linux/Documentation/networking, branch v4.3

net: Add documentation for VRF device

2015-09-17T23:06:43Z

Signed-off-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next

2015-09-03T15:08:17Z

Pull networking updates from David Miller: "Another merge window, another set of networking changes. I've heard rumblings that the lightweight tunnels infrastructure has been voted networking change of the year. But what do I know? 1) Add conntrack support to openvswitch, from Joe Stringer. 2) Initial support for VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding), which allows the segmentation of routing paths without using multiple devices. There are some semantic kinks to work out still, but this is a reasonably strong foundation. From David Ahern. 3) Remove spinlock fro act_bpf fast path, from Alexei Starovoitov. 4) Ignore route nexthops with a link down state in ipv6, just like ipv4. From Andy Gospodarek. 5) Remove spinlock from fast path of act_gact and act_mirred, from Eric Dumazet. 6) Document the DSA layer, from Florian Fainelli. 7) Add netconsole support to bcmgenet, systemport, and DSA. Also from Florian Fainelli. 8) Add Mellanox Switch Driver and core infrastructure, from Jiri Pirko. 9) Add support for "light weight tunnels", which allow for encapsulation and decapsulation without bearing the overhead of a full blown netdevice. From Thomas Graf, Jiri Benc, and a cast of others. 10) Add Identifier Locator Addressing support for ipv6, from Tom Herbert. 11) Support fragmented SKBs in iwlwifi, from Johannes Berg. 12) Allow perf PMUs to be accessed from eBPF programs, from Kaixu Xia. 13) Add BQL support to 3c59x driver, from Loganaden Velvindron. 14) Stop using a zero TX queue length to mean that a device shouldn't have a qdisc attached, use an explicit flag instead. From Phil Sutter. 15) Use generic geneve netdevice infrastructure in openvswitch, from Pravin B Shelar. 16) Add infrastructure to avoid re-forwarding a packet in software that was already forwarded by a hardware switch. From Scott Feldman. 17) Allow AF_PACKET fanout function to be implemented in a bpf program, from Willem de Bruijn" * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1458 commits) netfilter: nf_conntrack: make nf_ct_zone_dflt built-in netfilter: nf_dup{4, 6}: fix build error when nf_conntrack disabled net: fec: clear receive interrupts before processing a packet ipv6: fix exthdrs offload registration in out_rt path xen-netback: add support for multicast control bgmac: Update fixed_phy_register() sock, diag: fix panic in sock_diag_put_filterinfo flow_dissector: Use 'const' where possible. flow_dissector: Fix function argument ordering dependency ixgbe: Resolve "initialized field overwritten" warnings ixgbe: Remove bimodal SR-IOV disabling ixgbe: Add support for reporting 2.5G link speed ixgbe: fix bounds checking in ixgbe_setup_tc for 82598 ixgbe: support for ethtool set_rxfh ixgbe: Avoid needless PHY access on copper phys ixgbe: cleanup to use cached mask value ixgbe: Remove second instance of lan_id variable ixgbe: use kzalloc for allocating one thing flow: Move __get_hash_from_flowi{4,6} into flow_dissector.c ixgbe: Remove unused PCI bus types ...

phy: fixed_phy: Add gpio to determine link up/down.

2015-08-31T21:48:02Z

An SFP module may have a link up/down status pin which can be connection to a GPIO line of the host. Add support for reading such an GPIO in the fixed_phy driver. Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

IGMP: Document igmp_link_local_mcast_reports

2015-08-31T19:30:37Z

Document the addition of a new sysctl variable which controls the generation of IGMP reports for link local multicast groups in the 224.0.0.X range. IGMP reports for local multicast groups can now be optionally inhibited by setting the value to zero e.g.: echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/igmp_link_local_mcast_reports To retain backwards compatibility the previous behaviour is retained by default on system boot or reverted by setting the value back to non-zero. Signed-off-by: Philip Downey Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Documentation: networking: dsa: Add Broadcom SF2 document

2015-08-26T00:01:32Z

Add a document describing the Broadcom Starfigther 2 switch hardware, its specifics, and how the driver is implemented and its specifics. Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli Reviewed-by: Vivien Didelot Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Documentation: networking: add a DSA document

2015-08-26T00:01:32Z

Describe how the DSA subsystem works, its design principles, limitations, and describe in details how to implement a DSA switch driver. Acked-by: Andrew Lunn Acked-by: Scott Feldman Reviewed-by: Vivien Didelot Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tcp: refine pacing rate determination

2015-08-25T18:33:54Z

When TCP pacing was added back in linux-3.12, we chose to apply a fixed ratio of 200 % against current rate, to allow probing for optimal throughput even during slow start phase, where cwnd can be doubled every other gRTT. At Google, we found it was better applying a different ratio while in Congestion Avoidance phase. This ratio was set to 120 %. We've used the normal tcp_in_slow_start() helper for a while, then tuned the condition to select the conservative ratio as soon as cwnd >= ssthresh/2 : - After cwnd reduction, it is safer to ramp up more slowly, as we approach optimal cwnd. - Initial ramp up (ssthresh == INFINITY) still allows doubling cwnd every other RTT. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Cc: Neal Cardwell Cc: Yuchung Cheng Acked-by: Neal Cardwell Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Merge branch 'for-upstream' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth-next

2015-08-17T22:41:21Z

Johan Hedberg says: ==================== pull request: bluetooth-next 2015-08-16 Here's what's likely the last bluetooth-next pull request for 4.3: - 6lowpan/802.15.4 refactoring, cleanups & fixes - Document 6lowpan netdev usage in Documentation/networking/6lowpan.txt - Support for UART based QCA Bluetooth controllers - Power management support for Broeadcom Bluetooth controllers - Change LE connection initiation to always use passive scanning first - Support for new Silicon Wave USB ID Please let me know if there are any issues pulling. Thanks. ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next

2015-08-17T21:05:14Z

Steffen Klassert says: ==================== pull request (net-next): ipsec-next 2015-08-17 1) Fix IPv6 ECN decapsulation for IPsec interfamily tunnels. From Thomas Egerer. 2) Use kmemdup instead of duplicating it in xfrm_dump_sa(). From Andrzej Hajda. 3) Pass oif to the xfrm lookups so that it gets set on the flow and the resolver routines can match based on oif. From David Ahern. 4) Add documentation for the new xfrm garbage collector threshold. From Alexander Duyck. Please pull or let me know if there are problems. ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

rocker: hook ndo_neigh_destroy to cleanup neigh refs in driver

2015-08-14T00:05:46Z

Rocker driver tracks arp_tbl neighs to resolve IPv4 route nexthops. The driver uses NETEVENT_NEIGH_UPDATE for neigh adds and updates, but there is no event when the neigh is removed from the device (such as when the device goes admin down). This patches hooks ndo_neigh_destroy so the driver can know when a neigh is removed from the device. In response, the driver will purge the neigh entry from its internal tbl. I didn't find an in-tree users of ndo_neigh_destroy, so I'm not sure if this ndo is vestigial or if there are out-of-tree users. In any case, it does what I need here. An alternative design would be to generate NETEVENT_NEIGH_UPDATE event when neigh is being destroyed, setting state to NUD_NONE so driver knows neigh entry is dead. Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman Signed-off-by: David S. Miller