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2011-11-26net: Move mtu handling down to the protocol depended handlersSteffen Klassert
We move all mtu handling from dst_mtu() down to the protocol layer. So each protocol can implement the mtu handling in a different manner. Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-26net: Rename the dst_opt default_mtu method to mtuSteffen Klassert
We plan to invoke the dst_opt->default_mtu() method unconditioally from dst_mtu(). So rename the method to dst_opt->mtu() to match the name with the new meaning. Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-26route: Use the device mtu as the default for blackhole routesSteffen Klassert
As it is, we return null as the default mtu of blackhole routes. This may lead to a propagation of a bogus pmtu if the default_mtu method of a blackhole route is invoked. So return dst->dev->mtu as the default mtu instead. Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-11-06Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux * 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux: (230 commits) Revert "tracing: Include module.h in define_trace.h" irq: don't put module.h into irq.h for tracking irqgen modules. bluetooth: macroize two small inlines to avoid module.h ip_vs.h: fix implicit use of module_get/module_put from module.h nf_conntrack.h: fix up fallout from implicit moduleparam.h presence include: replace linux/module.h with "struct module" wherever possible include: convert various register fcns to macros to avoid include chaining crypto.h: remove unused crypto_tfm_alg_modname() inline uwb.h: fix implicit use of asm/page.h for PAGE_SIZE pm_runtime.h: explicitly requires notifier.h linux/dmaengine.h: fix implicit use of bitmap.h and asm/page.h miscdevice.h: fix up implicit use of lists and types stop_machine.h: fix implicit use of smp.h for smp_processor_id of: fix implicit use of errno.h in include/linux/of.h of_platform.h: delete needless include <linux/module.h> acpi: remove module.h include from platform/aclinux.h miscdevice.h: delete unnecessary inclusion of module.h device_cgroup.h: delete needless include <linux/module.h> net: sch_generic remove redundant use of <linux/module.h> net: inet_timewait_sock doesnt need <linux/module.h> ... Fix up trivial conflicts (other header files, and removal of the ab3550 mfd driver) in - drivers/media/dvb/frontends/dibx000_common.c - drivers/media/video/{mt9m111.c,ov6650.c} - drivers/mfd/ab3550-core.c - include/linux/dmaengine.h
2011-10-31net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modulesPaul Gortmaker
These files are non modular, but need to export symbols using the macros now living in export.h -- call out the include so that things won't break when we remove the implicit presence of module.h from everywhere. Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
2011-10-28ipv6: fix route error binding peer in func icmp6_dst_allocGao feng
in func icmp6_dst_alloc,dst_metric_set call ipv6_cow_metrics to set metric. ipv6_cow_metrics may will call rt6_bind_peer to set rt6_info->rt6i_peer. So,we should move ipv6_addr_copy before dst_metric_set to make sure rt6_bind_peer success. Signed-off-by: Gao feng <gaofeng@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-09-27ipv6: check return value for dst_allocMadalin Bucur
return value of dst_alloc must be checked before use Signed-off-by: Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-09-17ipv6: don't use inetpeer to store metrics for routes.Yan, Zheng
Current IPv6 implementation uses inetpeer to store metrics for routes. The problem of inetpeer is that it doesn't take subnet prefix length in to consideration. If two routes have the same address but different prefix length, they share same inetpeer. So changing metrics of one route also affects the other. The fix is to allocate separate metrics storage for each route. Signed-off-by: Zheng Yan <zheng.z.yan@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-08-03net: fix NULL dereferences in check_peer_redir()Eric Dumazet
Gergely Kalman reported crashes in check_peer_redir(). It appears commit f39925dbde778 (ipv4: Cache learned redirect information in inetpeer.) added a race, leading to possible NULL ptr dereference. Since we can now change dst neighbour, we should make sure a reader can safely use a neighbour. Add RCU protection to dst neighbour, and make sure check_peer_redir() can be called safely by different cpus in parallel. As neighbours are already freed after one RCU grace period, this patch should not add typical RCU penalty (cache cold effects) Many thanks to Gergely for providing a pretty report pointing to the bug. Reported-by: Gergely Kalman <synapse@hippy.csoma.elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-07-21ipv6: unshare inetpeersEric Dumazet
We currently cow metrics a bit too soon in IPv6 case : All routes are tied to a single inetpeer entry. Change ip6_rt_copy() to get destination address as second argument, so that we fill rt6i_dst before the dst_copy_metrics() call. icmp6_dst_alloc() must set rt6i_dst before calling dst_metric_set(), or else the cow is done while rt6i_dst is still NULL. If orig route points to readonly metrics, we can share the pointer instead of performing the memory allocation and copy. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-07-18net: Add ->neigh_lookup() operation to dst_opsDavid S. Miller
In the future dst entries will be neigh-less. In that environment we need to have an easy transition point for current users of dst->neighbour outside of the packet output fast path. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-07-17net: Abstract dst->neighbour accesses behind helpers.David S. Miller
dst_{get,set}_neighbour() Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-07-17ipv6: Get rid of rt6i_nexthop macro.David S. Miller
It just makes it harder to see 1) what the code is doing and 2) grep for all users of dst{->,.}neighbour Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-07-05Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
2011-07-01ipv6: Don't put artificial limit on routing table size.David S. Miller
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 <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-07-01ipv6: Don't change dst->flags using assignments.David S. Miller
This blows away any flags already set in the entry. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-06-09rtnetlink: Compute and store minimum ifinfo dump sizeGreg Rose
The message size allocated for rtnl ifinfo dumps was limited to a single page. This is not enough for additional interface info available with devices that support SR-IOV and caused a bug in which VF info would not be displayed if more than approximately 40 VFs were created per interface. Implement a new function pointer for the rtnl_register service that will calculate the amount of data required for the ifinfo dump and allocate enough data to satisfy the request. Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
2011-05-21ipv6: copy prefsrc setting when copying route entryFlorian Westphal
commit c3968a857a6b6c3d2ef4ead35776b055fb664d74 ('ipv6: RTA_PREFSRC support for ipv6 route source address selection') added support for ipv6 prefsrc as an alternative to ipv6 addrlabels, but it did not work because the prefsrc entry was not copied. Cc: Daniel Walter <sahne@0x90.at> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-28net: Use non-zero allocations in dst_alloc().David S. Miller
Make dst_alloc() and it's users explicitly initialize the entire entry. The zero'ing done by kmem_cache_zalloc() was almost entirely redundant. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-28net: Make dst_alloc() take more explicit initializations.David S. Miller
Now the dst->dev, dev->obsolete, and dst->flags values can be specified as well. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-26Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Resolved logic conflicts causing a build failure due to drivers/net/r8169.c changes using a patch from Stephen Rothwell. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-25net: provide cow_metrics() methods to blackhole dst_opsHeld Bernhard
Since commit 62fa8a846d7d (net: Implement read-only protection and COW'ing of metrics.) the kernel throws an oops. [ 101.620985] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) [ 101.621050] IP: [< (null)>] (null) [ 101.621084] PGD 6e53c067 PUD 3dd6a067 PMD 0 [ 101.621122] Oops: 0010 [#1] SMP [ 101.621153] last sysfs file: /sys/devices/virtual/ppp/ppp/uevent [ 101.621192] CPU 2 [ 101.621206] Modules linked in: l2tp_ppp pppox ppp_generic slhc l2tp_netlink l2tp_core deflate zlib_deflate twofish_x86_64 twofish_common des_generic cbc ecb sha1_generic hmac af_key iptable_filter snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq snd_seq_device loop snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_pcm snd_timer snd i2c_i801 iTCO_wdt psmouse soundcore snd_page_alloc evdev uhci_hcd ehci_hcd thermal [ 101.621552] [ 101.621567] Pid: 5129, comm: openl2tpd Not tainted 2.6.39-rc4-Quad #3 Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G33-DS3R/G33-DS3R [ 101.621637] RIP: 0010:[<0000000000000000>] [< (null)>] (null) [ 101.621684] RSP: 0018:ffff88003ddeba60 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 101.621716] RAX: ffff88003ddb5600 RBX: ffff88003ddb5600 RCX: 0000000000000020 [ 101.621758] RDX: ffffffff81a69a00 RSI: ffffffff81b7ee61 RDI: ffff88003ddb5600 [ 101.621800] RBP: ffff8800537cd900 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff88003ddb5600 [ 101.621840] R10: 0000000000000005 R11: 0000000000014b38 R12: ffff88003ddb5600 [ 101.621881] R13: ffffffff81b7e480 R14: ffffffff81b7e8b8 R15: ffff88003ddebad8 [ 