ns
  make mntns -&gt;get()/-&gt;put()/-&gt;install()/-&gt;inum() work with &amp;mnt_ns-&gt;ns
  common object embedded into various struct ....ns
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Pull vfs pile #2 from Al Viro:
 "Next pile (and there'll be one or two more).

  The large piece in this one is getting rid of /proc/*/ns/* weirdness;
  among other things, it allows to (finally) make nameidata completely
  opaque outside of fs/namei.c, making for easier further cleanups in
  there"

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  coda_venus_readdir(): use file_inode()
  fs/namei.c: fold link_path_walk() call into path_init()
  path_init(): don't bother with LOOKUP_PARENT in argument
  fs/namei.c: new helper (path_cleanup())
  path_init(): store the "base" pointer to file in nameidata itself
  make default -&gt;i_fop have -&gt;open() fail with ENXIO
  make nameidata completely opaque outside of fs/namei.c
  kill proc_ns completely
  take the targets of /proc/*/ns/* symlinks to separate fs
  bury struct proc_ns in fs/proc
  copy address of proc_ns_ops into ns_common
  new helpers: ns_alloc_inum/ns_free_inum
  make proc_ns_operations work with struct ns_common * instead of void *
  switch the rest of proc_ns_operations to working with &amp;...-&gt;ns
  netns: switch -&gt;get()/-&gt;put()/-&gt;install()/-&gt;inum() to working with &amp;net-&gt;ns
  make mntns -&gt;get()/-&gt;put()/-&gt;install()/-&gt;inum() work with &amp;mnt_ns-&gt;ns
  common object embedded into various struct ....ns
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<entry>
<title>net: Disallow providing non zero VLAN ID for NIC drivers FDB add flow</title>
<updated>2014-12-16T20:41:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Or Gerlitz</name>
<email>ogerlitz@mellanox.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-12-14T16:19:05+00:00</published>
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The current implementations all use dev_uc_add_excl() and such whose API
doesn't support vlans, so we can't make it with NICs HW for now.

Fixes: f6f6424ba773 ('net: make vid as a parameter for ndo_fdb_add/ndo_fdb_del')
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz &lt;ogerlitz@mellanox.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@resnulli.us&gt;
Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher &lt;jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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The current implementations all use dev_uc_add_excl() and such whose API
doesn't support vlans, so we can't make it with NICs HW for now.

Fixes: f6f6424ba773 ('net: make vid as a parameter for ndo_fdb_add/ndo_fdb_del')
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz &lt;ogerlitz@mellanox.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko &lt;jiri@resnulli.us&gt;
Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher &lt;jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6</title>
<updated>2014-12-13T21:33:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-12-13T21:33:26+00:00</published>
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Pull crypto update from Herbert Xu:
 - The crypto API is now documented :)
 - Disallow arbitrary module loading through crypto API.
 - Allow get request with empty driver name through crypto_user.
 - Allow speed testing of arbitrary hash functions.
 - Add caam support for ctr(aes), gcm(aes) and their derivatives.
 - nx now supports concurrent hashing properly.
 - Add sahara support for SHA1/256.
 - Add ARM64 version of CRC32.
 - Misc fixes.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6: (77 commits)
  crypto: tcrypt - Allow speed testing of arbitrary hash functions
  crypto: af_alg - add user space interface for AEAD
  crypto: qat - fix problem with coalescing enable logic
  crypto: sahara - add support for SHA1/256
  crypto: sahara - replace tasklets with kthread
  crypto: sahara - add support for i.MX53
  crypto: sahara - fix spinlock initialization
  crypto: arm - replace memset by memzero_explicit
  crypto: powerpc - replace memset by memzero_explicit
  crypto: sha - replace memset by memzero_explicit
  crypto: sparc - replace memset by memzero_explicit
  crypto: algif_skcipher - initialize upon init request
  crypto: algif_skcipher - removed unneeded code
  crypto: algif_skcipher - Fixed blocking recvmsg
  crypto: drbg - use memzero_explicit() for clearing sensitive data
  crypto: drbg - use MODULE_ALIAS_CRYPTO
  crypto: include crypto- module prefix in template
  crypto: user - add MODULE_ALIAS
  crypto: sha-mb - remove a bogus NULL check
  crytpo: qat - Fix 64 bytes requests
  ...
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Pull crypto update from Herbert Xu:
 - The crypto API is now documented :)
 - Disallow arbitrary module loading through crypto API.
 - Allow get request with empty driver name through crypto_user.
 - Allow speed testing of arbitrary hash functions.
 - Add caam support for ctr(aes), gcm(aes) and their derivatives.
 - nx now supports concurrent hashing properly.
 - Add sahara support for SHA1/256.
 - Add ARM64 version of CRC32.
 - Misc fixes.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6: (77 commits)
  crypto: tcrypt - Allow speed testing of arbitrary hash functions
  crypto: af_alg - add user space interface for AEAD
  crypto: qat - fix problem with coalescing enable logic
  crypto: sahara - add support for SHA1/256
  crypto: sahara - replace tasklets with kthread
  crypto: sahara - add support for i.MX53
  crypto: sahara - fix spinlock initialization
  crypto: arm - replace memset by memzero_explicit
  crypto: powerpc - replace memset by memzero_explicit
  crypto: sha - replace memset by memzero_explicit
  crypto: sparc - replace memset by memzero_explicit
  crypto: algif_skcipher - initialize upon init request
  crypto: algif_skcipher - removed unneeded code
  crypto: algif_skcipher - Fixed blocking recvmsg
  crypto: drbg - use memzero_explicit() for clearing sensitive data
  crypto: drbg - use MODULE_ALIAS_CRYPTO
  crypto: include crypto- module prefix in template
  crypto: user - add MODULE_ALIAS
  crypto: sha-mb - remove a bogus NULL check
  crytpo: qat - Fix 64 bytes requests
  ...
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<entry>
<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next</title>
<updated>2014-12-11T22:27:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-12-11T22:27:06+00:00</published>
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Pull networking updates from David Miller:

 1) New offloading infrastructure and example 'rocker' driver for
    offloading of switching and routing to hardware.

    This work was done by a large group of dedicated individuals, not
    limited to: Scott Feldman, Jiri Pirko, Thomas Graf, John Fastabend,
    Jamal Hadi Salim, Andy Gospodarek, Florian Fainelli, Roopa Prabhu

 2) Start making the networking operate on IOV iterators instead of
    modifying iov objects in-situ during transfers.  Thanks to Al Viro
    and Herbert Xu.

 3) A set of new netlink interfaces for the TIPC stack, from Richard
    Alpe.

 4) Remove unnecessary looping during ipv6 routing lookups, from Martin
    KaFai Lau.

 5) Add PAUSE frame generation support to gianfar driver, from Matei
    Pavaluca.

 6) Allow for larger reordering levels in TCP, which are easily
    achievable in the real world right now, from Eric Dumazet.

 7) Add a variable of napi_schedule that doesn't need to disable cpu
    interrupts, from Eric Dumazet.

 8) Use a doubly linked list to optimize neigh_parms_release(), from
    Nicolas Dichtel.

 9) Various enhancements to the kernel BPF verifier, and allow eBPF
    programs to actually be attached to sockets.  From Alexei
    Starovoitov.

10) Support TSO/LSO in sunvnet driver, from David L Stevens.

11) Allow controlling ECN usage via routing metrics, from Florian
    Westphal.

12) Remote checksum offload, from Tom Herbert.

13) Add split-header receive, BQL, and xmit_more support to amd-xgbe
    driver, from Thomas Lendacky.

14) Add MPLS support to openvswitch, from Simon Horman.

15) Support wildcard tunnel endpoints in ipv6 tunnels, from Steffen
    Klassert.

16) Do gro flushes on a per-device basis using a timer, from Eric
    Dumazet.  This tries to resolve the conflicting goals between the
    desired handling of bulk vs.  RPC-like traffic.

17) Allow userspace to ask for the CPU upon what a packet was
    received/steered, via SO_INCOMING_CPU.  From Eric Dumazet.

18) Limit GSO packets to half the current congestion window, from Eric
    Dumazet.

19) Add a generic helper so that all drivers set their RSS keys in a
    consistent way, from Eric Dumazet.

20) Add xmit_more support to enic driver, from Govindarajulu
    Varadarajan.

21) Add VLAN packet scheduler action, from Jiri Pirko.

