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2009-05-21netns: remove leftover debugging messageStephen Hemminger
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Acked-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-21pktgen: do not access flows[] beyond its lengthFlorian Westphal
typo -- pkt_dev->nflows is for stats only, the number of concurrent flows is stored in cflows. Reported-By: Vladimir Ivashchenko <hazard@francoudi.com> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-20net: Remove unused parameter from fill method in fib_rules_ops.Rami Rosen
The netlink message header (struct nlmsghdr) is an unused parameter in fill method of fib_rules_ops struct. This patch removes this parameter from this method and fixes the places where this method is called. (include/net/fib_rules.h) Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-18net: release dst entry in dev_hard_start_xmit()Eric Dumazet
One point of contention in high network loads is the dst_release() performed when a transmited skb is freed. This is because NIC tx completion calls dev_kree_skb() long after original call to dev_queue_xmit(skb). CPU cache is cold and the atomic op in dst_release() stalls. On SMP, this is quite visible if one CPU is 100% handling softirqs for a network device, since dst_clone() is done by other cpus, involving cache line ping pongs. It seems right place to release dst is in dev_hard_start_xmit(), for most devices but ones that are virtual, and some exceptions. David Miller suggested to define a new device flag, set in alloc_netdev_mq() (so that most devices set it at init time), and carefuly unset in devices which dont want a NULL skb->dst in their ndo_start_xmit(). List of devices that must clear this flag is : - loopback device, because it calls netif_rx() and quoting Patrick : "ip_route_input() doesn't accept loopback addresses, so loopback packets already need to have a dst_entry attached." - appletalk/ipddp.c : needs skb->dst in its xmit function - And all devices that call again dev_queue_xmit() from their xmit function (as some classifiers need skb->dst) : bonding, vlan, macvlan, eql, ifb, hdlc_fr Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-18net-sysfs: Use rtnl_trylock in sysfs methods.Eric W. Biederman
The earlier patch to fix the deadlock between a network device going away and writing to sysfs attributes was incomplete. - It did not set signal_pending so we would leak ERSTARTSYS to user space. - It used ERESTARTSYS which only restarts if sigaction configures it to. - It did not cover store and show for ifalias. So fix all of these up and use the new helper restart_syscall so we get the details correct on what it takes. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@aristanetworks.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-18net: fix skb_seq_read returning wrong offset/length for page frag dataThomas Chenault
When called with a consumed value that is less than skb_headlen(skb) bytes into a page frag, skb_seq_read() incorrectly returns an offset/length relative to skb->data. Ensure that data which should come from a page frag does. Signed-off-by: Thomas Chenault <thomas_chenault@dell.com> Tested-by: Shyam Iyer <shyam_iyer@dell.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-18Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/scsi/fcoe/fcoe.c
2009-05-18pkt_sched: gen_estimator: use 64 bit intermediate counters for bpsEric Dumazet
gen_estimator can overflow bps (bytes per second) with Gb links, while it was designed with a u32 API, with a theorical limit of 34360Mbit (2^32 bytes) Using 64 bit intermediate avbps/brate counters can allow us to reach this theorical limit. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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 commit 'v2.6.30-rc6' into tracing/coreIngo Molnar
Merge reason: we were on an -rc4 base, sync up to -rc6 Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-05-17tcp: tcp_prequeue() can use keyed wakeupsJohn Dykstra
When TCP frees up write buffer space, avoid waking up tasks that have done a poll() or select() on the same socket specifying read-side events. This is an extension of a read-side patch by Eric Dumazet. Signed-off-by: John Dykstra <john.dykstra1@gmail.com> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-17netpoll: don't dereference NULL dev from npPavel Emelyanov
It looks like the dev in netpoll_poll can be NULL - at lease it's checked at the function beginning. Thus the dev->netde_ops dereference looks dangerous. Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> 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>
2009-05-09net: check retval of dev_addr_init()Jiri Pirko
Add missed checking of dev_addr_init return value in alloc_netdev_mq. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> net/core/dev.c | 15 ++++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-08Network Drop Monitor: Fix skb_kill_datagramJohn Dykstra
Commit ead2ceb0ec9f85cff19c43b5cdb2f8a054484431 ("Network Drop Monitor: Adding kfree_skb_clean for non-drops and modifying end-of-line points for skbs") established new conventions for identifying dropped packets. Align skb_kill_datagram() with these conventions so that packets that get dropped just before the copy to userspace are properly tracked. Signed-off-by: John Dykstra <john.dykstra1@gmail.com> Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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
