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2008-02-23Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (37 commits) [NETFILTER]: fix ebtable targets return [IP_TUNNEL]: Don't limit the number of tunnels with generic name explicitly. [NET]: Restore sanity wrt. print_mac(). [NEIGH]: Fix race between neighbor lookup and table's hash_rnd update. [RTNL]: Validate hardware and broadcast address attribute for RTM_NEWLINK tg3: ethtool phys_id default [BNX2]: Update version to 1.7.4. [BNX2]: Disable parallel detect on an HP blade. [BNX2]: More 5706S link down workaround. ssb: Fix support for PCI devices behind a SSB->PCI bridge zd1211rw: fix sparse warnings rtl818x: fix sparse warnings ssb: Fix pcicore cardbus mode ssb: Make the GPIO API reentrancy safe ssb: Fix the GPIO API ssb: Fix watchdog access for devices without a chipcommon ssb: Fix serial console on new bcm47xx devices ath5k: Fix build warnings on some 64-bit platforms. WDEV, ath5k, don't return int from bool function WDEV: ath5k, fix lock imbalance ...
2008-02-19[NET]: Messed multicast lists after dev_mc_sync/unsyncJorge Boncompte [DTI2]
Commit a0a400d79e3dd7843e7e81baa3ef2957bdc292d0 ("[NET]: dev_mcast: add multicast list synchronization helpers") from you introduced a new field "da_synced" to struct dev_addr_list that is not properly initialized to 0. So when any of the current users (8021q, macvlan, mac80211) calls dev_mc_sync/unsync they mess the address list for both devices. The attached patch fixed it for me and avoid future problems. Signed-off-by: Jorge Boncompte [DTI2] <jorge@dti2.net> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-02-15Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (82 commits) [NET]: Make sure sockets implement splice_read netconsole: avoid null pointer dereference at show_local_mac() [IPV6]: Fix reversed local_df test in ip6_fragment [XFRM]: Avoid bogus BUG() when throwing new policy away. [AF_KEY]: Fix bug in spdadd [NETFILTER] nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c: Mistyped state corrected. net: xfrm statistics depend on INET [NETFILTER]: make secmark_tg_destroy() static [INET]: Unexport inet_listen_wlock [INET]: Unexport __inet_hash_connect [NET]: Improve cache line coherency of ingress qdisc [NET]: Fix race in dev_close(). (Bug 9750) [IPSEC]: Fix bogus usage of u64 on input sequence number [RTNETLINK]: Send a single notification on device state changes. [NETLABLE]: Hide netlbl_unlabel_audit_addr6 under ifdef CONFIG_IPV6. [NETLABEL]: Don't produce unused variables when IPv6 is off. [NETLABEL]: Compilation for CONFIG_AUDIT=n case. [GENETLINK]: Relax dances with genl_lock. [NETLABEL]: Fix lookup logic of netlbl_domhsh_search_def. [IPV6]: remove unused method declaration (net/ndisc.h). ...
2008-02-13docbook: make a networking book and fix a few errorsRandy Dunlap
Move networking (core and drivers) docbook to its own networking book. Fix a few kernel-doc errors in header and source files. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-13remove final fastcall usersHarvey Harrison
fastcall always expands to empty, remove it. Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-12[NET]: Fix race in dev_close(). (Bug 9750)Matti Linnanvuori
There is a race in Linux kernel file net/core/dev.c, function dev_close. The function calls function dev_deactivate, which calls function dev_watchdog_down that deletes the watchdog timer. However, after that, a driver can call netif_carrier_ok, which calls function __netdev_watchdog_up that can add the watchdog timer again. Function unregister_netdevice calls function dev_shutdown that traps the bug !timer_pending(&dev->watchdog_timer). Moving dev_deactivate after netif_running() has been cleared prevents function netif_carrier_on from calling __netdev_watchdog_up and adding the watchdog timer again. Signed-off-by: Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-02-01[AUDIT] Add uid, gid fields to ANOM_PROMISCUOUS messageKlaus Heinrich Kiwi
Changes the ANOM_PROMISCUOUS message to include uid and gid fields, making it consistent with other AUDIT_ANOM_ messages and in the format the userspace is expecting. Signed-off-by: Klaus Heinrich Kiwi <klausk@br.ibm.com> Acked-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2008-02-01[AUDIT] add session id to audit messagesEric Paris
In order to correlate audit records to an individual login add a session id. This is incremented every time a user logs in and is included in almost all messages which currently output the auid. The field is labeled ses= or oses= Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2008-02-01[PATCH] switch audit_get_loginuid() to task_struct *Al Viro
all callers pass something->audit_context Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2008-01-31[VLAN]: set_rx_mode support for unicast address listChris Leech
Reuse the existing logic for multicast list synchronization for the unicast address list. The core of dev_mc_sync/unsync are split out as __dev_addr_sync/unsync and moved from dev_mcast.c to dev.c. These are then used to implement dev_unicast_sync/unsync as well. I'm working on cleaning up Intel's FCoE stack, which generates new MAC addresses from the fibre channel device id assigned by the fabric as per the current draft specification in T11. When using such a protocol in a VLAN environment it would be nice to not always be forced into promiscuous mode, assuming the underlying Ethernet driver supports multiple unicast addresses as well. Signed-off-by: Chris Leech <christopher.leech@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
2008-01-28[PKT_SCHED] net: add sparse annotation to ptype_seq_start/stopStephen Hemminger
Get rid of some more sparse warnings. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[NET]: Add some acquires/releases sparse annotations.Eric Dumazet
Add __acquires() and __releases() annotations to suppress some sparse warnings. example of warnings : net/ipv4/udp.c:1555:14: warning: context imbalance in 'udp_seq_start' - wrong count at exit net/ipv4/udp.c:1571:13: warning: context imbalance in 'udp_seq_stop' - unexpected unlock Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[NET]: Check RTNL status in unregister_netdeviceHerbert Xu
The caller must hold the RTNL so let's check it in unregister_netdevice. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[NETNS]: network namespace was passed into dev_getbyhwaddr but not usedDenis V. Lunev
Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[NET] net/core/dev.c: use LIST_HEAD instead of LIST_HEAD_INITDenis Cheng
single list_head variable initialized with LIST_HEAD_INIT could almost always can be replaced with LIST_HEAD declaration, this shrinks the code and looks better. Signed-off-by: Denis Cheng <crquan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[NET]: Make macro to specify the ptype_base sizePavel Emelyanov
Currently this size is 16, but as the comment says this is so only because all the chains (except one) has the length 1. I think, that some day this may change, so growing this hash will be much easier. Besides, symbolic names are read better than magic constants. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-28[NET]: Consolidate net namespace related proc files creation.Denis V. Lunev
Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-01-08[NET]: Stop polling when napi_disable() is pending.David S. Miller
This finally adds the code in net_rx_action() to break out of the ->poll()'ing loop when a napi_disable() is found to be pending. Now, even if a device is being flooded with packets it can be cleanly brought down. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-12-20[NET] net/core/: Spelling fixesJoe Perches
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-12-11[NET]: Fix wrong comments for unregister_net*Wang Chen
There are some return value comments for void functions. Fixed it. Signed-off-by: Wang Chen <wangchen@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-11-14[NET]: Remove notifier block from chain when register_netdevice_notifier failsPavel Emelyanov
Commit fcc5a03ac42564e9e255c1134dda47442289e466: [NET]: Allow netdev REGISTER/CHANGENAME events to fail makes the register_netdevice_notifier() handle the error from the NETDEV_REGISTER event, sent to the registering block. The bad news is that in this case the notifier block is not removed from the list, but the error is returned to the caller. In case the caller is in module init function and handles this error this can abort the module loading. The notifier block will be then removed from the kernel, but will be left in the list. Oops :( I think that the notifier block should be removed from the chain in case of error, regardless whether this error is handled by the caller or not. In the worst case (the error is _not_ handled) module will not receive the events any longer. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-11-13[NET]: Move unneeded data to initdata section.Denis V. Lunev
This patch reverts Eric's commit 2b008b0a8e96b726c603c5e1a5a7a509b5f61e35 It diets .text & .data section of the kernel if CONFIG_NET_NS is not set. This is safe after list operations cleanup. Signed-of-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-11-10[NETNS]: init dev_base_lock only onceAlexey Dobriyan
* it already statically initialized * reinitializing live global spinlock every time netns is setup is also wrong Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@sw.ru> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-11-01[NET]: docbook fixes for netif_ functionsStephen Hemminger
Documentation updates for network interfaces. 1. Add doc for netif_napi_add 2. Remove doc for unused returns from netif_rx 3. Add doc for netif_receive_skb [ Incorporated minor mods from Randy Dunlap -DaveM ] Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-30[NET]: Fix free_netdev on register_netdev failure.Daniel Lezcano
Point 1: The unregistering of a network device schedule a netdev_run_todo. This function calls dev->destructor when it is set and the destructor calls free_netdev. Point 2: In the case of an initialization of a network device the usual code is: * alloc_netdev * register_netdev -> if this one fails, call free_netdev and exit with error. Point 3: In the register_netdevice function at the later state, when the device is at the registered state, a call to the netdevice_notifiers is made. If one of the notification falls into an error, a rollback to the registered state is done using unregister_netdevice. Conclusion: When a network device fails to register during initialization because one network subsystem returned an error during a notification call chain, the network device is freed twice because of fact 1 and fact 2. The second free_netdev will be done with an invalid pointer. Proposed solution: The following patch move all the code of unregister_netdevice *except* the call to net_set_todo, to a new function "rollback_registered". The following functions are changed in this way: * register_netdevice: calls rollback_registered when a notification fails * unregister_netdevice: calls rollback_register + net_set_todo, the call order to net_set_todo is changed because it is the latest now. Since it justs add an element to a list that should not break anything. Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano@fr.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-29[NET]: Fix race between poll_napi() and net_rx_action()David S. Miller
netpoll_poll_lock() synchronizes the ->poll() invocation code paths, but once we have the lock we have to make sure that NAPI_STATE_SCHED is still set. Otherwise we get: cpu 0 cpu 1 net_rx_action() poll_napi() netpoll_poll_lock() ... spin on ->poll_lock ->poll() netif_rx_complete netpoll_poll_unlock() acquire ->poll_lock() ->poll() netif_rx_complete() CRASH Based upon a bug report from Tina Yang. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-26[NET]: Marking struct pernet_operations __net_initdata was inappropriateEric W. Biederman
It is not safe to to place struct pernet_operations in a special section. We need struct pernet_operations to last until we call unregister_pernet_subsys. Which doesn't happen until module unload. So marking struct pernet_operations is a disaster for modules in two ways. - We discard it before we call the exit method it points to. - Because I keep struct pernet_operations on a linked list discarding it for compiled in code removes elements in the middle of a linked list and does horrible things for linked insert. So this looks safe assuming __exit_refok is not discarded for modules. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-26[NET] dev_change_name: ignore changes to same nameStephen Hemminger
Prevent error/backtrace from dev_rename() when changing name of network device to the same name. This is a common situation with udev and other scripts that bind addr to device. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-23[NET]: Remove in-code externs for some functions from net/core/dev.cPavel Emelyanov
Inconsistent prototype and real type for functions may have worse consequences, than those for variables, so move them into a header. Since they are used privately in net/core, make this file reside in the same place. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-23[NET]: Validate device addr prior to interface-upJeff Garzik
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-22[NET]: Hide the queue_mapping field inside netif_subqueue_stoppedPavel Emelyanov
Many places get the queue_mapping field from skb to pass it to the netif_subqueue_stopped() which will be 0 in any case. Make the helper that works with sk_buff Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-22[NET]: Use the skb_set_queue_mapping where appropriatePavel Emelyanov
There's already such a helper to initialize this field. Use it. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-15[NET]: Avoid copying TCP packets unnecessarilyHerbert Xu
TCP packets all have writable heads, that is, even though it's cloned, it is writable up to the end of the TCP header. This patch makes skb_checksum_help aware of this fact by using skb_clone_writable and avoiding a copy for TCP. I've also modified the BUG_ON tests to be unsigned. The only case where this makes a difference is if csum_start points to a location before skb->data. Since skb->data should always include the header where the checksum field is (and all currently callers adhere to that), this change is safe and may uncover bugs later. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-15[NET]: Avoid unnecessary cloning for ingress filteringHerbert Xu
As it is we always invoke pt_prev before ing_filter, even if there are no ingress filters attached. This can cause unnecessary cloning in pt_prev. This patch changes it so that we only invoke pt_prev if there are ingress filters attached. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-13net core: fix kernel-doc for new function parametersRandy Dunlap
Fix networking code kernel-doc for newly added parameters. Warning(linux-2.6.23-git2//net/core/sock.c:879): No description found for parameter 'net' Warning(linux-2.6.23-git2//net/core/dev.c:570): No description found for parameter 'net' Warning(linux-2.6.23-git2//net/core/dev.c:594): No description found for parameter 'net' Warning(linux-2.6.23-git2//net/core/dev.c:617): No description found for parameter 'net' Warning(linux-2.6.23-git2//net/core/dev.c:641): No description found for parameter 'net' Warning(linux-2.6.23-git2//net/core/dev.c:667): No description found for parameter 'net' Warning(linux-2.6.23-git2//net/core/dev.c:722): No description found for parameter 'net' Warning(linux-2.6.23-git2//net/core/dev.c:959): No description found for parameter 'net' Warning(linux-2.6.23-git2//net/core/dev.c:1195): No description found for parameter 'dev' Warning(linux-2.6.23-git2//net/core/dev.c:2105): No description found for parameter 'n' Warning(linux-2.6.23-git2//net/core/dev.c:3272): No description found for parameter 'net' Warning(linux-2.6.23-git2//net/core/dev.c:3445): No description found for parameter 'net' Warning(linux-2.6.23-git2//include/linux/netdevice.h:1301): No description found for parameter 'cpu' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-10[NET]: Remove double dev->flags checking when calling dev_close()Pavel Emelyanov
The unregister_netdevice() and dev_change_net_namespace() both check for dev->flags to be IFF_UP before calling the dev_close(), but the dev_close() checks for IFF_UP itself, so remove those unneeded checks. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NETNS]: Move some code into __init section when CONFIG_NET_NS=nPavel Emelyanov
With the net namespaces many code leaved the __init section, thus making the kernel occupy more memory than it did before. Since we have a config option that prohibits the namespace creation, the functions that initialize/finalize some netns stuff are simply not needed and can be freed after the boot. Currently, this is almost not noticeable, since few calls are no longer in __init, but when the namespaces will be merged it will be possible to free more code. I propose to use the __net_init, __net_exit and __net_initdata "attributes" for functions/variables that are not used if the CONFIG_NET_NS is not set to save more space in memory. The exiting functions cannot just reside in the __exit section, as noticed by David, since the init section will have references on it and the compilation will fail due to modpost checks. These references can exist, since the init namespace never dies and the exit callbacks are never called. So I introduce the __exit_refok attribute just like it is already done with the __init_refok. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NET]: split dev_ifsioc() according to lockingJeff Garzik
This always bugged me: dev_ioctl() called dev_ifsioc() either inside read_lock(dev_base_lock) or rtnl_lock(), depending on the ioctl being executed. This change moves the ioctls executed inside dev_base_lock to a new function, dev_ifsioc_locked(). Now the locking context is completely clear to the reader. Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NET]: sparse warning fixesStephen Hemminger
Fix a bunch of sparse warnings. Mostly about 0 used as NULL pointer, and shadowed variable declarations. One notable case was that hash size should have been unsigned. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NET]: Move hardware header operations out of netdevice.Stephen Hemminger
Since hardware header operations are part of the protocol class not the device instance, make them into a separate object and save memory. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NET]: Fix running without sysfsEric W. Biederman
When sysfs support is compiled out the kernel still keeps and maintains the kobject tree. So it is not safe to skip our kobject reference counting or to avoid becoming members of the kobject tree. It is safe to not add the networking specific sysfs attributes. This patch removes the sysfs special cases from net/core/dev.c renames functions from netdev_sysfs_xxxx to netdev_kobject_xxxx and always compiles in net-sysfs.c net-sysfs.c is modified with a CONFIG_SYSFS guard around the parts that are actually sysfs specific. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NET]: Cleanup calling netdev notifiers.Pavel Emelyanov
The call_netdev_notifiers routine can successfully be used in the net/core_dev.c itself. This will save 6 lines of code and 62 ;) bytes of .text section. 62 is rather small, but I have one more patch saving ~30 bytes from netns code (sent to Eric), so altogether they can save some more noticeable amount. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NETNS]: Consolidate hashes creation in netdev_init()Pavel Emelyanov
The dev_name_hash and the dev_index_hash are now booth kmalloc-ed (and each element is properly initialized as usually) so I think it's worth consolidating this code making it look nicer (and saving 28 bytes of .text section ;) ) Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NET]: Fix the prototype of call_netdevice_notifiers.Eric W. Biederman
This replaces the void * parameter with a struct net_device * which is what is actually required. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NET]: migrate HARD_TX_LOCK to header fileJamal Hadi Salim
HARD_TX_LOCK micro is a nice aggregation that could be used in other spots. move it to netdevice.h Also makes sure the previously superflous cpu arguement is used. Thanks to DaveM for the suggestions. Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@cyberus.ca> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NET]: Fix race when opening a proc file while a network namespace is exiting.Eric W. Biederman
The problem: proc_net files remember which network namespace the are against but do not remember hold a reference count (as that would pin the network namespace). So we currently have a small window where the reference count on a network namespace may be incremented when opening a /proc file when it has already gone to zero. To fix this introduce maybe_get_net and get_proc_net. maybe_get_net increments the network namespace reference count only if it is greater then zero, ensuring we don't increment a reference count after it has gone to zero. get_proc_net handles all of the magic to go from a proc inode to the network namespace instance and call maybe_get_net on it. PROC_NET the old accessor is removed so that we don't get confused and use the wrong helper function. Then I fix up the callers to use get_proc_net and handle the case case where get_proc_net returns NULL. In that case I return -ENXIO because effectively the network namespace has already gone away so the files we are trying to access don't exist anymore. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NET]: Add a might_sleep() to dev_close().David S. Miller
Requested by Johannes Berg. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NET]: Implement network device movement between namespacesEric W. Biederman
This patch introduces NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL a flag to indicate a network device is local to a single network namespace and should never be moved. Useful for pseudo devices that we need an instance in each network namespace (like the loopback device) and for any device we find that cannot handle multiple network namespaces so we may trap them in the initial network namespace. This patch introduces the function dev_change_net_namespace a function used to move a network device from one network namespace to another. To the network device nothing special appears to happen, to the components of the network stack it appears as if the network device was unregistered in the network namespace it is in, and a new device was registered in the network namespace the device was moved to. This patch sets up a namespace device destructor that upon the exit of a network namespace moves all of the movable network devices to the initial network namespace so they are not lost. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NET]: Factor out __dev_alloc_name from dev_alloc_nameEric W. Biederman
When forcibly changing the network namespace of a device I need something that can generate a name for the device in the new namespace without overwriting the old name. __dev_alloc_name provides me that functionality. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10[NET]: Make the device list and device lookups per namespace.Eric W. Biederman
This patch makes most of the generic device layer network namespace safe. This patch makes dev_base_head a network namespace variable, and then it picks up a few associated variables. The functions: dev_getbyhwaddr dev_getfirsthwbytype dev_get_by_flags dev_get_by_name __dev_get_by_name dev_get_by_index __dev_get_by_index dev_ioctl dev_ethtool dev_load wireless_process_ioctl were modified to take a network namespace argument, and deal with it. vlan_ioctl_set and brioctl_set were modified so their hooks will receive a network namespace argument. So basically anthing in the core of the network stack that was affected to by the change of dev_base was modified to handle multiple network namespaces. The rest of the network stack was simply modified to explicitly use &init_net the initial network namespace. This can be fixed when those components of the network stack are modified to handle multiple network namespaces. For now the ifindex generator is left global. Fundametally ifindex numbers are per namespace, or else we will have corner case problems with migration when we get that far. At the same time there are assumptions in the network stack that the ifindex of a network device won't change. Making the ifindex number global seems a good compromise until the network stack can cope with ifindex changes when you change namespaces, and the like. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>