22) Support configurable RSS hash functions via ethtool, from Eyal
    Perry.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1820 commits)
  Fix race condition between vxlan_sock_add and vxlan_sock_release
  net/macb: fix compilation warning for print_hex_dump() called with skb-&gt;mac_header
  net/mlx4: Add support for A0 steering
  net/mlx4: Refactor QUERY_PORT
  net/mlx4_core: Add explicit error message when rule doesn't meet configuration
  net/mlx4: Add A0 hybrid steering
  net/mlx4: Add mlx4_bitmap zone allocator
  net/mlx4: Add a check if there are too many reserved QPs
  net/mlx4: Change QP allocation scheme
  net/mlx4_core: Use tasklet for user-space CQ completion events
  net/mlx4_core: Mask out host side virtualization features for guests
  net/mlx4_en: Set csum level for encapsulated packets
  be2net: Export tunnel offloads only when a VxLAN tunnel is created
  gianfar: Fix dma check map error when DMA_API_DEBUG is enabled
  cxgb4/csiostor: Don't use MASTER_MUST for fw_hello call
  net: fec: only enable mdio interrupt before phy device link up
  net: fec: clear all interrupt events to support i.MX6SX
  net: fec: reset fep link status in suspend function
  net: sock: fix access via invalid file descriptor
  net: introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr
  ...
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Pull networking updates from David Miller:

 1) New offloading infrastructure and example 'rocker' driver for
    offloading of switching and routing to hardware.

    This work was done by a large group of dedicated individuals, not
    limited to: Scott Feldman, Jiri Pirko, Thomas Graf, John Fastabend,
    Jamal Hadi Salim, Andy Gospodarek, Florian Fainelli, Roopa Prabhu

 2) Start making the networking operate on IOV iterators instead of
    modifying iov objects in-situ during transfers.  Thanks to Al Viro
    and Herbert Xu.

 3) A set of new netlink interfaces for the TIPC stack, from Richard
    Alpe.

 4) Remove unnecessary looping during ipv6 routing lookups, from Martin
    KaFai Lau.

 5) Add PAUSE frame generation support to gianfar driver, from Matei
    Pavaluca.

 6) Allow for larger reordering levels in TCP, which are easily
    achievable in the real world right now, from Eric Dumazet.

 7) Add a variable of napi_schedule that doesn't need to disable cpu
    interrupts, from Eric Dumazet.

 8) Use a doubly linked list to optimize neigh_parms_release(), from
    Nicolas Dichtel.

 9) Various enhancements to the kernel BPF verifier, and allow eBPF
    programs to actually be attached to sockets.  From Alexei
    Starovoitov.

10) Support TSO/LSO in sunvnet driver, from David L Stevens.

11) Allow controlling ECN usage via routing metrics, from Florian
    Westphal.

12) Remote checksum offload, from Tom Herbert.

13) Add split-header receive, BQL, and xmit_more support to amd-xgbe
    driver, from Thomas Lendacky.

14) Add MPLS support to openvswitch, from Simon Horman.

15) Support wildcard tunnel endpoints in ipv6 tunnels, from Steffen
    Klassert.

16) Do gro flushes on a per-device basis using a timer, from Eric
    Dumazet.  This tries to resolve the conflicting goals between the
    desired handling of bulk vs.  RPC-like traffic.

17) Allow userspace to ask for the CPU upon what a packet was
    received/steered, via SO_INCOMING_CPU.  From Eric Dumazet.

18) Limit GSO packets to half the current congestion window, from Eric
    Dumazet.

19) Add a generic helper so that all drivers set their RSS keys in a
    consistent way, from Eric Dumazet.

20) Add xmit_more support to enic driver, from Govindarajulu
    Varadarajan.

21) Add VLAN packet scheduler action, from Jiri Pirko.

22) Support configurable RSS hash functions via ethtool, from Eyal
    Perry.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1820 commits)
  Fix race condition between vxlan_sock_add and vxlan_sock_release
  net/macb: fix compilation warning for print_hex_dump() called with skb-&gt;mac_header
  net/mlx4: Add support for A0 steering
  net/mlx4: Refactor QUERY_PORT
  net/mlx4_core: Add explicit error message when rule doesn't meet configuration
  net/mlx4: Add A0 hybrid steering
  net/mlx4: Add mlx4_bitmap zone allocator
  net/mlx4: Add a check if there are too many reserved QPs
  net/mlx4: Change QP allocation scheme
  net/mlx4_core: Use tasklet for user-space CQ completion events
  net/mlx4_core: Mask out host side virtualization features for guests
  net/mlx4_en: Set csum level for encapsulated packets
  be2net: Export tunnel offloads only when a VxLAN tunnel is created
  gianfar: Fix dma check map error when DMA_API_DEBUG is enabled
  cxgb4/csiostor: Don't use MASTER_MUST for fw_hello call
  net: fec: only enable mdio interrupt before phy device link up
  net: fec: clear all interrupt events to support i.MX6SX
  net: fec: reset fep link status in suspend function
  net: sock: fix access via invalid file descriptor
  net: introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr
  ...
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<entry>
<title>net: sock: fix access via invalid file descriptor</title>
<updated>2014-12-11T04:34:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alexei Starovoitov</name>
<email>ast@plumgrid.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-12-11T04:14:55+00:00</published>
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0day robot reported the following crash:
[   21.233581] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000007
[   21.234709] IP: [&lt;ffffffff8156ebda&gt;] sk_attach_bpf+0x39/0xc2

It's due to bpf_prog_get() returning ERR_PTR.
Check it properly.

