linux-toradex.git/include/linux/netdevice.h, branch v2.6.39-rc5

net: Fix dev dev_ethtool_get_rx_csum() for forced NETIF_F_RXCSUM

2011-04-02T03:23:25+00:00

dev_ethtool_get_rx_csum() won't report rx checksumming when it's not
changeable and driver is converted to hw_features and friends. Fix this.

(dev->hw_features & NETIF_F_RXCSUM) check is dropped - if the
ethtool_ops->get_rx_csum is set, then driver is not coverted, yet.

Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: introduce rx_handler results and logic around that

2011-03-16T19:53:54+00:00

This patch allows rx_handlers to better signalize what to do next to
it's caller. That makes skb->deliver_no_wcard no longer needed.

kernel-doc for rx_handler_result is taken from Nicolas' patch.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko 
Reviewed-by: Nicolas de Pesloüan 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: add proper documentation for previously added net_device_ops for FCoE

2011-03-11T09:17:50+00:00

Add proper documentation for previously added net_device_ops ops for FCoE.

Signed-off-by: Yi Zou 
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher

Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6

2011-03-10T22:26:00+00:00

Conflicts:
	drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c

net: don't allow CAP_NET_ADMIN to load non-netdev kernel modules

2011-03-09T23:25:19+00:00

Since a8f80e8ff94ecba629542d9b4b5f5a8ee3eb565c any process with
CAP_NET_ADMIN may load any module from /lib/modules/.  This doesn't mean
that CAP_NET_ADMIN is a superset of CAP_SYS_MODULE as modules are
limited to /lib/modules/**.  However, CAP_NET_ADMIN capability shouldn't
allow anybody load any module not related to networking.

This patch restricts an ability of autoloading modules to netdev modules
with explicit aliases.  This fixes CVE-2011-1019.

Arnd Bergmann suggested to leave untouched the old pre-v2.6.32 behavior
of loading netdev modules by name (without any prefix) for processes
with CAP_SYS_MODULE to maintain the compatibility with network scripts
that use autoloading netdev modules by aliases like "eth0", "wlan0".

Currently there are only three users of the feature in the upstream
kernel: ipip, ip_gre and sit.

    root@albatros:~# capsh --drop=$(seq -s, 0 11),$(seq -s, 13 34) --
    root@albatros:~# grep Cap /proc/$$/status
    CapInh:	0000000000000000
    CapPrm:	fffffff800001000
    CapEff:	fffffff800001000
    CapBnd:	fffffff800001000
    root@albatros:~# modprobe xfs
    FATAL: Error inserting xfs
    (/lib/modules/2.6.38-rc6-00001-g2bf4ca3/kernel/fs/xfs/xfs.ko): Operation not permitted
    root@albatros:~# lsmod | grep xfs
    root@albatros:~# ifconfig xfs
    xfs: error fetching interface information: Device not found
    root@albatros:~# lsmod | grep xfs
    root@albatros:~# lsmod | grep sit
    root@albatros:~# ifconfig sit
    sit: error fetching interface information: Device not found
    root@albatros:~# lsmod | grep sit
    root@albatros:~# ifconfig sit0
    sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
	      NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1

    root@albatros:~# lsmod | grep sit
    sit                    10457  0
    tunnel4                 2957  1 sit

For CAP_SYS_MODULE module loading is still relaxed:

    root@albatros:~# grep Cap /proc/$$/status
    CapInh:	0000000000000000
    CapPrm:	ffffffffffffffff
    CapEff:	ffffffffffffffff
    CapBnd:	ffffffffffffffff
    root@albatros:~# ifconfig xfs
    xfs: error fetching interface information: Device not found
    root@albatros:~# lsmod | grep xfs
    xfs                   745319  0

Reference: https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/24/203

Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov 
Signed-off-by: Michael Tokarev 
Acked-by: David S. Miller 
Acked-by: Kees Cook 
Signed-off-by: James Morris

net: add ndo_fcoe_ddp_target() to support FCoE DDP in target mode

2011-03-08T02:00:17+00:00

The Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Direct Data Placement (DDP) can also be
used for FCoE target, where the DDP used for read I/O on an initiator can be
used on an FCoE target to speed up the write I/O to the target from the initiator.
The added ndo_fcoe_ddp_target() works in the similar way as the existing
ndo_fcoe_ddp_setup() to allow the underlying hardware set up the DDP context
accordingly when it gets called from the FCoE target implementation on top
the existing Open-FCoE fcoe/libfc protocol stack so without losing the ability
to provide DDP for read I/O as an initiator, it can also provide DDP offload
to the write I/O coming from the initiator as a target.

Signed-off-by: Yi Zou 
Signed-off-by: Kiran Patil 
Tested-by: Kavindya Deegala 
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher

netdevice: Convert printk to pr_info in netif_tx_stop_queue

2011-03-07T20:34:01+00:00

This allows any caller to be prefaced by any specific
pr_fmt to better identify which device driver is using
this function inappropriately.

Add terminating newline.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

netdevice: make initial group visible to userspace

2011-03-03T05:55:52+00:00

INIT_NETDEV_GROUP is needed by userspace, move it outside __KERNEL__
guards.

Signed-off-by: Vlad Dogaru 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: introduce NETIF_F_RXCSUM

2011-02-17T22:16:35+00:00

Introduce NETIF_F_RXCSUM to replace device-private flags for RX checksum
offload. Integrate it with ndo_fix_features.

ethtool_op_get_rx_csum() is removed altogether as nothing in-tree uses it.

Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: Introduce new feature setting ops

2011-02-17T22:16:33+00:00

This introduces a new framework to handle device features setting.
It consists of:
  - new fields in struct net_device:
	+ hw_features - features that hw/driver supports toggling
	+ wanted_features - features that user wants enabled, when possible
  - new netdev_ops:
	+ feat = ndo_fix_features(dev, feat) - API checking constraints for
		enabling features or their combinations
	+ ndo_set_features(dev) - API updating hardware state to match
		changed dev->features
  - new ethtool commands:
	+ ETHTOOL_GFEATURES/ETHTOOL_SFEATURES: get/set dev->wanted_features
		and trigger device reconfiguration if resulting dev->features
		changed
	+ ETHTOOL_GSTRINGS(ETH_SS_FEATURES): get feature bits names (meaning)

Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller