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<title>linux-toradex.git/net/core/rtnetlink.c, branch v2.6.34</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel for Apalis and Colibri modules</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: make SR-IOV VF interface symmetric</title>
<updated>2010-05-16T08:05:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Chris Wright</name>
<email>chrisw@sous-sol.org</email>
</author>
<published>2010-05-16T08:05:45+00:00</published>
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Now we have a set of nested attributes:

  IFLA_VFINFO_LIST (NESTED)
    IFLA_VF_INFO (NESTED)
      IFLA_VF_MAC
      IFLA_VF_VLAN
      IFLA_VF_TX_RATE

This allows a single set to operate on multiple attributes if desired.
Among other things, it means a dump can be replayed to set state.

The current interface has yet to be released, so this seems like
something to consider for 2.6.34.

Signed-off-by: Chris Wright &lt;chrisw@sous-sol.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Now we have a set of nested attributes:

  IFLA_VFINFO_LIST (NESTED)
    IFLA_VF_INFO (NESTED)
      IFLA_VF_MAC
      IFLA_VF_VLAN
      IFLA_VF_TX_RATE

This allows a single set to operate on multiple attributes if desired.
Among other things, it means a dump can be replayed to set state.

The current interface has yet to be released, so this seems like
something to consider for 2.6.34.

Signed-off-by: Chris Wright &lt;chrisw@sous-sol.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: potential ERR_PTR dereference</title>
<updated>2010-04-22T22:57:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dan Carpenter</name>
<email>error27@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-04-21T23:53:27+00:00</published>
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In the original code, if rtnl_create_link() returned an ERR_PTR then that
would get passed to rtnl_configure_link() which dereferences it.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;error27@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Patrick McHardy &lt;kaber@trash.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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In the original code, if rtnl_create_link() returned an ERR_PTR then that
would get passed to rtnl_configure_link() which dereferences it.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter &lt;error27@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: Patrick McHardy &lt;kaber@trash.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/</title>
<updated>2010-03-01T03:23:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David S. Miller</name>
<email>davem@davemloft.net</email>
</author>
<published>2010-03-01T03:23:06+00:00</published>
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Conflicts:
	drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c
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Conflicts:
	drivers/firmware/iscsi_ibft.c
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<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: support specifying device flags on device creation</title>
<updated>2010-02-27T10:43:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Patrick McHardy</name>
<email>kaber@trash.net</email>
</author>
<published>2010-02-26T06:34:54+00:00</published>
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commit e8469ed959c373c2ff9e6f488aa5a14971aebe1f
Author: Patrick McHardy &lt;kaber@trash.net&gt;
Date:   Tue Feb 23 20:41:30 2010 +0100

Support specifying the initial device flags when creating a device though
rtnl_link. Devices allocated by rtnl_create_link() are marked as INITIALIZING
in order to surpress netlink registration notifications. To complete setup,
rtnl_configure_link() must be called, which performs the device flag changes
and invokes the deferred notifiers if everything went well.

Two examples:

# add macvlan to eth0
#
$ ip link add link eth0 up allmulticast on type macvlan

[LINK]11: macvlan0@eth0: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,ALLMULTI,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
    link/ether 26:f8:84:02:f9:2a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[ROUTE]ff00::/8 dev macvlan0  table local  metric 256  mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 0
[ROUTE]fe80::/64 dev macvlan0  proto kernel  metric 256  mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 0
[LINK]11: macvlan0@eth0: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,ALLMULTI,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500
    link/ether 26:f8:84:02:f9:2a
[ADDR]11: macvlan0    inet6 fe80::24f8:84ff:fe02:f92a/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
[ROUTE]local fe80::24f8:84ff:fe02:f92a via :: dev lo  table local  proto none  metric 0  mtu 16436 advmss 16376 hoplimit 0
[ROUTE]default via fe80::215:e9ff:fef0:10f8 dev macvlan0  proto kernel  metric 1024  mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 0
[NEIGH]fe80::215:e9ff:fef0:10f8 dev macvlan0 lladdr 00:15:e9:f0:10:f8 router STALE
[ROUTE]2001:6f8:974::/64 dev macvlan0  proto kernel  metric 256  expires 0sec mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 0
[PREFIX]prefix 2001:6f8:974::/64 dev macvlan0 onlink autoconf valid 14400 preferred 131084
[ADDR]11: macvlan0    inet6 2001:6f8:974:0:24f8:84ff:fe02:f92a/64 scope global dynamic
       valid_lft 86399sec preferred_lft 14399sec

# add VLAN to eth1, eth1 is down
#
$ ip link add link eth1 up type vlan id 1000
RTNETLINK answers: Network is down

&lt;no events&gt;

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy &lt;kaber@trash.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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commit e8469ed959c373c2ff9e6f488aa5a14971aebe1f
Author: Patrick McHardy &lt;kaber@trash.net&gt;
Date:   Tue Feb 23 20:41:30 2010 +0100

Support specifying the initial device flags when creating a device though
rtnl_link. Devices allocated by rtnl_create_link() are marked as INITIALIZING
in order to surpress netlink registration notifications. To complete setup,
rtnl_configure_link() must be called, which performs the device flag changes
and invokes the deferred notifiers if everything went well.

Two examples:

# add macvlan to eth0
#
$ ip link add link eth0 up allmulticast on type macvlan

[LINK]11: macvlan0@eth0: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,ALLMULTI,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
    link/ether 26:f8:84:02:f9:2a brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
[ROUTE]ff00::/8 dev macvlan0  table local  metric 256  mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 0
[ROUTE]fe80::/64 dev macvlan0  proto kernel  metric 256  mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 0
[LINK]11: macvlan0@eth0: &lt;BROADCAST,MULTICAST,ALLMULTI,UP,LOWER_UP&gt; mtu 1500
    link/ether 26:f8:84:02:f9:2a
[ADDR]11: macvlan0    inet6 fe80::24f8:84ff:fe02:f92a/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
[ROUTE]local fe80::24f8:84ff:fe02:f92a via :: dev lo  table local  proto none  metric 0  mtu 16436 advmss 16376 hoplimit 0
[ROUTE]default via fe80::215:e9ff:fef0:10f8 dev macvlan0  proto kernel  metric 1024  mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 0
[NEIGH]fe80::215:e9ff:fef0:10f8 dev macvlan0 lladdr 00:15:e9:f0:10:f8 router STALE
[ROUTE]2001:6f8:974::/64 dev macvlan0  proto kernel  metric 256  expires 0sec mtu 1500 advmss 1440 hoplimit 0
[PREFIX]prefix 2001:6f8:974::/64 dev macvlan0 onlink autoconf valid 14400 preferred 131084
[ADDR]11: macvlan0    inet6 2001:6f8:974:0:24f8:84ff:fe02:f92a/64 scope global dynamic
       valid_lft 86399sec preferred_lft 14399sec

# add VLAN to eth1, eth1 is down
#
$ ip link add link eth1 up type vlan id 1000
RTNETLINK answers: Network is down

&lt;no events&gt;

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy &lt;kaber@trash.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dev: support deferring device flag change notifications</title>
<updated>2010-02-27T10:43:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Patrick McHardy</name>
<email>kaber@trash.net</email>
</author>
<published>2010-02-26T06:34:53+00:00</published>
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Split dev_change_flags() into two functions: __dev_change_flags() to
perform the actual changes and __dev_notify_flags() to invoke netdevice
notifiers. This will be used by rtnl_link to defer netlink notifications
until the device has been fully configured.

This changes ordering of some operations, in particular:

- netlink notifications are sent after all changes have been performed.
  As a side effect this surpresses one unnecessary netlink message when
  the IFF_UP and other flags are changed simultaneously.

- The NETDEV_UP/NETDEV_DOWN and NETDEV_CHANGE notifiers are invoked
  after all changes have been performed. Their relative is unchanged.

- net_dmaengine_put() is invoked before the NETDEV_DOWN notifier instead
  of afterwards. This should not make any difference since both RX and TX
  are already shut down at this point.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy &lt;kaber@trash.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Split dev_change_flags() into two functions: __dev_change_flags() to
perform the actual changes and __dev_notify_flags() to invoke netdevice
notifiers. This will be used by rtnl_link to defer netlink notifications
until the device has been fully configured.

This changes ordering of some operations, in particular:

- netlink notifications are sent after all changes have been performed.
  As a side effect this surpresses one unnecessary netlink message when
  the IFF_UP and other flags are changed simultaneously.

- The NETDEV_UP/NETDEV_DOWN and NETDEV_CHANGE notifiers are invoked
  after all changes have been performed. Their relative is unchanged.

- net_dmaengine_put() is invoked before the NETDEV_DOWN notifier instead
  of afterwards. This should not make any difference since both RX and TX
  are already shut down at this point.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy &lt;kaber@trash.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: handle rtnl_link netlink notifications manually</title>
<updated>2010-02-27T10:43:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Patrick McHardy</name>
<email>kaber@trash.net</email>
</author>
<published>2010-02-26T06:34:51+00:00</published>
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In order to support specifying device flags during device creation,
we must be able to roll back device registration in case setting the
flags fails without sending any notifications related to the device
to userspace.

This patch changes rollback_registered_many() and register_netdevice()
to manually send netlink notifications for devices not handled by
rtnl_link and allows to defer notifications for devices handled by
rtnl_link until setup is complete.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy &lt;kaber@trash.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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In order to support specifying device flags during device creation,
we must be able to roll back device registration in case setting the
flags fails without sending any notifications related to the device
to userspace.

This patch changes rollback_registered_many() and register_netdevice()
to manually send netlink notifications for devices not handled by
rtnl_link and allows to defer notifications for devices handled by
rtnl_link until setup is complete.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy &lt;kaber@trash.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: ignore NETDEV_PRE_UP notifier in rtnetlink_event()</title>
<updated>2010-02-27T10:43:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Patrick McHardy</name>
<email>kaber@trash.net</email>
</author>
<published>2010-02-26T06:34:50+00:00</published>
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Commit 3b8bcfd (net: introduce pre-up netdev notifier) added a new
notifier which is run before a device is set UP for use by cfg80211.

The patch missed to add the new notifier to the ignore list in
rtnetlink_event(), so we currently get an unnecessary netlink
notification before a device is set UP.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy &lt;kaber@trash.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Commit 3b8bcfd (net: introduce pre-up netdev notifier) added a new
notifier which is run before a device is set UP for use by cfg80211.

The patch missed to add the new notifier to the ignore list in
rtnetlink_event(), so we currently get an unnecessary netlink
notification before a device is set UP.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy &lt;kaber@trash.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: clean up SR-IOV config interface</title>
<updated>2010-02-26T12:18:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Williams, Mitch A</name>
<email>mitch.a.williams@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-02-24T21:59:56+00:00</published>
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This patch consists of a few minor cleanups to the SR-IOV
configurion code in rtnetlink.
- Remove unneccesary lock
- Remove unneccesary casts
- Return correct error code for no driver support

These changes are based on comments from Patrick McHardy

Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams &lt;mitch.a.williams@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher &lt;jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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This patch consists of a few minor cleanups to the SR-IOV
configurion code in rtnetlink.
- Remove unneccesary lock
- Remove unneccesary casts
- Return correct error code for no driver support

These changes are based on comments from Patrick McHardy

Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams &lt;mitch.a.williams@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher &lt;jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>net: Add checking to rcu_dereference() primitives</title>
<updated>2010-02-25T08:41:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul E. McKenney</name>
<email>paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-02-23T01:04:49+00:00</published>
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Update rcu_dereference() primitives to use new lockdep-based
checking. The rcu_dereference() in __in6_dev_get() may be
protected either by rcu_read_lock() or RTNL, per Eric Dumazet.
The rcu_dereference() in __sk_free() is protected by the fact
that it is never reached if an update could change it.  Check
for this by using rcu_dereference_check() to verify that the
struct sock's -&gt;sk_wmem_alloc counter is zero.

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;eric.dumazet@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com
Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca
Cc: josh@joshtriplett.org
Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com
Cc: niv@us.ibm.com
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
LKML-Reference: &lt;1266887105-1528-5-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
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Update rcu_dereference() primitives to use new lockdep-based
checking. The rcu_dereference() in __in6_dev_get() may be
protected either by rcu_read_lock() or RTNL, per Eric Dumazet.
The rcu_dereference() in __sk_free() is protected by the fact
that it is never reached if an update could change it.  Check
for this by using rcu_dereference_check() to verify that the
struct sock's -&gt;sk_wmem_alloc counter is zero.

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet &lt;eric.dumazet@gmail.com&gt;
Acked-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: laijs@cn.fujitsu.com
Cc: dipankar@in.ibm.com
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca
Cc: josh@joshtriplett.org
Cc: dvhltc@us.ibm.com
Cc: niv@us.ibm.com
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
LKML-Reference: &lt;1266887105-1528-5-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>rtnetlink: Add VF config code to rtnetlink</title>
<updated>2010-02-13T00:56:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Williams, Mitch A</name>
<email>mitch.a.williams@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2010-02-10T01:44:05+00:00</published>
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Add code to allow rtnetlink clients to query and set VF information through
the PF driver.
Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams &lt;mitch.a.williams@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher &lt;jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
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Add code to allow rtnetlink clients to query and set VF information through
the PF driver.
Signed-off-by: Mitch Williams &lt;mitch.a.williams@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher &lt;jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</pre>
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