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2009-05-18net: add tx_packets/tx_bytes/tx_dropped counters in struct netdev_queueEric Dumazet
offsetof(struct net_device, features)=0x44 offsetof(struct net_device, stats.tx_packets)=0x54 offsetof(struct net_device, stats.tx_bytes)=0x5c offsetof(struct net_device, stats.tx_dropped)=0x6c Network drivers that touch dev->stats.tx_packets/stats.tx_bytes in their tx path can slow down SMP operations, since they dirty a cache line that should stay shared (dev->features is needed in rx and tx paths) We could move away stats field in net_device but it wont help that much. (Two cache lines dirtied in tx path, we can do one only) Better solution is to add tx_packets/tx_bytes/tx_dropped in struct netdev_queue because this structure is already touched in tx path and counters updates will then be free (no increase in size) Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-18Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6
2009-05-17fcoe: adds spma mode supportVasu Dev
If we can find a type NETDEV_HW_ADDR_T_SAN mac address from the corresponding netdev for a fcoe interface then sets up added the fc->ctlr.spma flag and stores spma mode address in ctl_src_addr. In case the spma flag is set then:- 1. Adds spma mode MAC address in ctl_src_addr as secondary MAC address, the FLOGI for FIP and pre-FIP will go out using this address. 2. Cleans up stored spma MAC address in ctl_src_addr in fcoe_netdev_cleanup. 3. Sets up spma bit in fip_flags for FIP solicitations along with exiting FPMA bit setting. 4. Initialize the FLOGI FIP MAC descriptor to stored spma MAC address in ctl_src_addr. This is used as proposed FCoE MAC address from initiator along with both SPMA and FPMA bit set in FIP solicitation, in response the switch may grant any FPMA or SPMA mode MAC address to initiator. Removes FIP descriptor type checking against ELS type ELS_FLOGI in fcoe_ctlr_encaps to update a FIP MAC descriptor, instead now checks against FIP_DT_FLOGI. I've tested this with available FPMA-only FCoE switch but since data_src_addr is updated using same old code for both FPMA and SPMA modes with FIP or pre-FIP links, so added SPMA mode will work with SPMA-only switch also provided that switch grants a valid MAC address. Signed-off-by: Vasu Dev <vasu.dev@intel.com> 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>
2009-05-17mdio: Add XENPAK LASI register definitionsBen Hutchings
These registers were originally defined for XENPAK modules, but are also implemented by many other 10G PHYs. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-17mdio: Add 10GBASE-T SNR register definitionBen Hutchings
These do not have an in-kernel user but may be useful to user-space. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-17net: tx scalability works : trans_startEric Dumazet
struct net_device trans_start field is a hot spot on SMP and high performance devices, particularly multi queues ones, because every transmitter dirties it. Is main use is tx watchdog and bonding alive checks. But as most devices dont use NETIF_F_LLTX, we have to lock a netdev_queue before calling their ndo_start_xmit(). So it makes sense to move trans_start from net_device to netdev_queue. Its update will occur on a already present (and in exclusive state) cache line, for free. We can do this transition smoothly. An old driver continue to update dev->trans_start, while an updated one updates txq->trans_start. Further patches could also put tx_bytes/tx_packets counters in netdev_queue to avoid dirtying dev->stats (vlan device comes to mind) Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-17ipv4: remove an unused parameter from configure method of fib_rules_ops.Rami Rosen
Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-13nl80211: Add RSC configuration for new keysJouni Malinen
When setting a key with NL80211_CMD_NEW_KEY, we should allow the key sequence number (RSC) to be set in order to allow replay protection to work correctly for group keys. This patch documents this use for nl80211 and adds the couple of missing pieces in nl80211/cfg80211 and mac80211 to support this. In addition, WEXT SIOCSIWENCODEEXT compat processing in cfg80211 is extended to handle the RSC (this was already specified in WEXT, but just not implemented in cfg80211/mac80211). Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-13nl80211: Add IEEE 802.1X PAE control for station modeJouni Malinen
Add a new NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT flag for NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE to allow user space to indicate that it will control the IEEE 802.1X port in station mode. Previously, mac80211 was always marking the port authorized in station mode. This was enough when drop_unencrypted flag was set. However, drop_unencrypted can currently be controlled only with WEXT and the current nl80211 design does not allow fully secure configuration. Fix this by providing a mechanism for user space to control the IEEE 802.1X port in station mode (i.e., do the same that we are already doing in AP mode). Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-13nl80211: improve station flags handlingJohannes Berg
It is currently not possible to modify station flags, but that capability would be very useful. This patch introduces a new nl80211 attribute that contains a set/mask for station flags, and updates the internal API (and mac80211) to mirror that. The new attribute is parsed before falling back to the old so that userspace can specify both (if it can) to work on all kernels. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-13cfg80211: implement wext key handlingJohannes Berg
