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2009-02-27Bluetooth: Fix race condition with L2CAP information requestMarcel Holtmann
When two L2CAP connections are requested quickly after the ACL link has been established there exists a window for a race condition where a connection request is sent before the information response has been received. Any connection request should only be sent after an exchange of the extended features mask has been finished. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Set authentication requirements if not availableMarcel Holtmann
When no authentication requirements are selected, but an outgoing or incoming connection has requested any kind of security enforcement, then set these authentication requirements. This ensures that the userspace always gets informed about the authentication requirements (if available). Only when no security enforcement has happened, the kernel will signal invalid requirements. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Use general bonding whenever possibleMarcel Holtmann
When receiving incoming connection to specific services, always use general bonding. This ensures that the link key gets stored and can be used for further authentications. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Add SCO fallback for eSCO connection attemptsMarcel Holtmann
When attempting to setup eSCO connections it can happen that some link manager implementations fail to properly negotiate the eSCO parameters and thus fail the eSCO setup. Normally the link manager is responsible for the negotiation of the parameters and actually fallback to SCO if no agreement can be reached. In cases where the link manager is just too stupid, then at least try to establish a SCO link if eSCO fails. For the Bluetooth devices with EDR support this includes handling packet types of EDR basebands. This is particular tricky since for the EDR the logic of enabling/disabling one specific packet type is turned around. This fix contains an extra bitmask to disable eSCO EDR packet when trying to fallback to a SCO connection. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Don't check encryption for L2CAP raw socketsMarcel Holtmann
For L2CAP sockets with medium and high security requirement a missing encryption will enforce the closing of the link. For the L2CAP raw sockets this is not needed, so skip that check. This fixes a crash when pairing Bluetooth 2.0 (and earlier) devices since the L2CAP state machine got confused and then locked up the whole system. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: When encryption is dropped, do not send RFCOMM packetsJaikumar Ganesh
During a role change with pre-Bluetooth 2.1 devices, the remote side drops the encryption of the RFCOMM connection. We allow a grace period for the encryption to be re-established, before dropping the connection. During this grace period, the RFCOMM_SEC_PENDING flag is set. Check this flag before sending RFCOMM packets. Signed-off-by: Jaikumar Ganesh <jaikumar@google.com> Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Remove CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC ifdefsDave Young
Due to lockdep changes, the CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC ifdef is not needed now. So just remove it here. The following commit fixed the !lockdep build warnings: commit e8f6fbf62de37cbc2e179176ac7010d5f4396b67 Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Date: Wed Nov 12 01:38:36 2008 +0000 lockdep: include/linux/lockdep.h - fix warning in net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Update version numbersMarcel Holtmann
With the support for the enhanced security model and the support for deferring connection setup, it is a good idea to increase various version numbers. This is purely cosmetic and has no effect on the behavior, but can be really helpful when debugging problems in different kernel versions. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Restrict application of socket optionsMarcel Holtmann
The new socket options should only be evaluated for SOL_BLUETOOTH level and not for every other level. Previously this causes some minor issues when detecting if a kernel with certain features is available. Also restrict BT_SECURITY to SOCK_SEQPACKET for L2CAP and SOCK_STREAM for the RFCOMM protocol. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Disconnect L2CAP connections without encryptionMarcel Holtmann
For L2CAP connections with high security setting, the link will be immediately dropped when the encryption gets disabled. For L2CAP connections with medium security there will be grace period where the remote device has the chance to re-enable encryption. If it doesn't happen then the link will also be disconnected. The requirement for the grace period with medium security comes from Bluetooth 2.0 and earlier devices that require role switching. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Pause RFCOMM TX when encryption dropsMarcel Holtmann
A role switch with devices following the Bluetooth pre-2.1 standards or without Encryption Pause and Resume support is not possible if encryption is enabled. Most newer headsets require the role switch, but also require that the connection is encrypted. For connections with a high security mode setting, the link will be immediately dropped. When the connection uses medium security mode setting, then a grace period is introduced where the TX is halted and the remote device gets a change to re-enable encryption after the role switch. If not re-enabled the link will be dropped. Based on initial work by Ville Tervo <ville.tervo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Replace RFCOMM link mode with security levelMarcel Holtmann
Change the RFCOMM internals to use the new security levels and remove the link mode details. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Replace L2CAP link mode with security levelMarcel Holtmann
Change the L2CAP internals to use the new security levels and remove the link mode details. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Add enhanced security model for Simple PairingMarcel Holtmann
The current security model is based around the flags AUTH, ENCRYPT and SECURE. Starting with support for the Bluetooth 2.1 specification this is no longer sufficient. The different security levels are now defined as SDP, LOW, MEDIUM and SECURE. Previously it was possible to set each security independently, but this actually doesn't make a lot of sense. For Bluetooth the encryption depends on a previous successful authentication. Also you can only update your existing link key if you successfully created at least one before. And of course the update of link keys without having proper encryption in place is a security issue. The new security levels from the Bluetooth 2.1 specification are now used internally. All old settings are mapped to the new values and this way it ensures that old applications still work. The only limitation is that it is no longer possible to set authentication without also enabling encryption. No application should have done this anyway since this is actually a security issue. Without encryption the integrity of the authentication can't be guaranteed. As default for a new L2CAP or RFCOMM connection, the LOW security level is used. The only exception here are the service discovery sessions on PSM 1 where SDP level is used. To have similar security strength as with a Bluetooth 2.0 and before combination key, the MEDIUM level should be used. This is according to the Bluetooth specification. The MEDIUM level will not require any kind of man-in-the-middle (MITM) protection. Only the HIGH security level will require this. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Fix SCO state handling for incoming connectionsMarcel Holtmann
When the remote device supports only SCO connections, on receipt of the HCI_EV_CONN_COMPLETE event packet, the connect state is changed to BT_CONNECTED, but the socket state is not updated. Hence, the connect() call times out even though the SCO connection has been successfully established. Based on a report by Jaikumar Ganesh <jaikumar@google.com> Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Reject incoming SCO connections without listenersMarcel Holtmann
All SCO and eSCO connection are auto-accepted no matter if there is a corresponding listening socket for them. This patch changes this and connection requests for SCO and eSCO without any socket are rejected. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Add support for deferring L2CAP connection setupMarcel Holtmann
In order to decide if listening L2CAP sockets should be accept()ed the BD_ADDR of the remote device needs to be known. This patch adds a socket option which defines a timeout for deferring the actual connection setup. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Add support for deferring RFCOMM connection setupMarcel Holtmann
In order to decide if listening RFCOMM sockets should be accept()ed the BD_ADDR of the remote device needs to be known. This patch adds a socket option which defines a timeout for deferring the actual connection setup. The connection setup is done after reading from the socket for the first time. Until then writing to the socket returns ENOTCONN. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Add global deferred socket parameterMarcel Holtmann
The L2CAP and RFCOMM applications require support for authorization and the ability of rejecting incoming connection requests. The socket interface is not really able to support this. This patch does the ground work for a socket option to defer connection setup. Setting this option allows calling of accept() and then the first read() will trigger the final connection setup. Calling close() would reject the connection. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Preparation for usage of SOL_BLUETOOTHMarcel Holtmann
The socket option levels SOL_L2CAP, SOL_RFOMM and SOL_SCO are currently in use by various Bluetooth applications. Going forward the common option level SOL_BLUETOOTH should be used. This patch prepares the clean split of the old and new option levels while keeping everything backward compatibility. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-27Bluetooth: Fix issue with return value of rfcomm_sock_sendmsg()Victor Shcherbatyuk
In case of connection failures the rfcomm_sock_sendmsg() should return an error and not a 0 value. Signed-off-by: Victor Shcherbatyuk <victor.shcherbatyuk@tomtom.com> Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
2009-02-25Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/orinoco/orinoco.c
2009-02-24sit: used time_before for comparing jiffiesWei Yongjun
The functions time_before is more robust for comparing jiffies against other values. Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-24ipip: used time_before for comparing jiffiesWei Yongjun
The functions time_before is more robust for comparing jiffies against other values. Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-24gre: used time_before for comparing jiffiesWei Yongjun
The functions time_before is more robust for comparing jiffies against other values. Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-24ipv6: Remove some pointless conditionals before kfree_skb()Wei Yongjun
Remove some pointless conditionals before kfree_skb(). The semantic match that finds the problem is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @@ expression E; @@ - if (E) - kfree_skb(E); + kfree_skb(E); // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-24netlink: change nlmsg_notify() return value logicPablo Neira Ayuso
This patch changes the return value of nlmsg_notify() as follows: If NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR is set by any of the listeners and an error in the delivery happened, return the broadcast error; else if there are no listeners apart from the socket that requested a change with the echo flag, return the result of the unicast notification. Thus, with this patch, the unicast notification is handled in the same way of a broadcast listener that has set the NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR socket flag. This patch is useful in case that the caller of nlmsg_notify() wants to know the result of the delivery of a netlink notification (including the broadcast delivery) and take any action in case that the delivery failed. For example, ctnetlink can drop packets if the event delivery failed to provide reliable logging and state-synchronization at the cost of dropping packets. This patch also modifies the rtnetlink code to ignore the return value of rtnl_notify() in all callers. The function rtnl_notify() (before this patch) returned the error of the unicast notification which makes rtnl_set_sk_err() reports errors to all listeners. This is not of any help since the origin of the change (the socket that requested the echoing) notices the ENOBUFS error if the notification fails and should resync itself. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-24tcp_scalable: Update malformed & dead urlJoe Perches
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-24Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kaber/nf-2.6
2009-02-24netfilter: xt_recent: fix proc-file addition/removal of IPv4 addressesJosef Drexler
Fix regression introduded by commit 079aa88 (netfilter: xt_recent: IPv6 support): From http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12753: Problem Description: An uninitialized buffer causes IPv4 addresses added manually (via the +IP command to the proc interface) to never match any packets. Similarly, the -IP command fails to remove IPv4 addresses. Details: In the function recent_entry_lookup, the xt_recent module does comparisons of the entire nf_inet_addr union value, both for IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. For addresses initialized from actual packets the remaining 12 bytes not occupied by the IPv4 are zeroed so this works correctly. However when setting the nf_inet_addr addr variable in the recent_mt_proc_write function, only the IPv4 bytes are initialized and the remaining 12 bytes contain garbage. Hence addresses added in this way never match any packets, unless these uninitialized 12 bytes happened to be zero by coincidence. Similarly, addresses cannot consistently be removed using the proc interface due to mismatch of the garbage bytes (although it will sometimes work to remove an address that was added manually). Reading the /proc/net/xt_recent/ entries hides this problem because this only uses the first 4 bytes when displaying IPv4 addresses. Steps to reproduce: $ iptables -I INPUT -m recent --rcheck -j LOG $ echo +169.254.156.239 > /proc/net/xt_recent/DEFAULT $ cat /proc/net/xt_recent/DEFAULT src=169.254.156.239 ttl: 0 last_seen: 119910 oldest_pkt: 1 119910 [At this point no packets from 169.254.156.239 are being logged.] $ iptables -I INPUT -s 169.254.156.239 -m recent --set $ cat /proc/net/xt_recent/DEFAULT src=169.254.156.239 ttl: 0 last_seen: 119910 oldest_pkt: 1 119910 src=169.254.156.239 ttl: 255 last_seen: 126184 oldest_pkt: 4 125434, 125684, 125934, 126184 [At this point, adding the address via an iptables rule, packets are being logged correctly.] $ echo -169.254.156.239 > /proc/net/xt_recent/DEFAULT $ cat /proc/net/xt_recent/DEFAULT src=169.254.156.239 ttl: 0 last_seen: 119910 oldest_pkt: 1 119910 src=169.254.156.239 ttl: 255 last_seen: 126992 oldest_pkt: 10 125434, 125684, 125934, 126184, 126434, 126684, 126934, 126991, 126991, 126992 $ echo -169.254.156.239 > /proc/net/xt_recent/DEFAULT $ cat /proc/net/xt_recent/DEFAULT src=169.254.156.239 ttl: 0 last_seen: 119910 oldest_pkt: 1 119910 src=169.254.156.239 ttl: 255 last_seen: 126992 oldest_pkt: 10 125434, 125684, 125934, 126184, 126434, 126684, 126934, 126991, 126991, 126992 [Removing the address via /proc interface failed evidently.] Possible solutions: - initialize the addr variable in recent_mt_proc_write - compare only 4 bytes for IPv4 addresses in recent_entry_lookup Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
2009-02-24Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/David S. Miller
2009-02-24Doc: Refer to ip-sysctl.txt for strict vs. loose rp_filter modeJesper Dangaard Brouer
The IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER Kconfig describes the rp_filter proc option. Recent changes added a loose mode. Instead of documenting this change too places, refer to the document describing it: Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt I'm considering moving the rp_filter description away from the Kconfig file into ip-sysctl.txt. Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-23Merge 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: net: amend the fix for SO_BSDCOMPAT gsopt infoleak netns: build fix for net_alloc_generic
2009-02-23net: amend the fix for SO_BSDCOMPAT gsopt infoleakEugene Teo
The fix for CVE-2009-0676 (upstream commit df0bca04) is incomplete. Note that the same problem of leaking kernel memory will reappear if someone on some architecture uses struct timeval with some internal padding (for example tv_sec 64-bit and tv_usec 32-bit) --- then, you are going to leak the padded bytes to userspace. Signed-off-by: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.sg> Reported-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-23netns: build fix for net_alloc_genericClemens Noss
net_alloc_generic was defined in #ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS, but used unconditionally. Move net_alloc_generic out of #ifdef. Signed-off-by: Clemens Noss <cnoss@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-23Merge 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: netns: fix double free at netns creation veth : add the set_mac_address capability sunlance: Beyond ARRAY_SIZE of ib->btx_ring sungem: another error printed one too early ISDN: fix sc/shmem printk format warning SMSC: timeout reaches -1 smsc9420: handle magic field of ethtool_eeprom sundance: missing parentheses? smsc9420: fix another postfixed timeout wimax/i2400m: driver loads firmware v1.4 instead of v1.3 vlan: Update skb->mac_header in __vlan_put_tag(). cxgb3: Add support for PCI ID 0x35. tcp: remove obsoleted comment about different passes TG3: &&/|| confusion ATM: misplaced parentheses? net/mv643xx: don't disable the mib timer too early and lock properly net/mv643xx: use GFP_ATOMIC while atomic atl1c: Atheros L1C Gigabit Ethernet driver net: Kill skb_truesize_check(), it only catches false-positives. net: forcedeth: Fix wake-on-lan regression
2009-02-22netns: Remove net_aliveEric W. Biederman
It turns out that net_alive is unnecessary, and the original problem that led to it being added was simply that the icmp code thought it was a network device and wound up being unable to handle packets while there were still packets in the network namespace. Now that icmp and tcp have been fixed to properly register themselves this problem is no longer present and we have a stronger guarantee that packets will not arrive in a network namespace then that provided by net_alive in netif_receive_skb. So remove net_alive allowing packet reception run a little faster. Additionally document the strong reason why network namespace cleanup is safe so that if something happens again someone else will have a chance of figuring it out. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@aristanetworks.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-22tcp: Like icmp use register_pernet_subsysEric W. Biederman
To remove the possibility of packets flying around when network devices are being cleaned up use reisger_pernet_subsys instead of register_pernet_device. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@aristanetworks.com> Acked-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-22netns: Fix icmp shutdown.Eric W. Biederman
Recently I had a kernel panic in icmp_send during a network namespace cleanup. There were packets in the arp queue that failed to be sent and we attempted to generate an ICMP host unreachable message, but failed because icmp_sk_exit had already been called. The network devices are removed from a network namespace and their arp queues are flushed before we do attempt to shutdown subsystems so this error should have been impossible. It turns out icmp_init is using register_pernet_device instead of register_pernet_subsys. Which resulted in icmp being shut down while we still had the possibility of packets in flight, making a nasty NULL pointer deference in interrupt context possible. Changing this to register_pernet_subsys fixes the problem in my testing. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@aristanetworks.com> Acked-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-22ipv4: Clean whitespaces in net/ipv4/Kconfig.Jesper Dangaard Brouer
While going through net/ipv4/Kconfig cleanup whitespaces. Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-22ipv4: Fix rp_filter description in net/ipv4/Kconfig.Jesper Dangaard Brouer
The reverse path filter (rp_filter) will NOT get enabled when enabling forwarding. Read the code and tested in in practice. Most distributions do enable it in startup scripts. Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-22snap: handle registration error and compile warningStephen Hemminger
If this module can't load, it is almost certainly because something else is already bound to that SAP. So in that case, return the same error code as other SAP usage, and fail the module load. Also fixes a compiler warning about printk of non const. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-22llc: fix non-const printk warningStephen Hemminger
Mark some strings as const. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-22ip: ipip compile warningStephen Hemminger
Get rid of compile warning about non-const format Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-22ip: add loose reverse path filteringStephen Hemminger
Extend existing reverse path filter option to allow strict or loose filtering. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_path_filtering). For compatibility with existing usage, the value 1 is chosen for strict mode and 2 for loose mode. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-23cipso: Fix documentation commentPaul Moore
The CIPSO protocol engine incorrectly stated that the FIPS-188 specification could be found in the kernel's Documentation directory. This patch corrects that by removing the comment and directing users to the FIPS-188 documented hosted online. For the sake of completeness I've also included a link to the CIPSO draft specification on the NetLabel website. Thanks to Randy Dunlap for spotting the error and letting me know. Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com> Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2009-02-22netns: fix double free at netns creationDaniel Lezcano
This patch fix a double free when a network namespace fails. The previous code does a kfree of the net_generic structure when one of the init subsystem initialization fails. The 'setup_net' function does kfree(ng) and returns an error. The caller, 'copy_net_ns', call net_free on error, and this one calls kfree(net->gen), making this pointer freed twice. This patch make the code symetric, the net_alloc does the net_generic allocation and the net_free frees the net_generic. Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-21tcp: Always set urgent pointer if it's beyond snd_nxtHerbert Xu
Our TCP stack does not set the urgent flag if the urgent pointer does not fit in 16 bits, i.e., if it is more than 64K from the sequence number of a packet. This behaviour is different from the BSDs, and clearly contradicts the purpose of urgent mode, which is to send the notification (though not necessarily the associated data) as soon as possible. Our current behaviour may in fact delay the urgent notification indefinitely if the receiver window does not open up. Simply matching BSD however may break legacy applications which incorrectly rely on the out-of-band delivery of urgent data, and conversely the in-band delivery of non-urgent data. Alexey Kuznetsov suggested a safe solution of following BSD only if the urgent pointer itself has not yet been transmitted. This way we guarantee that when the remote end sees the packet with non-urgent data marked as urgent due to wrap-around we would have advanced the urgent pointer beyond, either to the actual urgent data or to an as-yet untransmitted packet. The only potential downside is that applications on the remote end may see multiple SIGURG notifications. However, this would occur anyway with other TCP stacks. More importantly, the outcome of such a duplicate notification is likely to be harmless since the signal itself does not carry any information other than the fact that we're in urgent mode. Thanks to Ilpo Järvinen for fixing a critical bug in this and Jeff Chua for reporting that bug. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Acked-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-21ipv6: fix sparse warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointerHannes Eder
Fix this sparse warning: net/ipv6/xfrm6_state.c:72:26: warning: Using plain integer as NULL pointer Signed-off-by: Hannes Eder <hannes@hanneseder.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-21net: kernel panic in dev_hard_start_xmit: remove faulty software TX time ↵Patrick Ohly
stamping The current implementation of the TX software time stamping fallback is faulty because it accesses the skb after ndo_start_xmit() returns successfully. This patch removes the fallback, which fixes kernel panics seen during stress tests. Hardware time stamping is not affected by this removal. Signed-off-by: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>