2009-05-07Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/coreIngo Molnar
Merge reason: tracing/core was on a .30-rc1 base and was missing out on on a handful of tracing fixes present in .30-rc5-almost. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-05-06net: update skb_recycle_check() for hardware timestamping changesLennert Buytenhek
Commit ac45f602ee3d1b6f326f68bc0c2591ceebf05ba4 ("net: infrastructure for hardware time stamping") added two skb initialization actions to __alloc_skb(), which need to be added to skb_recycle_check() as well. Signed-off-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org> Signed-off-by: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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>
2009-05-04netns 2/2: extract net_create()Alexey Dobriyan
net_create() will be used by C/R to create fresh netns on restart. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-04netns 1/2: don't get/put old netns on CLONE_NEWNETAlexey Dobriyan
copy_net_ns() doesn't copy anything, it creates fresh netns, so get/put of old netns isn't needed. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-03net: Avoid modulus in skb_tx_hash() for forwarding case.David S. Miller
Based almost entirely upon a patch by Eric Dumazet. The common case is to have num-tx-queues <= num_rx_queues and even if num_tx_queues is larger it will not be significantly larger. Therefore, a subtraction loop is always going to be faster than modulus. 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
2009-05-01net: Fix skb_tx_hash() for forwarding workloads.Eric Dumazet
When skb_rx_queue_recorded() is true, we dont want to use jash distribution as the device driver exactly told us which queue was selected at RX time. jhash makes a statistical shuffle, but this wont work with 8 static inputs. Later improvements would be to compute reciprocal value of real_num_tx_queues to avoid a divide here. But this computation should be done once, when real_num_tx_queues is set. This needs a separate patch, and a new field in struct net_device. Reported-by: Andrew Dickinson <andrew@whydna.net> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-30net: Fix oops when splicing skbs from a frag_list.Jarek Poplawski
Lennert Buytenhek wrote: > Since 4fb669948116d928ae44262ab7743732c574630d ("net: Optimize memory > usage when splicing from sockets.") I'm seeing this oops (e.g. in > 2.6.30-rc3) when splicing from a TCP socket to /dev/null on a driver > (mv643xx_eth) that uses LRO in the skb mode (lro_receive_skb) rather > than the frag mode: My patch incorrectly assumed skb->sk was always valid, but for "frag_listed" skbs we can only use skb->sk of their parent. Reported-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org> Debugged-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org> Tested-by: Lennert Buytenhek <buytenh@wantstofly.org> Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.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
2009-04-28net: Avoid extra wakeups of threads blocked in wait_for_packet()Eric Dumazet
In 2.6.25 we added UDP mem accounting. This unfortunatly added a penalty when a frame is transmitted, since we have at TX completion time to call sock_wfree() to perform necessary memory accounting. This calls sock_def_write_space() and utimately scheduler if any thread is waiting on the socket. Thread(s) waiting for an incoming frame was scheduled, then had to sleep again as event was meaningless. (All threads waiting on a socket are using same sk_sleep anchor) This adds lot of extra wakeups and increases latencies, as noted by Christoph Lameter, and slows down softirq handler. Reference : http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=124060437012283&w=2 Fortunatly, Davide Libenzi recently added concept of keyed wakeups into kernel, and particularly for sockets (see commit 37e5540b3c9d838eb20f2ca8ea2eb8072271e403 epoll keyed wakeups: make sockets use keyed wakeups) Davide goal was to optimize epoll, but this new wakeup infrastructure can help non epoll users as well, if they care to setup an appropriate handler. This patch introduces new DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC() helper and uses it in wait_for_packet(), so that only relevant event can wakeup a thread blocked in this function. Trace of function calls from bnx2 TX completion bnx2_poll_work() is : __kfree_skb() skb_release_head_state() sock_wfree() sock_def_write_space() __wake_up_sync_key() __wake_up_common() receiver_wake_function() : Stops here since thread is waiting for an INPUT Reported-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-27gro: Fix handling of headers that extend over the tailHerbert Xu
The skb_gro_* code fails to handle the case where a header starts in the linear area but ends in the frags area. Since the goal of skb_gro_* is to optimise the case of completely non-linear packets, we can simply bail out if we have anything in the linear area. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-27drop_monitor: Update netlink protocol to include netlink attribute header in ↵Neil Horman
alert message When I initially implemented this protocol, I disregarded the use of netlink attribute headers, thinking for my purposes they weren't needed. I've come to find out that, as I'm starting to work with sending down messages with associated data (like config messages), the kernel code spits out warnings about trailing data in a netlink skb that doesn't have an associated header on it. As such, I'm going to start including attribute headers in my netlink transaction, and so for completeness, I should likely include them on messages bound from the kernel to user space. This patch adds that header to the kernel, and bumps the protocol version accordingly Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-21tun: fix tun_chr_aio_write so that aio worksMichael S. Tsirkin
aio_write gets const struct iovec * but tun_chr_aio_write casts this to struct iovec * and modifies the iovec. As a result, attempts to use io_submit to send packets to a tun device fail with weird errors such as EINVAL. Since tun is the only user of skb_copy_datagram_from_iovec, we can fix this simply by changing the later so that it does not touch the iovec passed to it. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-21net: skb_copy_datagram_const_iovec()Michael S. Tsirkin
There's an skb_copy_datagram_iovec() to copy out of a paged skb, but it modifies the iovec, and does not support starting at an offset in the destination. We want both in tun.c, so let's add the function. It's a carbon copy of skb_copy_datagram_iovec() with enough changes to be annoying. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-21Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: net/core/dev.c
2009-04-20net: Fix GRO for multiple page fragmentsBen Hutchings
This loop over fragments in napi_fraginfo_skb() was "interesting". Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-20net: fix "compatibility" typosMarcin Slusarz
Signed-off-by: Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-20net: sch_netem: Fix an inconsistency in ingress netem timestamps.Jarek Poplawski
Alex Sidorenko reported: "while experimenting with 'netem' we have found some strange behaviour. It seemed that ingress delay as measured by 'ping' command shows up on some hosts but not on others. After some investigation I have found that the problem is that skbuff->tstamp field value depends on whether there are any packet sniffers enabled. That is: - if any ptype_all handler is registered, the tstamp field is as expected - if there are no ptype_all handlers, the tstamp field does not show the delay" This patch prevents unnecessary update of tstamp in dev_queue_xmit_nit() on ingress path (with act_mirred) adding a check, so minimal overhead on the fast path, but only when sniffers etc. are active. Since netem at ingress seems to logically emulate a network before a host, tstamp is zeroed to trigger the update and pretend delays are from the outside. Reported-by: Alex Sidorenko <alexandre.sidorenko@hp.com> Tested-by: Alex Sidorenko <alexandre.sidorenko@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-16Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
2009-04-16gro: New frags interface to avoid copying shinfoHerbert Xu
It turns out that copying a 16-byte area at ~800k times a second can be really expensive :) This patch redesigns the frags GRO interface to avoid copying that area twice. The two disciples of the frags interface have been converted. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-14tracing/events: move trace point headers into include/trace/eventsSteven Rostedt
Impact: clean up Create a sub directory in include/trace called events to keep the trace point headers in their own separate directory. Only headers that declare trace points should be defined in this directory. Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Cc: Zhao Lei <zhaolei@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-04-14gro: Restore correct value to gso_sizeHerbert Xu
Since everybody has been focusing on baremetal GRO performance no one noticed when I added a bug that zapped gso_size for all GRO packets. This only gets picked up when you forward the skb out of an interface. Thanks to Mark Wagner for noticing this bug when testing kvm. Reported-by: Mark Wagner <mwagner@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-14tracing: create automated trace definesSteven Rostedt
This patch lowers the number of places a developer must modify to add new tracepoints. The current method to add a new tracepoint into an existing system is to write the trace point macro in the trace header with one of the macros TRACE_EVENT, TRACE_FORMAT or DECLARE_TRACE, then they must add the same named item into the C file with the macro DEFINE_TRACE(name) and then add the trace point. This change cuts out the needing to add the DEFINE_TRACE(name). Every file that uses the tracepoint must still include the trace/<type>.h file, but the one C file must also add a define before the including of that file. #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS #include <trace/mytrace.h> This will cause the trace/mytrace.h file to also produce the C code necessary to implement the trace point. Note, if more than one trace/<type>.h is used to create the C code it is best to list them all together. #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS #include <trace/foo.h> #include <trace/bar.h> #include <trace/fido.h> Thanks to Mathieu Desnoyers and Christoph Hellwig for coming up with the cleaner solution of the define above the includes over my first design to have the C code include a "special" header. This patch converts sched, irq and lockdep and skb to use this new method. Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Cc: Zhao Lei <zhaolei@cn.fujitsu.com> Cc: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
2009-04-11net: netif_device_attach/detach should start/stop all queuesAlexander Duyck
Currently netif_device_attach/detach are only stopping one queue. They should be starting and stopping all the queues on a given device. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-02Merge 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: (54 commits) glge: remove unused #include <version.h> dnet: remove unused #include <version.h> tcp: miscounts due to tcp_fragment pcount reset tcp: add helper for counter tweaking due mid-wq change hso: fix for the 'invalid frame length' messages hso: fix for crash when unplugging the device fsl_pq_mdio: Fix compile failure fsl_pq_mdio: Revive UCC MDIO support ucc_geth: Pass proper device to DMA routines, otherwise oops happens i.MX31: Fixing cs89x0 network building to i.MX31ADS tc35815: Fix build error if NAPI enabled hso: add Vendor/Product ID's for new devices ucc_geth: Remove unused header gianfar: Remove unused header kaweth: Fix locking to be SMP-safe net: allow multiple dev per napi with GRO r8169: reset IntrStatus after chip reset ixgbe: Fix potential memory leak/driver panic issue while setting up Tx & Rx ring parameters ixgbe: fix ethtool -A|a behavior ixgbe: Patch to fix driver panic while freeing up tx & rx resources ...
2009-04-02net: allow multiple dev per napi with GROStephen Hemminger
GRO assumes that there is a one-to-one relationship between NAPI structure and network device. Some devices like sky2 share multiple devices on a single interrupt so only have one NAPI handler. Rather than split GRO from NAPI, just have GRO assume if device changes that it is a different flow. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-01epoll keyed wakeups: make sockets use keyed wakeupsDavide Libenzi
Add support for event-aware wakeups to the sockets code. Events are delivered to the wakeup target, so that epoll can avoid spurious wakeups for non-interesting events. Signed-off-by: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: William Lee Irwin III <wli@movementarian.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-03-31core: remove pointless conditional before kfree()Wei Yongjun
Remove pointless conditional before kfree(). Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-03-30Merge 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: wireless: remove duplicated .ndo_set_mac_address netfilter: xtables: fix IPv6 dependency in the cluster match tg3: Add GRO support. niu: Add GRO support. ucc_geth: Fix use-after-of_node_put() in ucc_geth_probe(). gianfar: Fix use-after-of_node_put() in gfar_of_init(). kernel: remove HIPQUAD() netpoll: store local and remote ip in net-endian netfilter: fix endian bug in conntrack printks dmascc: fix incomplete conversion to network_device_ops gso: Fix support for linear packets skbuff.h: fix missing kernel-doc ni5010: convert to net_device_ops
2009-03-31proc 2/2: remove struct proc_dir_entry::ownerAlexey Dobriyan
Setting ->owner as done currently (pde->owner = THIS_MODULE) is racy as correctly noted at bug #12454. Someone can lookup entry with NULL ->owner, thus not pinning enything, and release it later resulting in module refcount underflow. We can keep ->owner and supply it at registration time like ->proc_fops and ->data. But this leaves ->owner as easy-manipulative field (just one C assignment) and somebody will forget to unpin previous/pin current module when switching ->owner. ->proc_fops is declared as "const" which should give some thoughts. ->read_proc/->write_proc were just fixed to not require ->owner for protection. rmmod'ed directories will be empty and return "." and ".." -- no harm. And directories with tricky enough readdir and lookup shouldn't be modular. We definitely don't want such modular code. Removing ->owner will also make PDE smaller. So, let's nuke it. Kudos to Jeff Layton for reminding about this, let's say, oversight. http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12454 Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
2009-03-29Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/David S. Miller
2009-03-28netpoll: store local and remote ip in net-endianHarvey Harrison
Allows for the removal of byteswapping in some places and the removal of HIPQUAD (replaced by %pI4). Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-03-28gso: Fix support for linear packetsHerbert Xu
When GRO/frag_list support was added to GSO, I made an error which broke the support for segmenting linear GSO packets (GSO packets are normally non-linear in the payload). These days most of these packets are constructed by the tun driver, which prefers to allocate linear memory if possible. This is fixed in the latest kernel, but for 2.6.29 and earlier it is still the norm. Therefore this bug causes failures with GSO when used with tun in 2.6.29. Reported-by: James Huang <jamesclhuang@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>