Move key handling wireless extension ioctls from mac80211 to cfg80211 so that all drivers that implement the cfg80211 operations get wext compatibility. Note that this drops the SIOCGIWENCODE ioctl support for getting IW_ENCODE_RESTRICTED/IW_ENCODE_OPEN. This means that iwconfig will no longer report "Security mode:open" or "Security mode:restricted" for mac80211. However, what we displayed there (the authentication algo used) was actually wrong -- linux/wireless.h states that this setting is meant to differentiate between "Refuse non-encoded packets" and "Accept non-encoded packets". (Combined with "cfg80211: fix a couple of bugs with key ioctls". -- JWL) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-11mac80211: Robust Action frame categories for MFPJouni Malinen
IEEE 802.11w/D9.0 introduces a mechanism for Action field Category values to be used to select which Action frames are Robust. Public and Vendor-specific categories are marked as not Robust in IEEE 802.11w; HT will be marked not Robust in IEEE 802.11n. A new Vendor-specific Protected category is allocated for Robust vendor-specific Action frames. Another new category, Protected Dual of Action, is introduced for protecting some existing Public Action frames (e.g., IEEE 802.11y protected enablement). Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-11cfg80211: put wext data into substructureJohannes Berg
To make it more apparent in the code what is for wext only (and needs to be #ifdef'ed) put all the info for wext into a substruct in each wireless_dev. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-11cfg80211: constify key mac address in opsJohannes Berg
The address pointed to by mac_addr can be marked as const. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-11mac80211: remove ieee80211_ht_bss_infoJohannes Berg
This struct is no longer used (and hasn't been for a while). Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-11mac80211: move HT operation mode BSS infoJohannes Berg
There really is no need to have a separate struct for a single variable. The fact that it exists is due to the code legacy, but we can remove that now. Very simple. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-11nl80211 : Add support for configuring MFPJouni Malinen
NL80211_CMD_ASSOCIATE request must be able to indicate whether management frame protection (IEEE 802.11w) is being used. mac80211 was able to use MFP in client mode only with WEXT, but the new NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP attribute will allow this to be done with nl80211, too. Since we are currently using nl80211 for MFP only with drivers that use user space SME, only MFP disabled and required values are used. However, the NL80211_ATTR_USE_MFP attribute is an enum that can be extended with MFP optional in the future, if that is needed with some drivers (e.g., if the RSN IE is generated by the driver). Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-08Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6
2009-05-08Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: include/net/tcp.h
2009-05-07tcp: tcp_prequeue() can use keyed wakeupsEric Dumazet
We can avoid waking up tasks not interested in receive notifications, using wake_up_interruptible_poll() instead of wake_up_interruptible() Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-07tcp: tcp_prequeue() cleanupEric Dumazet
Small cleanup patch to reduce line lengths, before a change in tcp_prequeue(). Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-06net: Add missing rculist.h include to netdevice.hDavid S. Miller
Otherwise list_for_each_entry_rcu() et al. aren't visible and we get build failures in some configurations. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-06mac80211: Update SA Query transaction id lengthJouni Malinen
IEEE 802.11w/D8.0 changed the length of the SA Query transaction identifier from 16 to 2 octets. Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-06wl12xx: add driverKalle Valo
wl12xx is a driver for TI wl1251 802.11 chipset designed for embedded devices, supporting both SDIO and SPI busses. Currently the driver supports only SPI. Adding support 1253 (the 5 GHz version) should be relatively easy. More information here: http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/wtbu/wtbuproductcontent.tsp?contentId=4711&navigationId=12494&templateId=6123 (Collapsed original sequence of pre-merge patches into single commit for initial merge. -- JWL) Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-06mac80211: tell driver when idleJohannes Berg
When we aren't doing anything in mac80211, we can turn off much of the hardware, depending on the driver/hw. Not doing anything, aka being idle, means: * no monitor interfaces * no AP/mesh/wds interfaces * any station interfaces are in DISABLED state * any IBSS interfaces aren't trying to be in a network * we aren't trying to scan By creating a new function that verifies these conditions and calling it at strategic points where the states of those conditions change, we can easily make mac80211 tell the driver when we are idle to save power. Additionally, this fixes a small quirk where a recalculated powersave state is passed to the driver even if the hardware is about to stopped completely. This patch intentionally doesn't touch radio_enabled because that is currently implemented to be a soft rfkill which is inappropriate here when we need to be able to wake up with low latency. One thing I'm not entirely sure about is this: phy0: device no longer idle - in use wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:11:24:91:07:4d try 1 wlan0 direct probe responded wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:11:24:91:07:4d wlan0: authenticated > phy0: device now idle > phy0: device no longer idle - in use wlan0: associate with AP 00:11:24:91:07:4d wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:11:24:91:07:4d (capab=0x401 status=0 aid=1) wlan0: associated Is it appropriate to go into idle state for a short time when we have just authenticated, but not associated yet? This happens only with the userspace SME, because we cannot really know how long it will wait before asking us to associate. Would going idle after a short timeout be more appropriate? We may need to revisit this, depending on what happens. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-06mac80211: unify config_interface and bss_info_changedJohannes Berg
The config_interface method is a little strange, it contains the BSSID and beacon updates, while bss_info_changed contains most other BSS information for each interface. This patch removes config_interface and rolls all the information it previously passed to drivers into bss_info_changed. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-06mac80211: clean up beacon interval settingsJohannes Berg
We currently have two beacon interval configuration knobs: hw.conf.beacon_int and vif.bss_info.beacon_int. This is rather confusing, even though the former is used when we beacon ourselves and the latter when we are associated to an AP. This just deprecates the hw.conf.beacon_int setting in favour of always using vif.bss_info.beacon_int. Since it touches all the beaconing IBSS code anyway, we can also add support for the cfg80211 IBSS beacon interval configuration easily. NOTE: The hw.conf.beacon_int setting is retained for now due to drivers still using it -- I couldn't untangle all drivers, some are updated in this patch. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-06mac80211: rename max_sleep_interval to max_sleep_periodJohannes Berg
Kalle points out that max_sleep_interval is somewhat confusing because the value is measured in beacon intervals, and not in TU. Rename it to max_sleep_period to be consistent with things like DTIM period that are also measured in beacon intervals. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2009-05-05net: introduce a list of device addresses dev_addr_list (v6)Jiri Pirko
v5 -> v6 (current): -removed so far unused static functions -corrected dev_addr_del_multiple to call del instead of add v4 -> v5: -added device address type (suggested by davem) -removed refcounting (better to have simplier code then safe potentially few bytes) v3 -> v4: -changed kzalloc to kmalloc in __hw_addr_add_ii() -ASSERT_RTNL() avoided in dev_addr_flush() and dev_addr_init() v2 -> v3: -removed unnecessary rcu read locking -moved dev_addr_flush() calling to ensure no null dereference of dev_addr v1 -> v2: -added forgotten ASSERT_RTNL to dev_addr_init and dev_addr_flush -removed unnecessary rcu_read locking in dev_addr_init -use compare_ether_addr_64bits instead of compare_ether_addr -use L1_CACHE_BYTES as size for allocating struct netdev_hw_addr -use call_rcu instead of rcu_synchronize -moved is_etherdev_addr into __KERNEL__ ifdef This patch introduces a new list in struct net_device and brings a set of functions to handle the work with device address list. The list is a replacement for the original dev_addr field and because in some situations there is need to carry several device addresses with the net device. To be backward compatible, dev_addr is made to point to the first member of the list so original drivers sees no difference. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-05Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kaber/nf-2.6
2009-05-05netfilter: xt_cluster: fix use of cluster match with 32 nodesPablo Neira Ayuso
This patch fixes a problem when you use 32 nodes in the cluster match: % iptables -I PREROUTING -t mangle -i eth0 -m cluster \ --cluster-total-nodes 32 --cluster-local-node 32 \ --cluster-hash-seed 0xdeadbeef -j MARK --set-mark 0xffff iptables: Invalid argument. Run `dmesg' for more information. % dmesg | tail -1 xt_cluster: this node mask cannot be higher than the total number of nodes The problem is related to this checking: if (info->node_mask >= (1 << info->total_nodes)) { printk(KERN_ERR "xt_cluster: this node mask cannot be " "higher than the total number of nodes\n"); return false; } (1 << 32) is 1. Thus, the checking fails. BTW, I said this before but I insist: I have only tested the cluster match with 2 nodes getting ~45% extra performance in an active-active setup. The maximum limit of 32 nodes is still completely arbitrary. I'd really appreciate if people that have more nodes in their setups let me know. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
2009-05-05netfilter: add missing linux/types.h include to xt_LED.hPatrick McHardy
Pointed out by Dave Miller: CHECK include/linux/netfilter (57 files) /home/davem/src/GIT/net-2.6/usr/include/linux/netfilter/xt_LED.h:6: found __[us]{8,16,32,64} type without #include <linux/types.h> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
2009-05-04Bluetooth: Fix issue with sysfs handling for connectionsMarcel Holtmann
Due to a semantic changes in flush_workqueue() the current approach of synchronizing the sysfs handling for connections doesn't work anymore. The whole approach is actually fully broken and based on assumptions that are no longer valid. With the introduction of Simple Pairing support, the creation of low-level ACL links got changed. This change invalidates the reason why in the past two independent work queues have been used for adding/removing sysfs devices. The adding of the actual sysfs device is now postponed until the host controller successfully assigns an unique handle to that link. So the real synchronization happens inside the controller and not the host. The only left-over problem is that some internals of the sysfs device handling are not initialized ahead of time. This leaves potential access to invalid data and can cause various NULL pointer dereferences. To fix this a new function makes sure that all sysfs details are initialized when an connection attempt is made. The actual sysfs device is only registered when the connection has been successfully established. To avoid a race condition with the registration, the check if a device is registered has been moved into the removal work. As an extra protection two flush_work() calls are left in place to make sure a previous add/del work has been completed first. Based on a report by Marc Pignat <marc.pignat@hevs.ch> Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> Tested-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com> Tested-by: Roger Quadros <ext-roger.quadros@nokia.com> Tested-by: Marc Pignat <marc.pignat@hevs.ch>
2009-05-04usbnet: CDC EEM support (v5)Omar Laazimani
This introduces a CDC Ethernet Emulation Model (EEM) host side driver to support USB EEM devices. EEM is different from the Ethernet Control Model (ECM) currently supported by the "CDC Ethernet" driver. One key difference is that it doesn't require of USB interface alternate settings to manage interface state; some maldesigned hardware can't handle that part of USB. It also avoids a separate USB interface for control and status updates. [ dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net: fix skb leaks, add rx packet checks, improve fault handling, EEM conformance updates, cleanup ] Signed-off-by: Omar Laazimani <omar.oberthur@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-04tcp: Fix tcp_prequeue() to get correct rto_min valueSatoru SATOH
tcp_prequeue() refers to the constant value (TCP_RTO_MIN) regardless of the actual value might be tuned. The following patches fix this and make tcp_prequeue get the actual value returns from tcp_rto_min(). Signed-off-by: Satoru SATOH <satoru.satoh@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-03ipv4: remove unused macro (FIB_RES_RESET) from ip_fib.h.Rami Rosen
Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-03Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
2009-05-01virtio: add missing include to virtio_net.hGrant Likely
virtio_net.h uses the macro ETH_ALEN which is defined in linux/if_ether.h. Discovered when hacking on virtio-over-pci patches. Signed-off-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-01netfilter: use likely() in xt_info_rdlock_bh()Eric Dumazet
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-29Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: Documentation/isdn/00-INDEX drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-scan.c drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c net/mac80211/main.c
2009-04-29ethtool/mdio: Support backplane mode negotiationBen Hutchings
Compile-tested only. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-29ethtool/mdio: Report MDIO mode support and link partner advertisingBen Hutchings
Add mdio_support and lp_advertising fields to ethtool_cmd. Set these in mdio45_ethtool_gset{,_npage}(). Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-29mdio: Add mdio45_ethtool_spauseparam_an()Ben Hutchings
This implements the ETHTOOL_SPAUSEPARAM operation for MDIO (clause 45) PHYs with auto-negotiation MMDs. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-29mii: Add mii_advertise_flowctrl()Ben Hutchings
This converts flow control capabilites to an advertising mask and can be useful in combination with mii_resolve_flowctrl_fdx(). Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-29mii: Simplify mii_resolve_flowctrl_fdx()Ben Hutchings
This is a shorter and more comprehensible formulation of the conditions for each flow control mode. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-29mdio: Add generic MDIO (clause 45) support functionsBen Hutchings
These roughly mirror many of the MII library functions and are based on code from the sfc driver. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-29mdio: Add register definitions for MDIO (clause 45)Ben Hutchings
IEEE 802.3 clause 45 specifies the MDIO interface and registers for use in 10G and other PHYs, similar to the MII management interface. PHYs may have up to 32 MMDs corresponding to different sub-layers and functions, each with up to 65536 registers. These are addressed by PRTAD (similar to the MII PHY address) and DEVAD. Define a mapping for specifying PRTAD and DEVAD through the existing MII ioctls. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-29ethtool: Add port type PORT_OTHERBen Hutchings
Add a PORT_OTHER to represent all other physical port types. Current NICs generally do not allow switching between multiple port types in software so specific types should not be needed. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-28Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/holtmann/bluetooth-2.6
2009-04-28netfilter: revised locking for x_tablesStephen Hemminger
The x_tables are organized with a table structure and a per-cpu copies of the counters and rules. On older kernels there was a reader/writer lock per table which was a performance bottleneck. In 2.6.30-rc, this was converted to use RCU and the counters/rules which solved the performance problems for do_table but made replacing rules much slower because of the necessary RCU grace period. This version uses a per-cpu set of spinlocks and counters to allow to table processing to proceed without the cache thrashing of a global reader lock and keeps the same performance for table updates. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>