linux/drivers/firewire, branch v2.6.30

firewire: core: optimize propagation of BROADCAST_CHANNEL

2009-03-24T19:56:52Z

Cache the test result of whether a device implements BROADCAST_CHANNEL. This minimizes traffic on the bus after each bus reset. A majority of devices does not implement BROADCAST_CHANNEL. Remove busy retries; just rely on the hardware to retry requests to busy responders. Remove unnecessary log messages. Rename the flag is_irm to broadcast_channel_allocated to better reflect its meaning. Reset the flag earlier in fw_core_handle_bus_reset. Pass the generation down as a call parameter; that way generation can't be newer than card->broadcast_channel_allocated and device->node_id. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter

firewire: core: simplify broadcast channel allocation

2009-03-24T19:56:51Z

fw-iso.c has channel allocation code now, use it. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter

firewire: core: increase bus manager grace period

2009-03-24T19:56:51Z

Per IEEE 1394 clause 8.4.2.5, bus manager capable nodes which are not incumbent shall wait at least 125ms before trying to establish themselves as bus manager. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter

firewire: core: drop unused call parameters of close_transaction

2009-03-24T19:56:51Z

All callers inserted NULL and 0 here. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter

firewire: cdev: add closure to async stream ioctl

2009-03-24T19:56:50Z

This changes the as yet unreleased FW_CDEV_IOC_SEND_STREAM_PACKET ioctl to generate an fw_cdev_event_response event just like the other two ioctls for asynchronous request transmission do. This way, clients get feedback on successful or unsuccessful transmission. This also adds input validation for length, tag, channel, sy, speed. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter

firewire: cdev: simplify FW_CDEV_IOC_SEND_REQUEST return value

2009-03-24T19:56:50Z

This changes the ioctl() return value of FW_CDEV_IOC_SEND_REQUEST and of the as yet unreleased FW_CDEV_IOC_SEND_BROADCAST_REQUEST. They used to return sizeof(struct fw_cdev_send_request *) + data_length which is obviously a failed attempt to emulate the return value of raw1394's respective interface which uses write() instead of ioctl(). However, the first summand, as size of a kernel pointer, is entirely meaningless to clients and the second summand is already known to clients. And the result does not resemble raw1394's write() return code anyway. So simplify it to a constant non-negative value, i.e. 0. The only dangers here would be that future client implementations check for error by ret != 0 instead of ret < 0 when running on top of an old kernel; or that current clients interpret ret = 0 or more as failure. But both are hypothetical cases which don't justify to return irritating values. While we touch this code, also remove "& 0x1f" from tcode in the call of fw_send_request. The tcode cannot be bigger than 0x1f at this point. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter

firewire: cdev: fix race of ioctl_send_request with bus reset

2009-03-24T19:56:50Z

The bus reset handler concurrently frees client->device->node. Use device->node_id instead. This is equivalent to device->node->node_id while device->generation is current. Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter

firewire: cdev: secure add_descriptor ioctl

2009-03-24T19:56:50Z

The access permissions and ownership or ACL of /dev/fw* character device files will typically be set based on the device type of the respective nodes, as obtained by firewire-core from descriptors in the device's configuration ROM. An example policy is to deny write permission by default but grant write permission to files of AV/C video and audio devices and IIDC video devices. The FW_CDEV_IOC_ADD_DESCRIPTOR ioctl could be used to partly subvert such a policy: Find a device file with relaxed permissions, use the ioctl to add a descriptor with AV/C marker to the local node's ROM, thus gain access to the local node's character device file. (This is only possible if there are udev scripts installed which actively relax permissions for known device types and if there is a device of such a type connected.) Accessibility of the local node's device file is relevant to host security if the host contains two or more IEEE 1394 link layer controllers which are plugged into a single bus. Therefore change the ABI to deny FW_CDEV_IOC_ADD_DESCRIPTOR if the file belongs to a remote node. (This change has no impact on known implementers of the ABI: None of them uses the ioctl yet.) Also clarify the documentation: The ioctl affects all local nodes, not just one local node. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter

firewire: cdev: amendment to "add ioctl to query maximum transmission speed"

2009-03-24T19:56:49Z

The as yet unreleased FW_CDEV_IOC_GET_SPEED ioctl puts only a single integer into the parameter buffer. We can use ioctl()'s return value instead. (Also: Some whitespace change in firewire-cdev.h.) Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter

firewire: broadcast channel support

2009-03-24T19:56:49Z

This patch adds the ISO broadcast channel support that is required of a 1394a IRM. In specific, if the local device the IRM, it allocates ISO channel 31 and sets the broadcast channel register of all devices on the local bus to BROADCAST_CHANNEL_INITIAL | BROADCAST_CHANNEL_VALID to indicate that channel 31 can be use for broadcast messages. One minor complication is that on startup the local device may become IRM before all the devices on the bus have been enumerated by the stack. Therefore we have to keep a "the local device is IRM" flag and possibly set the broadcast channel register of new devices at enumeration time. Signed-off-by: Jay Fenlason Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter