linux-toradex.git/net/tipc/bearer.c, branch v3.15-rc8

tipc: make discovery domain a bearer attribute

2014-03-28T18:46:29+00:00

The node discovery domain is assigned when a bearer is enabled.
In the previous commit we reflect this attribute directly in the
bearer structure since it's needed to reinitialize the node
discovery mechanism after a hardware address change.

There's no need to replicate this attribute anywhere else, so we
remove it from the tipc_link_req structure.

Signed-off-by: Erik Hugne 
Reviewed-by: Ying Xue 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: fix neighbor detection problem after hw address change

2014-03-28T18:46:29+00:00

If the hardware address of a underlying netdevice is changed, it is
not enough to simply reset the bearer/links over this device. We
also need to reflect this change in the TIPC bearer and node
discovery structures aswell.

This patch adds the necessary reinitialization of the node disovery
mechanism following a hardware address change so that the correct
originating media address is advertised in the discovery messages.

Signed-off-by: Erik Hugne 
Reported-by: Dong Liu 
Reviewed-by: Ying Xue 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: make broadcast bearer store in bearer_list array

2014-03-27T17:08:37+00:00

Now unicast bearer is dynamically allocated and placed into its
identity specified slot of bearer_list array. When we search
bearer_list array with a bearer identity, the corresponding bearer
instance can be found. But broadcast bearer is statically allocated
and it is not located in the bearer_list array yet. So we decide to
enlarge bearer_list array into MAX_BEARERS + 1 slots, and its last
slot stores the broadcast bearer so that the broadcast bearer can
be found from bearer_list array with MAX_BEARERS as index. The
change will help us reduce the complex relationship between bearer
and link in the future.

Signed-off-by: Ying Xue 
Reviewed-by: Erik Hugne 
Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: remove active flag from tipc_bearer structure

2014-03-27T17:08:37+00:00

After the allocation of tipc_bearer structure instance is converted
from statical way to dynamical way, we identify whether a certain
tipc_bearer structure pointer is valid by checking whether the pointer
is NULL or not. So the active flag in tipc_bearer structure becomes
redundant.

Signed-off-by: Ying Xue 
Reviewed-by: Erik Hugne 
Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: convert tipc_bearers array to pointer list

2014-03-27T17:08:37+00:00

As part of the effort to introduce RCU protection for the bearer
list, we first need to change it to a list of pointers.

Signed-off-by: Ying Xue 
Reviewed-by: Erik Hugne 
Reviewed-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: Convert uses of __constant_ to

2014-03-12T19:28:06+00:00

The use of __constant_ has been unnecessary for quite awhile now.

Make these uses consistent with the rest of the kernel.

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

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

2014-03-06T01:32:02+00:00

Conflicts:
	drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
	drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c
	net/ipv6/sit.c

The SIT driver conflict consists of a bug fix being done by hand
in 'net' (missing u64_stats_init()) whilst in 'net-next' a helper
was created (netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats()) which takes care of this.

The two wireless conflicts were overlapping changes.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: make bearer set up in module insertion stage

2014-02-22T05:00:15+00:00

Accidentally a side effect is involved by commit 6e967adf7(tipc:
relocate common functions from media to bearer). Now tipc stack
handler of receiving packets from netdevices as well as netdevice
notification handler are registered when bearer is enabled rather
than tipc module initialization stage, but the two handlers are
both unregistered in tipc module exit phase. If tipc module is
inserted and then immediately removed, the following warning
message will appear:

"dev_remove_pack: ffffffffa0380940 not found"

This is because in module insertion stage tipc stack packet handler
is not registered at all, but in module exit phase dev_remove_pack()
needs to remove it. Of course, dev_remove_pack() cannot find tipc
protocol handler from the kernel protocol handler list so that the
warning message is printed out.

But if registering the two handlers is adjusted from enabling bearer
phase into inserting module stage, the warning message will be
eliminated. Due to this change, tipc_core_start_net() and
tipc_core_stop_net() can be deleted as well.

Reported-by: Wang Weidong 
Cc: Jon Maloy 
Cc: Erik Hugne 
Signed-off-by: Ying Xue 
Reviewed-by: Paul Gortmaker 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: remove bearer_lock from tipc_bearer struct

2014-02-13T22:57:07+00:00

After the earlier commits ("tipc: remove 'links' list from
tipc_bearer struct") and ("tipc: introduce new spinlock to protect
struct link_req"), there is no longer any need to protect struct
link_req or or any link list by use of bearer_lock. Furthermore,
we have eliminated the need for using bearer_lock during downcalls
(send) from the link to the bearer, since we have ensured that
bearers always have a longer life cycle that their associated links,
and always contain valid data.

So, the only need now for a lock protecting bearers is for guaranteeing
consistency of the bearer list itself. For this, it is sufficient, at
least for the time being, to continue applying 'net_lock´ in write mode.

By removing bearer_lock we also pre-empt introduction of issue b) descibed
in the previous commit "tipc: remove 'links' list from tipc_bearer struct":

"b) When the outer protection from net_lock is gone, taking
    bearer_lock and node_lock in opposite order of method 1) and 2)
    will become an obvious deadlock hazard".

Therefore, we now eliminate the bearer_lock spinlock.

Signed-off-by: Ying Xue 
Reviewed-by: Paul Gortmaker 
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: delay delete of link when failover is needed

2014-02-13T22:57:07+00:00

When a bearer is disabled, all its attached links are deleted.
Ideally, we should do link failover to redundant links on other bearers,
if there are any, in such cases. This would be consistent with current
behavior when a link is reset, but not deleted. However, due to the
complexity involved, and the (wrongly) perceived low demand for this
feature, it was never implemented until now.

We mark the doomed link for deletion with a new flag, but wait until the
failover process is finished before we actually delete it. With the
improved link tunnelling/failover code introduced earlier in this commit
series, it is now easy to identify a spot in the code where the failover
is finished and it is safe to delete the marked link. Moreover, the test
for the flag and the deletion can be done synchronously, and outside the
most time critical data path.

Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy 
Reviewed-by: Ying Xue 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller