linux/net/core, branch v3.0

ipv6: Don't put artificial limit on routing table size.

2011-07-02T00:30:43Z

IPV6, unlike IPV4, doesn't have a routing cache. Routing table entries, as well as clones made in response to route lookup requests, all live in the same table. And all of these things are together collected in the destination cache table for ipv6. This means that routing table entries count against the garbage collection limits, even though such entries cannot ever be reclaimed and are added explicitly by the administrator (rather than being created in response to lookups). Therefore it makes no sense to count ipv6 routing table entries against the GC limits. Add a DST_NOCOUNT destination cache entry flag, and skip the counting if it is set. Use this flag bit in ipv6 when adding routing table entries. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6

2011-06-16T17:21:59Z

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6: AFS: Use i_generation not i_version for the vnode uniquifier AFS: Set s_id in the superblock to the volume name vfs: Fix data corruption after failed write in __block_write_begin() afs: afs_fill_page reads too much, or wrong data VFS: Fix vfsmount overput on simultaneous automount fix wrong iput on d_inode introduced by e6bc45d65d Delay struct net freeing while there's a sysfs instance refering to it afs: fix sget() races, close leak on umount ubifs: fix sget races ubifs: split allocation of ubifs_info into a separate function fix leak in proc_set_super()

Delay struct net freeing while there's a sysfs instance refering to it

2011-06-12T21:45:41Z

* new refcount in struct net, controlling actual freeing of the memory * new method in kobj_ns_type_operations (->drop_ns()) * ->current_ns() semantics change - it's supposed to be followed by corresponding ->drop_ns(). For struct net in case of CONFIG_NET_NS it bumps the new refcount; net_drop_ns() decrements it and calls net_free() if the last reference has been dropped. Method renamed to ->grab_current_ns(). * old net_free() callers call net_drop_ns() instead. * sysfs_exit_ns() is gone, along with a large part of callchain leading to it; now that the references stored in ->ns[...] stay valid we do not need to hunt them down and replace them with NULL. That fixes problems in sysfs_lookup() and sysfs_readdir(), along with getting rid of sb->s_instances abuse. Note that struct net *shutdown* logics has not changed - net_cleanup() is called exactly when it used to be called. The only thing postponed by having a sysfs instance refering to that struct net is actual freeing of memory occupied by struct net. Signed-off-by: Al Viro

netpoll: call dev_put() on error in netpoll_setup()

2011-06-12T01:55:22Z

There is a dev_put(ndev) missing on an error path. This was introduced in 0c1ad04aecb "netpoll: prevent netpoll setup on slave devices". Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

vlan: Fix the ingress VLAN_FLAG_REORDER_HDR check

2011-06-11T23:15:50Z

Testing of VLAN_FLAG_REORDER_HDR does not belong in vlan_untag but rather in vlan_do_receive. Otherwise the vlan header will not be properly put on the packet in the case of vlan header accelleration. As we remove the check from vlan_check_reorder_header rename it vlan_reorder_header to keep the naming clean. Fix up the skb->pkt_type early so we don't look at the packet after adding the vlan tag, which guarantees we don't goof and look at the wrong field. Use a simple if statement instead of a complicated switch statement to decided that we need to increment rx_stats for a multicast packet. Hopefully at somepoint we will just declare the case where VLAN_FLAG_REORDER_HDR is cleared as unsupported and remove the code. Until then this keeps it working correctly. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko Acked-by: Changli Gao Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

netpoll: prevent netpoll setup on slave devices

2011-06-09T07:28:13Z

In commit 8d8fc29d02a33e4bd5f4fa47823c1fd386346093 (netpoll: disable netpoll when enslave a device), we automatically disable netpoll when the underlying device is being enslaved, we also need to prevent people from setuping netpoll on devices that are already enslaved. Signed-off-by: WANG Cong Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: cpu offline cause napi stall

2011-06-07T08:01:22Z

Frank Blaschka reported : During heavy network load we turn off/on cpus. Sometimes this causes a stall on the network device. Digging into the dump I found out following: napi is scheduled but does not run. From the I/O buffers and the napi state I see napi/rx_softirq processing has stopped because the budget was reached. napi stays in the softnet_data poll_list and the rx_softirq was raised again. I assume at this time the cpu offline comes in, the rx softirq is raised/moved to another cpu but napi stays in the poll_list of the softnet_data of the now offline cpu. Reviewing dev_cpu_callback (net/core/dev.c) I did not find the poll_list is transfered to the new cpu. This patch is a straightforward implementation of Frank suggestion : Transfert poll_list and trigger NET_RX_SOFTIRQ on new cpu. Reported-by: Frank Blaschka Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Tested-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: Rework netdev_drivername() to avoid warning.

2011-06-06T23:41:33Z

This interface uses a temporary buffer, but for no real reason. And now can generate warnings like: net/sched/sch_generic.c: In function dev_watchdog net/sched/sch_generic.c:254:10: warning: unused variable drivername Just return driver->name directly or "". Reported-by: Connor Hansen Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

get_net_ns_by_fd() oopses if proc_ns_fget() returns an error

2011-06-05T21:11:09Z

BTW, looking through the code related to struct net lifetime rules has caught something else: struct net *get_net_ns_by_fd(int fd) { ... file = proc_ns_fget(fd); if (!file) goto out; ei = PROC_I(file->f_dentry->d_inode); while in proc_ns_fget() we have two return ERR_PTR(...) and not a single path that would return NULL. The other caller of proc_ns_fget() treats ERR_PTR() correctly... Signed-off-by: Al Viro Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

2011-06-04T14:16:00Z

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (40 commits) tg3: Fix tg3_skb_error_unmap() net: tracepoint of net_dev_xmit sees freed skb and causes panic drivers/net/can/flexcan.c: add missing clk_put net: dm9000: Get the chip in a known good state before enabling interrupts drivers/net/davinci_emac.c: add missing clk_put af-packet: Add flag to distinguish VID 0 from no-vlan. caif: Fix race when conditionally taking rtnl lock usbnet/cdc_ncm: add missing .reset_resume hook vlan: fix typo in vlan_dev_hard_start_xmit() net/ipv4: Check for mistakenly passed in non-IPv4 address iwl4965: correctly validate temperature value bluetooth l2cap: fix locking in l2cap_global_chan_by_psm ath9k: fix two more bugs in tx power cfg80211: don't drop p2p probe responses Revert "net: fix section mismatches" drivers/net/usb/catc.c: Fix potential deadlock in catc_ctrl_run() sctp: stop pending timers and purge queues when peer restart asoc drivers/net: ks8842 Fix crash on received packet when in PIO mode. ip_options_compile: properly handle unaligned pointer iwlagn: fix incorrect PCI subsystem id for 6150 devices ...