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2009-11-04net: Introduce for_each_netdev_rcu() iteratorEric Dumazet
Adds RCU management to the list of netdevices. Convert some for_each_netdev() users to RCU version, if it can avoid read_lock-ing dev_base_lock Ie: read_lock(&dev_base_loack); for_each_netdev(net, dev) some_action(); read_unlock(&dev_base_lock); becomes : rcu_read_lock(); for_each_netdev_rcu(net, dev) some_action(); rcu_read_unlock(); Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-11-02gianfar: Basic Support for programming hash rulesSandeep Gopalpet
This patch provides basic hash rules programming via the ethtool interface. Signed-off-by: Sandeep Gopalpet <Sandeep.Kumar@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-11-02tg3 / broadcom: Optionally disable TXC if no linkMatt Carlson
This patch adds code to disable the TXC and RXC reference clocks if link is not available. Signed-off-by: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@broadcom.com> Reviewed-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-11-02tg3 / broadcom: Add code to disable rxc refclkMatt Carlson
The 5785 does not use the RXC reference clock. Turning it off is desirable as it saves power. By default, the 50610 enables the RXC reference clock and the 50610M disables it. Presumably this is one of the reasons why the hardware architect chose one over the other. Adding a "rx reference clock disable" flag is not the ideal way to describe the option, as it would force the MAC using a 50610M to set the flag. Ideally we want the flags to represent opt-in behavior that deviates from hardware defaults. Furthermore, the lack of a "disable" flag implies that the requester wants the rx reference clock enabled, which doesn't necessarily follow. By presenting the option as a passive statement (rx reference clock unused) rather than a command, I hope to convey an opt-in option to disable the rx reference clock that falls back to hardware defaults if not set. A secondary benefit of this is that it keeps the intelligence about phy defaults in the broadcom module where it belongs and allows the broadcom module more latitude should a bug arise. Signed-off-by: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@broadcom.com> Reviewed-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-11-02tg3 / broadcom: Add PHY_BRCM_CLEAR_RGMII_MODE flagMatt Carlson
Broadcom 50610M parts changed the default definitions of the RGMII mode shadow register. The 5785 needs the RGMII mode selection bits [4:3] cleared. The default value of the remaining bits in this register are zero. Rather than unnecessarily burn an extra bit in the dev_flags member in an attempt to enumerate all possible combinations, this patch take a more course grained approach and labels the option as "clear all bits". Signed-off-by: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@broadcom.com> Reviewed-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-11-02broadcom: Consolidate dev_flags definitionsMatt Carlson
This patch moves all the dev_flags enumerations outside the broadcom.c file to include/linux/brcmphy.h. The existing flags were not used yet and have been re-enumerated to avoid conflicts. Signed-off-by: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@broadcom.com> Reviewed-by: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-11-01net: Introduce dev_get_by_name_rcu()Eric Dumazet
Some workloads hit dev_base_lock rwlock pretty hard. We can use RCU lookups to avoid touching this rwlock (and avoid touching netdevice refcount) netdevices are already freed after a RCU grace period, so this patch adds no penalty at device dismantle time. However, it adds a synchronize_rcu() call in dev_change_name() Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-30RDS: Add GET_MR_FOR_DEST sockoptAndy Grover
RDS currently supports a GET_MR sockopt to establish a memory region (MR) for a chunk of memory. However, the fastreg method ties a MR to a particular destination. The GET_MR_FOR_DEST sockopt allows the remote machine to be specified, and thus support for fastreg (aka FRWRs). Note that this patch does *not* do all of this - it simply implements the new sockopt in terms of the old one, so applications can begin to use the new sockopt in preparation for cutover to FRWRs. Signed-off-by: Andy Grover <andy.grover@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-30net: Allow devices to specify a device specific sysfs group.Eric W. Biederman
This isn't beautifully abstracted, but it is simple, simplifies uses and so far is only needed for the bonding driver. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@aristanetworks.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-29gro: Change all receive functions to return GRO result codesBen Hutchings
This will allow drivers to adjust their receive path dynamically based on whether GRO is being applied successfully. Currently all in-tree callers ignore the return values of these functions and do not need to be changed. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-29gro: Name the GRO result enumeration typeBen Hutchings
This clarifies which return and parameter types are GRO result codes and not RX result codes. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-29net,socket: introduce DECLARE_SOCKADDR helper to catch overflow at build timeCyrill Gorcunov
proto_ops->getname implies copying protocol specific data into storage unit (particulary to __kernel_sockaddr_storage). So when we implement new protocol support we should keep such a detail in mind (which is easy to forget about). Lets introduce DECLARE_SOCKADDR helper which check if storage unit is not overfowed at build time. Eventually inet_getname is switched to use DECLARE_SOCKADDR (to show example of usage). Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-29Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6
2009-10-29net: Introduce dev_get_by_index_rcu()Eric Dumazet
Some workloads hit dev_base_lock rwlock pretty hard. We can use RCU lookups to avoid touching this rwlock. netdevices are already freed after a RCU grace period, so this patch adds no penalty at device dismantle time. dev_ifname() converted to dev_get_by_index_rcu() Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-29Allow disabling of DSACK TCP option per routeGilad Ben-Yossef
Add and use no DSCAK bit in the features field. Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@codefidence.com> Sigend-off-by: Ori Finkelman <ori@comsleep.com> Sigend-off-by: Yony Amit <yony@comsleep.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-29Allow to turn off TCP window scale opt per routeGilad Ben-Yossef
Add and use no window scale bit in the features field. Note that this is not the same as setting a window scale of 0 as would happen with window limit on route. Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@codefidence.com> Sigend-off-by: Ori Finkelman <ori@comsleep.com> Sigend-off-by: Yony Amit <yony@comsleep.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-29Allow disabling TCP timestamp options per routeGilad Ben-Yossef
Implement querying and acting upon the no timestamp bit in the feature field. Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@codefidence.com> Sigend-off-by: Ori Finkelman <ori@comsleep.com> Sigend-off-by: Yony Amit <yony@comsleep.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-29Add the no SACK route option featureGilad Ben-Yossef
Implement querying and acting upon the no sack bit in the features field. Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@codefidence.com> Sigend-off-by: Ori Finkelman <ori@comsleep.com> Sigend-off-by: Yony Amit <yony@comsleep.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-29net: Add ndo_fcoe_get_wwn to net_device_opsYi Zou
Add ndo_fcoe_get_wwn so Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) can make use of the provided World Wide Port Name (WWPN) and World Wide Node Name (WWNN) from the underlying network interface driver. Signed-off-by: Yi Zou <yi.zou@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-28vlan: Optimize multiple unregistrationEric Dumazet
Use unregister_netdevice_many() to speedup master device unregister. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-28net: Introduce unregister_netdevice_many()Eric Dumazet
Introduce rollback_registered_many() and unregister_netdevice_many() rollback_registered_many() is able to perform necessary steps at device dismantle time, factorizing two expensive synchronize_net() calls. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-28net: Introduce unregister_netdevice_queue()Eric Dumazet
This patchs adds an unreg_list anchor to struct net_device, and introduces an unregister_netdevice_queue() function, able to queue a net_device to a list instead of immediately unregister it. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-27ssb: Put host pointers into a unionMichael Buesch
