linux-toradex.git/net/core/net-sysfs.c, branch v3.0.3

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

2011-06-12T21:45:41+00:00

	* 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

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

2011-05-20T20:43:21+00:00

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1446 commits)
  macvlan: fix panic if lowerdev in a bond
  tg3: Add braces around 5906 workaround.
  tg3: Fix NETIF_F_LOOPBACK error
  macvlan: remove one synchronize_rcu() call
  networking: NET_CLS_ROUTE4 depends on INET
  irda: Fix error propagation in ircomm_lmp_connect_response()
  irda: Kill set but unused variable 'bytes' in irlan_check_command_param()
  irda: Kill set but unused variable 'clen' in ircomm_connect_indication()
  rxrpc: Fix set but unused variable 'usage' in rxrpc_get_transport()
  be2net: Kill set but unused variable 'req' in lancer_fw_download()
  irda: Kill set but unused vars 'saddr' and 'daddr' in irlan_provider_connect_indication()
  atl1c: atl1c_resume() is only used when CONFIG_PM_SLEEP is defined.
  rxrpc: Fix set but unused variable 'usage' in rxrpc_get_peer().
  rxrpc: Kill set but unused variable 'local' in rxrpc_UDP_error_handler()
  rxrpc: Kill set but unused variable 'sp' in rxrpc_process_connection()
  rxrpc: Kill set but unused variable 'sp' in rxrpc_rotate_tx_window()
  pkt_sched: Kill set but unused variable 'protocol' in tc_classify()
  isdn: capi: Use pr_debug() instead of ifdefs.
  tg3: Update version to 3.119
  tg3: Apply rx_discards fix to 5719/5720
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts in arch/x86/Kconfig and net/mac80211/agg-tx.c
as per Davem.

net: convert to new cpumask API

2011-05-16T18:53:49+00:00

We plan to remove cpu_xx() old api later. Thus this patch
convert it.

This patch has no functional change.

Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net,rcu: convert call_rcu(xps_dev_maps_release) to kfree_rcu()

2011-05-08T05:51:04+00:00

The rcu callback xps_dev_maps_release() just calls a kfree(),
so we use kfree_rcu() instead of the call_rcu(xps_dev_maps_release).

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan 
Acked-by: David S. Miller 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett

net,rcu: convert call_rcu(xps_map_release) to kfree_rcu()

2011-05-08T05:51:03+00:00

The rcu callback xps_map_release() just calls a kfree(),
so we use kfree_rcu() instead of the call_rcu(xps_map_release).

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan 
Acked-by: David S. Miller 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett

net,rcu: convert call_rcu(rps_map_release) to kfree_rcu()

2011-05-08T05:51:02+00:00

The rcu callback rps_map_release() just calls a kfree(),
so we use kfree_rcu() instead of the call_rcu(rps_map_release).

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan 
Acked-by: David S. Miller 
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney 
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett

ethtool: Call ethtool's get/set_settings callbacks with cleaned data

2011-04-29T21:01:30+00:00

This makes sure that when a driver calls the ethtool's
get/set_settings() callback of another driver, the data passed to it
is clean. This guarantees that speed_hi will be zeroed correctly if
the called callback doesn't explicitely set it: we are sure we don't
get a corrupted speed from the underlying driver. We also take care of
setting the cmd field appropriately (ETHTOOL_GSET/SSET).

This applies to dev_ethtool_get_settings(), which now makes sure it
sets up that ethtool command parameter correctly before passing it to
drivers. This also means that whoever calls dev_ethtool_get_settings()
does not have to clean the ethtool command parameter. This function
also becomes an exported symbol instead of an inline.

All drivers visible to make allyesconfig under x86_64 have been
updated.

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

net: rename group sysfs entry to netdev_group

2011-02-10T03:16:15+00:00

commit a512b92 adds sysfs entry for net device group, but
before this commit, tun also uses group sysfs, so after this
commit checkin, kernel warns like this:
    sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename '/devices/virtual/net/vnet0/group'

Since tun has used this for years, rename sysfs under tun might
break existing userspace, so rename group sysfs entry for net device
group is a better choice.

Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: add sysfs entry for device group

2011-01-25T07:23:28+00:00

The group of a network device can be queried or changed from userspace
using sysfs.

For example, considering sysfs mounted in /sys, one can change the group
that interface lo belongs to:
	echo 1 > /sys/class/net/lo/group

Signed-off-by: Vlad Dogaru 
Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: change netdev->features to u32

2011-01-24T23:32:47+00:00

Quoting Ben Hutchings: we presumably won't be defining features that
can only be enabled on 64-bit architectures.

Occurences found by `grep -r` on net/, drivers/net, include/

[ Move features and vlan_features next to each other in
  struct netdev, as per Eric Dumazet's suggestion -DaveM ]

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