101.621924] FS: 00007f06e4182700(0000) GS:ffff88007fd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 101.621971] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 101.622005] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000045274000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 [ 101.622046] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 101.622087] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 101.622129] Process openl2tpd (pid: 5129, threadinfo ffff88003ddea000, task ffff88003de9a280) [ 101.622177] Stack: [ 101.622191] ffffffff81447efa ffff88007d3ded80 ffff88003de9a280 ffff88007d3ded80 [ 101.622245] 0000000000000001 ffff88003ddebbb8 ffffffff8148d5a7 0000000000000212 [ 101.622299] ffff88003dcea000 ffff88003dcea188 ffffffff00000001 ffffffff81b7e480 [ 101.622353] Call Trace: [ 101.622374] [<ffffffff81447efa>] ? ipv4_blackhole_route+0x1ba/0x210 [ 101.622415] [<ffffffff8148d5a7>] ? xfrm_lookup+0x417/0x510 [ 101.622450] [<ffffffff8127672a>] ? extract_buf+0x9a/0x140 [ 101.622485] [<ffffffff8144c6a0>] ? __ip_flush_pending_frames+0x70/0x70 [ 101.622526] [<ffffffff8146fbbf>] ? udp_sendmsg+0x62f/0x810 [ 101.622562] [<ffffffff813f98a6>] ? sock_sendmsg+0x116/0x130 [ 101.622599] [<ffffffff8109df58>] ? find_get_page+0x18/0x90 [ 101.622633] [<ffffffff8109fd6a>] ? filemap_fault+0x12a/0x4b0 [ 101.622668] [<ffffffff813fb5c4>] ? move_addr_to_kernel+0x64/0x90 [ 101.622706] [<ffffffff81405d5a>] ? verify_iovec+0x7a/0xf0 [ 101.622739] [<ffffffff813fc772>] ? sys_sendmsg+0x292/0x420 [ 101.622774] [<ffffffff810b994a>] ? handle_pte_fault+0x8a/0x7c0 [ 101.622810] [<ffffffff810b76fe>] ? __pte_alloc+0xae/0x130 [ 101.622844] [<ffffffff810ba2f8>] ? handle_mm_fault+0x138/0x380 [ 101.622880] [<ffffffff81024af9>] ? do_page_fault+0x189/0x410 [ 101.622915] [<ffffffff813fbe03>] ? sys_getsockname+0xf3/0x110 [ 101.622952] [<ffffffff81450c4d>] ? ip_setsockopt+0x4d/0xa0 [ 101.622986] [<ffffffff813f9932>] ? sockfd_lookup_light+0x22/0x90 [ 101.623024] [<ffffffff814b61fb>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b [ 101.623060] Code: Bad RIP value. [ 101.623090] RIP [< (null)>] (null) [ 101.623125] RSP <ffff88003ddeba60> [ 101.623146] CR2: 0000000000000000 [ 101.650871] ---[ end trace ca3856a7d8e8dad4 ]--- [ 101.651011] __sk_free: optmem leakage (160 bytes) detected. The oops happens in dst_metrics_write_ptr() include/net/dst.h:124: return dst->ops->cow_metrics(dst, p); dst->ops->cow_metrics is NULL and causes the oops. Provide cow_metrics() methods, like we did in commit 214f45c91bb (net: provide default_advmss() methods to blackhole dst_ops) Signed-off-by: Held Bernhard <berny156@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-22inet: constify ip headers and in6_addrEric Dumazet
Add const qualifiers to structs iphdr, ipv6hdr and in6_addr pointers where possible, to make code intention more obvious. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-21ipv6: Remove hoplimit initialization to -1Thomas Egerer
The changes introduced with git-commit a02e4b7d ("ipv6: Demark default hoplimit as zero.") missed to remove the hoplimit initialization. As a result, ipv6_get_mtu interprets the return value of dst_metric_raw (-1) as 255 and answers ping6 with this hoplimit. This patche removes the line such that ping6 is answered with the hoplimit value configured via sysctl. Signed-off-by: Thomas Egerer <thomas.egerer@secunet.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-15ipv6: RTA_PREFSRC support for ipv6 route source address selectionDaniel Walter
[ipv6] Add support for RTA_PREFSRC This patch allows a user to select the preferred source address for a specific IPv6-Route. It can be set via a netlink message setting RTA_PREFSRC to a valid IPv6 address which must be up on the device the route will be bound to. Signed-off-by: Daniel Walter <dwalter@barracuda.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-03-22ipv6: ip6_route_output does not modify sk parameter, so make it constFlorian Westphal
This avoids explicit cast to avoid 'discards qualifiers' compiler warning in a netfilter patch that i've been working on. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-03-12ipv6: Convert to use flowi6 where applicable.David S. Miller
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-03-12net: Put flowi_* prefix on AF independent members of struct flowiDavid S. Miller
I intend to turn struct flowi into a union of AF specific flowi structs. There will be a common structure that each variant includes first, much like struct sock_common. This is the first step to move in that direction. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-03-10Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
2011-03-09ipv6: Don't create clones of host routes.David S. Miller
Addresses https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29252 Addresses https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30462 In commit d80bc0fd262ef840ed4e82593ad6416fa1ba3fc4 ("ipv6: Always clone offlink routes.") we forced the kernel to always clone offlink routes. The reason we do that is to make sure we never bind an inetpeer to a prefixed route. The logic turned on here has existed in the tree for many years, but was always off due to a protecting CPP define. So perhaps it's no surprise that there is a logic bug here. The problem is that we canot clone a route that is already a host route (ie. has DST_HOST set). Because if we do, an identical entry already exists in the routing tree and therefore the ip6_rt_ins() call is going to fail. This sets off a series of failures and high cpu usage, because when ip6_rt_ins() fails we loop retrying this operation a few times in order to handle a race between two threads trying to clone and insert the same host route at the same time. Fix this by simply using the route as-is when DST_HOST is set. Reported-by: slash@ac.auone-net.jp Reported-by: Ernst Sjöstrand <ernstp@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-03-03Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
2011-03-03ipv6: Use ERR_CAST in addrconf_dst_alloc.David S. Miller
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-03-01xfrm: Handle blackhole route creation via afinfo.David S. Miller
That way we don't have to potentially do this in every xfrm_lookup() caller. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-03-01ipv6: Normalize arguments to ip6_dst_blackhole().David S. Miller
Return a dst pointer which is potentitally error encoded. Don't pass original dst pointer by reference, pass a struct net instead of a socket, and elide the flow argument since it is unnecessary. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-02-25ipv6: variable next is never used in this functionHagen Paul Pfeifer
Signed-off-by: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@jauu.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-02-25sysctl: ipv6: use correct net in ipv6_sysctl_rtcache_flushLucian Adrian Grijincu
Before this patch issuing these commands: fd = open("/proc/sys/net/ipv6/route/flush") unshare(CLONE_NEWNET) write(fd, "stuff") would flush the newly created net, not the original one. The equivalent ipv4 code is correct (stores the net inside ->extra1). Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-02-19Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
2011-02-18net: provide default_advmss() methods to blackhole dst_opsEric Dumazet
Commit 0dbaee3b37e118a (net: Abstract default ADVMSS behind an accessor.) introduced a possible crash in tcp_connect_init(), when dst->default_advmss() is called from dst_metric_advmss() Reported-by: George Spelvin <linux@horizon.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-02-17net: Add initial_ref arg to dst_alloc().David S. Miller
This allows avoiding multiple writes to the initial __refcnt. The most simplest cases of wanting an initial reference of "1" in ipv4 and ipv6 have been converted, the rest have been left along and kept at the existing "0". Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-02-10inet: Create a mechanism for upward inetpeer propagation into routes.David S. Miller
If we didn't have a routing cache, we would not be able to properly propagate certain kinds of dynamic path attributes, for example PMTU information and redirects. The reason is that if we didn't have a routing cache, then there would be no way to lookup all of the active cached routes hanging off of sockets, tunnels, IPSEC bundles, etc. Consider the case where we created a cached route, but no inetpeer entry existed and also we were not asked to pre-COW the route metrics and therefore did not force the creation a new inetpeer entry. If we later get a PMTU message, or a redirect, and store this information in a new inetpeer entry, there is no way to teach that cached route about the newly existing inetpeer entry. The facilities implemented here handle this problem. First we create a generation ID. When we create a cached route of any kind, we remember the generation ID at the time of attachment. Any time we force-create an inetpeer entry in response to new path information, we bump that generation ID. The dst_ops->check() callback is where the knowledge of this event is propagated. If the global generation ID does not equal the one stored in the cached route, and the cached route has not attached to an inetpeer yet, we look it up and attach if one is found. Now that we've updated the cached route's information, we update the route's generation ID too. This clears the way for implementing PMTU and redirects directly in the inetpeer cache. There is absolutely no need to consult cached route information in order to maintain this information. At this point nothing bumps the inetpeer genids, that comes in the later changes which handle PMTUs and redirects using inetpeers. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-02-08net: Kill NETEVENT_PMTU_UPDATE.David S. Miller
Nobody actually does anything in response to the event, so just kill it off. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-02-04Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
2011-01-31net: Add default_mtu() methods to blackhole dst_opsRoland Dreier
When an IPSEC SA is still being set up, __xfrm_lookup() will return -EREMOTE and so ip_route_output_flow() will return a blackhole route. This can happen in a sndmsg call, and after d33e455337ea ("net: Abstract default MTU metric calculation behind an accessor.") this leads to a crash in ip_append_data() because the blackhole dst_ops have no default_mtu() method and so dst_mtu() calls a NULL pointer. Fix this by adding default_mtu() methods (that simply return 0, matching the old behavior) to the blackhole dst_ops. The IPv4 part of this patch fixes a crash that I saw when using an IPSEC VPN; the IPv6 part is untested because I don't have an IPv6 VPN, but it looks to be needed as well. Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <roland@purestorage.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-01-27net: Store ipv4/ipv6 COW'd metrics in inetpeer cache.David S. Miller
Please note that the IPSEC dst entry metrics keep using the generic metrics COW'ing mechanism using kmalloc/kfree. This gives the IPSEC routes an opportunity to use metrics which are unique to their encapsulated paths. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-01-27Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
2011-01-27ipv6: Remove route peer binding assertions.David S. Miller
They are bogus. The basic idea is that I wanted to make sure that prefixed routes never bind to peers. The test I used was whether RTF_CACHE was set. But first of all, the RTF_CACHE flag is set at different spots depending upon which ip6_rt_copy() caller you're talking about. I've validated all of the code paths, and even in the future where we bind peers more aggressively (for route metric COW'ing) we never bind to prefix'd routes, only fully specified ones. This even applies when addrconf or icmp6 routes are allocated. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-01-26net: Implement read-only protection and COW'ing of metrics.David S. Miller
Routing metrics are now copy-on-write. Initially a route entry points it's metrics at a read-only location. If a routing table entry exists, it will point there. Else it will point at the all zero metric place-holder called 'dst_default_metrics'. The writeability state of the metrics is stored in the low bits of the metrics pointer, we have two bits left to spare if we want to store more states. For the initial implementation, COW is implemented simply via kmalloc. However future enhancements will change this to place the writable metrics somewhere else, in order to increase sharing. Very likely this "somewhere else" will be the inetpeer cache. Note also that this means that metrics updates may transiently fail if we cannot COW the metrics successfully. But even by itself, this patch should decrease memory usage and increase cache locality especially for routing workloads. In those cases the read-only metric copies stay in place and never get written to. TCP workloads where metrics get updated, and those rare cases where PMTU triggers occur, will take a very slight performance hit. But that hit will be alleviated when the long-term writable metrics move to a more sharable location. Since the metrics storage went from a u32 array of RTAX_MAX entries to what is essentially a pointer, some retooling of the dst_entry layout was necessary. Most importantly, we need to preserve the alignment of the reference count so that it doesn't share cache lines with the read-mostly state, as per Eric Dumazet's alignment assertion checks. The only non-trivial bit here is the move of the 'flags' member into the writeable cacheline. This is OK since we are always accessing the flags around the same moment when we made a modification to the reference count. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-01-24ipv6: Always clone offlink routes.David S. Miller
Do not handle PMTU vs. route lookup creation any differently wrt. offlink routes, always clone them. Reported-by: PK <runningdoglackey@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-12-18ipv6: fib6_ifdown cleanupstephen hemminger
Remove (unnecessary) casts to make code cleaner. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-12-17Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.h drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-1000.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-6000.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-core.h drivers/vhost/vhost.c
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