This slightly shrinks the structure. Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-10-27vlan: allow null VLAN ID to be usedEric Dumazet
We currently use a 16 bit field (vlan_tci) to store VLAN ID/PRIO on a skb. Null value is used as a special value, meaning vlan tagging not enabled. This forbids use of null vlan ID. As pointed by David, some drivers use the 3 high order bits (PRIO) As VLAN ID is 12 bits, we can use the remaining bit (CFI) as a flag, and allow null VLAN ID. In case future code really wants to use VLAN_CFI_MASK, we'll have to use a bit outside of vlan_tci. #define VLAN_PRIO_MASK 0xe000 /* Priority Code Point */ #define VLAN_PRIO_SHIFT 13 #define VLAN_CFI_MASK 0x1000 /* Canonical Format Indicator */ #define VLAN_TAG_PRESENT VLAN_CFI_MASK #define VLAN_VID_MASK 0x0fff /* VLAN Identifier */ Reported-by: Gertjan Hofman <gertjan_hofman@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-22pkt_sched: skbedit add support for setting markjamal
This adds support for setting the skb mark. Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-20filter: Add SKF_AD_QUEUE instructionEric Dumazet
It can help being able to filter packets on their queue_mapping. If filter performance is not good, we could add a "numqueue" field in struct packet_type, so that netif_nit_deliver() and other functions can directly ignore packets with not expected queue number. Lets experiment this simple filter extension first. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-20can: provide library functions for skb allocationWolfgang Grandegger
This patch makes the private functions alloc_can_skb() and alloc_can_err_skb() of the at91_can driver public and adapts all drivers to use these. While making the patch I realized, that the skb's are *not* setup consistently. It's now done as shown below: skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_CAN); skb->pkt_type = PACKET_BROADCAST; skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY; *cf = (struct can_frame *)skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct can_frame)); memset(*cf, 0, sizeof(struct can_frame)); The frame is zeroed out to avoid uninitialized data to be passed to user space. Some drivers or library code did not set "pkt_type" or "ip_summed". Also, "__constant_htons()" should not be used for runtime invocations, as pointed out by David Miller. Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-19pkt_sched: ingress socket filter by markjamal
Allow bpf to set a filter to drop packets that dont match a specific mark Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-18inet: rename some inet_sock fieldsEric Dumazet
In order to have better cache layouts of struct sock (separate zones for rx/tx paths), we need this preliminary patch. Goal is to transfert fields used at lookup time in the first read-mostly cache line (inside struct sock_common) and move sk_refcnt to a separate cache line (only written by rx path) This patch adds inet_ prefix to daddr, rcv_saddr, dport, num, saddr, sport and id fields. This allows a future patch to define these fields as macros, like sk_refcnt, without name clashes. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-13net: smsc911x: allow platform_data to specify mac addressManuel Lauss
Extend the driver to accept a MAC address specified in platform_data. Signed-off-by: Manuel Lauss <manuel.lauss@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-13can: make the number of echo skb's configurableWolfgang Grandegger
This patch allows the CAN controller driver to define the number of echo skb's used for the local loopback (echo), as suggested by Kurt Van Dijck, with the function: struct net_device *alloc_candev(int sizeof_priv, unsigned int echo_skb_max); The CAN drivers have been adapted accordingly. For the ems_usb driver, as suggested by Sebastian Haas, the number of echo skb's has been increased to 10, which improves the transmission performance a lot. Signed-off-by: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com> Signed-off-by: Kurt Van Dijck <kurt.van.dijck@eia.be> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-13net: Add netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() helperEric Dumazet
Instead of hardcoding NET_IP_ALIGN stuff in various network drivers, we can add a helper around netdev_alloc_skb() Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-12net: Introduce recvmmsg socket syscallArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Meaning receive multiple messages, reducing the number of syscalls and net stack entry/exit operations. Next patches will introduce mechanisms where protocols that want to optimize this operation will provide an unlocked_recvmsg operation. This takes into account comments made by: . Paul Moore: sock_recvmsg is called only for the first datagram, sock_recvmsg_nosec is used for the rest. . Caitlin Bestler: recvmmsg now has a struct timespec timeout, that works in the same fashion as the ppoll one. If the underlying protocol returns a datagram with MSG_OOB set, this will make recvmmsg return right away with as many datagrams (+ the OOB one) it has received so far. . Rémi Denis-Courmont & Steven Whitehouse: If we receive N < vlen datagrams and then recvmsg returns an error, recvmmsg will return the successfully received datagrams, store the error and return it in the next call. This paves the way for a subsequent optimization, sk_prot->unlocked_recvmsg, where we will be able to acquire the lock only at batch start and end, not at every underlying recvmsg call. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-12net: Generalize socket rx gap / receive queue overflow cmsgNeil Horman
Create a new socket level option to report number of queue overflows Recently I augmented the AF_PACKET protocol to report the number of frames lost on the socket receive queue between any two enqueued frames. This value was exported via a SOL_PACKET level cmsg. AFter I completed that work it was requested that this feature be generalized so that any datagram oriented socket could make use of this option. As such I've created this patch, It creates a new SOL_SOCKET level option called SO_RXQ_OVFL, which when enabled exports a SOL_SOCKET level cmsg that reports the nubmer of times the sk_receive_queue overflowed between any two given frames. It also augments the AF_PACKET protocol to take advantage of this new feature (as it previously did not touch sk->sk_drops, which this patch uses to record the overflow count). Tested successfully by me. Notes: 1) Unlike my previous patch, this patch simply records the sk_drops value, which is not a number of drops between packets, but rather a total number of drops. Deltas must be computed in user space. 2) While this patch currently works with datagram oriented protocols, it will also be accepted by non-datagram oriented protocols. I'm not sure if thats agreeable to everyone, but my argument in favor of doing so is that, for those protocols which aren't applicable to this option, sk_drops will always be zero, and reporting no drops on a receive queue that isn't used for those non-participating protocols seems reasonable to me. This also saves us having to code in a per-protocol opt in mechanism. 3) This applies cleanly to net-next assuming that commit 977750076d98c7ff6cbda51858bb5a5894a9d9ab (my af packet cmsg patch) is reverted Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-12Revert "af_packet: add interframe drop cmsg (v6)"David S. Miller
This reverts commit 977750076d98c7ff6cbda51858bb5a5894a9d9ab. Neil is reimplementing this generically, outside of AF_PACKET. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-11Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
2009-10-09Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6
2009-10-08ipv6: Fix the size overflow of addrconf_sysctl arrayJin Dongming
(This patch fixes bug of commit f7734fdf61ec6bb848e0bafc1fb8bad2c124bb50 title "make TLLAO option for NA packets configurable") When the IPV6 conf is used, the function sysctl_set_parent is called and the array addrconf_sysctl is used as a parameter of the function. The above patch added new conf "force_tllao" into the array addrconf_sysctl, but the size of the array was not modified, the static allocated size is DEVCONF_MAX + 1 but the real size is DEVCONF_MAX + 2, so the problem is that the function sysctl_set_parent accessed wrong address. I got the following information. Call Trace: [<ffffffff8106085d>] sysctl_set_parent+0x29/0x3e [<ffffffff8106085d>] sysctl_set_parent+0x29/0x3e [<ffffffff8106085d>] sysctl_set_parent+0x29/0x3e [<ffffffff8106085d>] sysctl_set_parent+0x29/0x3e [<ffffffff8106085d>] sysctl_set_parent+0x29/0x3e [<ffffffff810622d5>] __register_sysctl_paths+0xde/0x272 [<ffffffff8110892d>] ? __kmalloc_track_caller+0x16e/0x180 [<ffffffffa00cfac3>] ? __addrconf_sysctl_register+0xc5/0x144 [ipv6] [<ffffffff8141f2c9>] register_net_sysctl_table+0x48/0x4b [<ffffffffa00cfaf5>] __addrconf_sysctl_register+0xf7/0x144 [ipv6] [<ffffffffa00cfc16>] addrconf_init_net+0xd4/0x104 [ipv6] [<ffffffff8139195f>] setup_net+0x35/0x82 [<ffffffff81391f6c>] copy_net_ns+0x76/0xe0 [<ffffffff8107ad60>] create_new_namespaces+0xf0/0x16e [<ffffffff8107afee>] copy_namespaces+0x65/0x9f [<ffffffff81056dff>] copy_process+0xb2c/0x12c3 [<ffffffff810576e1>] do_fork+0x14b/0x2d2 [<ffffffff8107ac4e>] ? up_read+0xe/0x10 [<ffffffff81438e73>] ? do_page_fault+0x27a/0x2aa [<ffffffff8101044b>] sys_clone+0x28/0x2a [<ffffffff81011fb3>] stub_clone+0x13/0x20 [<ffffffff81011c72>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b And the information of IPV6 in .config is as following. IPV6 in .config: CONFIG_IPV6=m CONFIG_IPV6_PRIVACY=y CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTER_PREF=y CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTE_INFO=y CONFIG_IPV6_OPTIMISTIC_DAD=y CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6=m CONFIG_IPV6_SIT=m # CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD is not set CONFIG_IPV6_NDISC_NODETYPE=y CONFIG_IPV6_TUNNEL=m CONFIG_IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES=y CONFIG_IPV6_SUBTREES=y CONFIG_IPV6_MROUTE=y CONFIG_IPV6_PIMSM_V2=y # CONFIG_IP_VS_IPV6 is not set CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_IPV6=m CONFIG_IP6_NF_MATCH_IPV6HEADER=m I confirmed this patch fixes this problem. Signed-off-by: Jin Dongming <jin.dongming@np.css.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-07can: add TI CAN (HECC) driverAnant Gole
TI HECC (High End CAN Controller) module is found on many TI devices. It has 32 hardware mailboxes with full implementation of CAN protocol 2.0B with bus speeds up to 1Mbps. Specifications of the module are available on TI web <http://www.ti.com> Signed-off-by: Anant Gole <anantgole@ti.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-07udp: dynamically size hash tables at boot timeEric Dumazet
UDP_HTABLE_SIZE was initialy defined to 128, which is a bit small for several setups. 4000 active UDP sockets -> 32 sockets per chain in average. An incoming frame has to lookup all sockets to find best match, so long chains hurt latency. Instead of a fixed size hash table that cant be perfect for every needs, let UDP stack choose its table size at boot time like tcp/ip route, using alloc_large_system_hash() helper Add an optional boot parameter, uhash_entries=x so that an admin can force a size between 256 and 65536 if needed, like thash_entries and rhash_entries. dmesg logs two new lines : [ 0.647039] UDP hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.647099] UDP Lite hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) Maximal size on 64bit arches would be 65536 slots, ie 1 MBytes for non debugging spinlocks. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-07IPv6: Fix 6RD build errorBrian Haley
Fix build error introduced in commit fa857afcf - ipv6 sit: 6rd (IPv6 Rapid Deployment) Support. Struct in6_addr is the issue. I'm only seeing this on x86_64 systems, not on 32-bit with same IPv6 config options, so it could be there's a missing forward declaration somewhere, but including the correct header file fixes the problem too. CC [M] net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.o In file included from net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c:31: include/linux/if_tunnel.h:59: error: field ‘prefix’ has incomplete type make[2]: *** [net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [net/ipv6] Error 2 Signed-off-by: Brian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-07include/linux/netdevice.h: fix nanodoc mismatchWolfram Sang
nanodoc was missing an ndo_-prefix. Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-07nl80211: report age of scan resultsHolger Schurig
Linux keeps scan results up to 15 seconds. This can be a problem for fast moving clients: they get back stale data. But if the kernel reports the age of the BSS items, then user-space can simply weed out old entries by itself. Signed-off-by: Holger Schurig <hs4233@mail.mn-solutions.de> Acked-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-10-07dcb: data center bridging ops should be r/oStephen Hemminger
The data center bridging ops structure can be const Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Acked-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-07make TLLAO option for NA packets configurableOctavian Purdila
On Friday 02 October 2009 20:53:51 you wrote: > This is good although I would have shortened the name. Ah, I knew I forgot something :) Here is v4. tavi >From 24d96d825b9fa832b22878cc6c990d5711968734 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 00:51:15 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: new sysctl for sending TLLAO with unicast NAs Neighbor advertisements responding to unicast neighbor solicitations did not include the target link-layer address option. This patch adds a new sysctl option (disabled by default) which controls whether this option should be sent even with unicast NAs. The need for this arose because certain routers expect the TLLAO in some situations even as a response to unicast NS packets. Moreover, RFC 2461 recommends sending this to avoid a race condition (section 4.4, Target link-layer address) Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@ixiacom.com> Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-07ethtool: Add reset operationBen Hutchings
After updating firmware stored in flash, users may wish to reset the relevant hardware and start the new firmware immediately. This should not be completely automatic as it may be disruptive. A selective reset may also be useful for debugging or diagnostics. This adds a separate reset operation which takes flags indicating the components to be reset. Drivers are allowed to reset only a subset of those requested, and must indicate the actual subset. This allows the use of generic component masks and some future expansion. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-07ipv6 sit: 6rd (IPv6 Rapid Deployment) Support.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
IPv6 Rapid Deployment (6rd; draft-ietf-softwire-ipv6-6rd) builds upon mechanisms of 6to4 (RFC3056) to enable a service provider to rapidly deploy IPv6 unicast service to IPv4 sites to which it provides customer premise equipment. Like 6to4, it utilizes stateless IPv6 in IPv4 encapsulation in order to transit IPv4-only network infrastructure. Unlike 6to4, a 6rd service provider uses an IPv6 prefix of its own in place of the fixed 6to4 prefix. With this option enabled, the SIT driver offers 6rd functionality by providing additional ioctl API to configure the IPv6 Prefix for in stead of static 2002::/16 for 6to4. Original patch was done by Alexandre Cassen <acassen@freebox.fr> based on old Internet-Draft. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-07add vif using local interface index instead of IPIlia K
When routing daemon wants to enable forwarding of multicast traffic it performs something like: struct vifctl vc = { .vifc_vifi = 1, .vifc_flags = 0, .vifc_threshold = 1, .vifc_rate_limit = 0, .vifc_lcl_addr = ip, /* <--- ip address of physical interface, e.g. eth0 */ .vifc_rmt_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY), }; setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IP, MRT_ADD_VIF, &vc, sizeof(vc)); This leads (in the kernel) to calling vif_add() function call which search the (physical) device using assigned IP address: dev = ip_dev_find(net, vifc->vifc_lcl_addr.s_addr); The current API (struct vifctl) does not allow to specify an interface other way than using it's IP, and if there are more than a single interface with specified IP only the first one will be found. The attached patch (against 2.6.30.4) allows to specify an interface by its index, instead of IP address: struct vifctl vc = { .vifc_vifi = 1, .vifc_flags = VIFF_USE_IFINDEX, /* NEW */ .vifc_threshold = 1, .vifc_rate_limit = 0, .vifc_lcl_ifindex = if_nametoindex("eth0"), /* NEW */ .vifc_rmt_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY), }; setsockopt(fd, IPPROTO_IP, MRT_ADD_VIF, &vc, sizeof(vc)); Signed-off-by: Ilia K. <mail4ilia@gmail.com> === modified file 'include/linux/mroute.h' Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-10-06Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
2009-10-05net: introduce NETDEV_POST_INIT notifierJohannes Berg
For various purposes including a wireless extensions bugfix, we need to hook into the netdev creation before before netdev_register_kobject(). This will also ease doing the dev type assignment that Marcel was working on for cfg80211 drivers w/o touching them all. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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