From 17edde520927070a6bf14a6a75027c0b843443e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric W. Biederman" Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:11:09 -0800 Subject: netns: Remove net_alive 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/core/dev.c') diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 72b0d26fd46..9e4afe650e7 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -2267,12 +2267,6 @@ int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb) rcu_read_lock(); - /* Don't receive packets in an exiting network namespace */ - if (!net_alive(dev_net(skb->dev))) { - kfree_skb(skb); - goto out; - } - #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT if (skb->tc_verd & TC_NCLS) { skb->tc_verd = CLR_TC_NCLS(skb->tc_verd); -- cgit v1.2.3 From 54acd0efab072cb70e87206329d561b297f93bbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David S. Miller" Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 23:01:02 -0800 Subject: net: Fix missing dev->neigh_setup in register_netdevice(). Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'net/core/dev.c') diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 9e4afe650e7..2dd484ed3db 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -4339,6 +4339,7 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) dev->do_ioctl = ops->ndo_do_ioctl; dev->set_config = ops->ndo_set_config; dev->change_mtu = ops->ndo_change_mtu; + dev->neigh_setup = ops->ndo_neigh_setup; dev->tx_timeout = ops->ndo_tx_timeout; dev->get_stats = ops->ndo_get_stats; dev->vlan_rx_register = ops->ndo_vlan_rx_register; -- cgit v1.2.3 From 9d40bbda599def1e1d155d7f7dca14fe8744bd2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David S. Miller" Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 23:46:25 -0800 Subject: vlan: Fix vlan-in-vlan crashes. As analyzed by Patrick McHardy, vlan needs to reset it's netdev_ops pointer in it's ->init() function but this leaves the compat method pointers stale. Add a netdev_resync_ops() and call it from the vlan code. Any other driver which changes ->netdev_ops after register_netdevice() will need to call this new function after doing so too. With help from Patrick McHardy. Tested-by: Patrick McHardy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/core/dev.c') diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 2dd484ed3db..f1129706ce7 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -4282,6 +4282,39 @@ unsigned long netdev_fix_features(unsigned long features, const char *name) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_fix_features); +/* Some devices need to (re-)set their netdev_ops inside + * ->init() or similar. If that happens, we have to setup + * the compat pointers again. + */ +void netdev_resync_ops(struct net_device *dev) +{ +#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT_NET_DEV_OPS + const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops; + + dev->init = ops->ndo_init; + dev->uninit = ops->ndo_uninit; + dev->open = ops->ndo_open; + dev->change_rx_flags = ops->ndo_change_rx_flags; + dev->set_rx_mode = ops->ndo_set_rx_mode; + dev->set_multicast_list = ops->ndo_set_multicast_list; + dev->set_mac_address = ops->ndo_set_mac_address; + dev->validate_addr = ops->ndo_validate_addr; + dev->do_ioctl = ops->ndo_do_ioctl; + dev->set_config = ops->ndo_set_config; + dev->change_mtu = ops->ndo_change_mtu; + dev->neigh_setup = ops->ndo_neigh_setup; + dev->tx_timeout = ops->ndo_tx_timeout; + dev->get_stats = ops->ndo_get_stats; + dev->vlan_rx_register = ops->ndo_vlan_rx_register; + dev->vlan_rx_add_vid = ops->ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid; + dev->vlan_rx_kill_vid = ops->ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid; +#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER + dev->poll_controller = ops->ndo_poll_controller; +#endif +#endif +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_resync_ops); + /** * register_netdevice - register a network device * @dev: device to register @@ -4326,28 +4359,7 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) * This is temporary until all network devices are converted. */ if (dev->netdev_ops) { - const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops; - - dev->init = ops->ndo_init; - dev->uninit = ops->ndo_uninit; - dev->open = ops->ndo_open; - dev->change_rx_flags = ops->ndo_change_rx_flags; - dev->set_rx_mode = ops->ndo_set_rx_mode; - dev->set_multicast_list = ops->ndo_set_multicast_list; - dev->set_mac_address = ops->ndo_set_mac_address; - dev->validate_addr = ops->ndo_validate_addr; - dev->do_ioctl = ops->ndo_do_ioctl; - dev->set_config = ops->ndo_set_config; - dev->change_mtu = ops->ndo_change_mtu; - dev->neigh_setup = ops->ndo_neigh_setup; - dev->tx_timeout = ops->ndo_tx_timeout; - dev->get_stats = ops->ndo_get_stats; - dev->vlan_rx_register = ops->ndo_vlan_rx_register; - dev->vlan_rx_add_vid = ops->ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid; - dev->vlan_rx_kill_vid = ops->ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid; -#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER - dev->poll_controller = ops->ndo_poll_controller; -#endif + netdev_resync_ops(dev); } else { char drivername[64]; pr_info("%s (%s): not using net_device_ops yet\n", -- cgit v1.2.3