Reported-by: Fengguang Wu &lt;fengguang.wu@intel.com&gt;
Fixes: 89aa075832b0 ("net: sock: allow eBPF programs to be attached to sockets")
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@plumgrid.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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0day robot reported the following crash:
[   21.233581] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000007
[   21.234709] IP: [&lt;ffffffff8156ebda&gt;] sk_attach_bpf+0x39/0xc2

It's due to bpf_prog_get() returning ERR_PTR.
Check it properly.

Reported-by: Fengguang Wu &lt;fengguang.wu@intel.com&gt;
Fixes: 89aa075832b0 ("net: sock: allow eBPF programs to be attached to sockets")
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@plumgrid.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>net: introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr</title>
<updated>2014-12-11T03:41:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gu Zheng</name>
<email>guz.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-12-11T03:22:04+00:00</published>
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Introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr as a wrapper of the enumerating
cmsghdr from msghdr, just cleanup.

Signed-off-by: Gu Zheng &lt;guz.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Introduce helper macro for_each_cmsghdr as a wrapper of the enumerating
cmsghdr from msghdr, just cleanup.

Signed-off-by: Gu Zheng &lt;guz.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<title>Merge branch 'nsfs' into for-next</title>
<updated>2014-12-11T02:31:59+00:00</updated>
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<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
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<published>2014-12-11T02:31:59+00:00</published>
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<title>Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net</title>
<updated>2014-12-10T20:48:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David S. Miller</name>
<email>davem@davemloft.net</email>
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<published>2014-12-10T20:48:20+00:00</published>
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Conflicts:
	drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-desc.c
	drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c

Overlapping changes in both conflict cases.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Conflicts:
	drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-desc.c
	drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c

Overlapping changes in both conflict cases.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<title>net: Pull out core bits of __netdev_alloc_skb and add __napi_alloc_skb</title>
<updated>2014-12-10T18:31:57+00:00</updated>
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<name>Alexander Duyck</name>
<email>alexander.h.duyck@redhat.com</email>
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<published>2014-12-10T03:40:49+00:00</published>
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This change pulls the core functionality out of __netdev_alloc_skb and
places them in a new function named __alloc_rx_skb.  The reason for doing
this is to make these bits accessible to a new function __napi_alloc_skb.
In addition __alloc_rx_skb now has a new flags value that is used to
determine which page frag pool to allocate from.  If the SKB_ALLOC_NAPI
flag is set then the NAPI pool is used.  The advantage of this is that we
do not have to use local_irq_save/restore when accessing the NAPI pool from
NAPI context.

In my test setup I saw at least 11ns of savings using the napi_alloc_skb
function versus the netdev_alloc_skb function, most of this being due to
the fact that we didn't have to call local_irq_save/restore.

The main use case for napi_alloc_skb would be for things such as copybreak
or page fragment based receive paths where an skb is allocated after the
data has been received instead of before.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck &lt;alexander.h.duyck@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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This change pulls the core functionality out of __netdev_alloc_skb and
places them in a new function named __alloc_rx_skb.  The reason for doing
this is to make these bits accessible to a new function __napi_alloc_skb.
In addition __alloc_rx_skb now has a new flags value that is used to
determine which page frag pool to allocate from.  If the SKB_ALLOC_NAPI
flag is set then the NAPI pool is used.  The advantage of this is that we
do not have to use local_irq_save/restore when accessing the NAPI pool from
NAPI context.

In my test setup I saw at least 11ns of savings using the napi_alloc_skb
function versus the netdev_alloc_skb function, most of this being due to
the fact that we didn't have to call local_irq_save/restore.

The main use case for napi_alloc_skb would be for things such as copybreak
or page fragment based receive paths where an skb is allocated after the
data has been received instead of before.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck &lt;alexander.h.duyck@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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