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

Pull networking changes from David Miller:

1) Allow to dump, monitor, and change the bridge multicast database
   using netlink.  From Cong Wang.

2) RFC 5961 TCP blind data injection attack mitigation, from Eric
   Dumazet.

3) Networking user namespace support from Eric W. Biederman.

4) tuntap/virtio-net multiqueue support by Jason Wang.

5) Support for checksum offload of encapsulated packets (basically,
   tunneled traffic can still be checksummed by HW).  From Joseph
   Gasparakis.

6) Allow BPF filter access to VLAN tags, from Eric Dumazet and
   Daniel Borkmann.

7) Bridge port parameters over netlink and BPDU blocking support
   from Stephen Hemminger.

8) Improve data access patterns during inet socket demux by rearranging
   socket layout, from Eric Dumazet.

9) TIPC protocol updates and cleanups from Ying Xue, Paul Gortmaker, and
   Jon Maloy.

10) Update TCP socket hash sizing to be more in line with current day
    realities.  The existing heurstics were choosen a decade ago.
    From Eric Dumazet.

11) Fix races, queue bloat, and excessive wakeups in ATM and
    associated drivers, from Krzysztof Mazur and David Woodhouse.

12) Support DOVE (Distributed Overlay Virtual Ethernet) extensions
    in VXLAN driver, from David Stevens.

13) Add "oops_only" mode to netconsole, from Amerigo Wang.

14) Support set and query of VEB/VEPA bridge mode via PF_BRIDGE, also
    allow DCB netlink to work on namespaces other than the initial
    namespace.  From John Fastabend.

15) Support PTP in the Tigon3 driver, from Matt Carlson.

16) tun/vhost zero copy fixes and improvements, plus turn it on
    by default, from Michael S. Tsirkin.

17) Support per-association statistics in SCTP, from Michele
    Baldessari.

And many, many, driver updates, cleanups, and improvements.  Too
numerous to mention individually.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1722 commits)
  net/mlx4_en: Add support for destination MAC in steering rules
  net/mlx4_en: Use generic etherdevice.h functions.
  net: ethtool: Add destination MAC address to flow steering API
  bridge: add support of adding and deleting mdb entries
  bridge: notify mdb changes via netlink
  ndisc: Unexport ndisc_{build,send}_skb().
  uapi: add missing netconf.h to export list
  pkt_sched: avoid requeues if possible
  solos-pci: fix double-free of TX skb in DMA mode
  bnx2: Fix accidental reversions.
  bna: Driver Version Updated to 3.1.2.1
  bna: Firmware update
  bna: Add RX State
  bna: Rx Page Based Allocation
  bna: TX Intr Coalescing Fix
  bna: Tx and Rx Optimizations
  bna: Code Cleanup and Enhancements
  ath9k: check pdata variable before dereferencing it
  ath5k: RX timestamp is reported at end of frame
  ath9k_htc: RX timestamp is reported at end of frame
  ...

6 files changed, 70 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig
index 267d5dcf82dc..13a204598766 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config CARL9170
 	tristate "Linux Community AR9170 802.11n USB support"
 	depends on USB && MAC80211 && EXPERIMENTAL
+	select ATH_COMMON
 	select FW_LOADER
 	select CRC32
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/fw.c
index 24ac2876a733..aaebecd19e59 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/fw.c
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@
 #include "fwcmd.h"
 #include "version.h"
 
-#define MAKE_STR(symbol) #symbol
-#define TO_STR(symbol) MAKE_STR(symbol)
-#define CARL9170FW_API_VER_STR TO_STR(CARL9170FW_API_MAX_VER)
-MODULE_VERSION(CARL9170FW_API_VER_STR ":" CARL9170FW_VERSION_GIT);
-
 static const u8 otus_magic[4] = { OTUS_MAGIC };
 
 static const void *carl9170_fw_find_desc(struct ar9170 *ar, const u8 descid[4],
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/mac.c
index e3b1b6e87760..24d75ab94f0d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/mac.c
@@ -343,7 +343,24 @@ int carl9170_set_operating_mode(struct ar9170 *ar)
 			break;
 		}
 	} else {
-		mac_addr = NULL;
+		/*
+		 * Enable monitor mode
+		 *
+		 * rx_ctrl |= AR9170_MAC_RX_CTRL_ACK_IN_SNIFFER;
+		 * sniffer |= AR9170_MAC_SNIFFER_ENABLE_PROMISC;
+		 *
+		 * When the hardware is in SNIFFER_PROMISC mode,
+		 * it generates spurious ACKs for every incoming
+		 * frame. This confuses every peer in the
+		 * vicinity and the network throughput will suffer
+		 * badly.
+		 *
+		 * Hence, the hardware will be put into station
+		 * mode and just the rx filters are disabled.
+		 */
+		cam_mode |= AR9170_MAC_CAM_STA;
+		rx_ctrl |= AR9170_MAC_RX_CTRL_PASS_TO_HOST;
+		mac_addr = common->macaddr;
 		bssid = NULL;
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -355,8 +372,6 @@ int carl9170_set_operating_mode(struct ar9170 *ar)
 		enc_mode |= AR9170_MAC_ENCRYPTION_RX_SOFTWARE;
 
 	if (ar->sniffer_enabled) {
-		rx_ctrl |= AR9170_MAC_RX_CTRL_ACK_IN_SNIFFER;
-		sniffer |= AR9170_MAC_SNIFFER_ENABLE_PROMISC;
 		enc_mode |= AR9170_MAC_ENCRYPTION_RX_SOFTWARE;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/rx.c
index a0b723078547..4684dd989496 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/rx.c
@@ -164,9 +164,6 @@ void carl9170_handle_command_response(struct ar9170 *ar, void *buf, u32 len)
 	struct carl9170_rsp *cmd = buf;
 	struct ieee80211_vif *vif;
 
-	if (carl9170_check_sequence(ar, cmd->hdr.seq))
-		return;
-
 	if ((cmd->hdr.cmd & CARL9170_RSP_FLAG) != CARL9170_RSP_FLAG) {
 		if (!(cmd->hdr.cmd & CARL9170_CMD_ASYNC_FLAG))
 			carl9170_cmd_callback(ar, len, buf);
@@ -663,6 +660,35 @@ static bool carl9170_ampdu_check(struct ar9170 *ar, u8 *buf, u8 ms,
 	return false;
 }
 
+static int carl9170_handle_mpdu(struct ar9170 *ar, u8 *buf, int len,
+				struct ieee80211_rx_status *status)
+{
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+
+	/* (driver) frame trap handler
+	 *
+	 * Because power-saving mode handing has to be implemented by
+	 * the driver/firmware. We have to check each incoming beacon
+	 * from the associated AP, if there's new data for us (either
+	 * broadcast/multicast or unicast) we have to react quickly.
+	 *
+	 * So, if you have you want to add additional frame trap
+	 * handlers, this would be the perfect place!
+	 */
+
+	carl9170_ps_beacon(ar, buf, len);
+
+	carl9170_ba_check(ar, buf, len);
+
+	skb = carl9170_rx_copy_data(buf, len);
+	if (!skb)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	memcpy(IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb), status, sizeof(*status));
+	ieee80211_rx(ar->hw, skb);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * If the frame alignment is right (or the kernel has
  * CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS), and there
@@ -672,14 +698,12 @@ static bool carl9170_ampdu_check(struct ar9170 *ar, u8 *buf, u8 ms,
  * mode, and we need to observe the proper ordering,
  * this is non-trivial.
  */
-
-static void carl9170_handle_mpdu(struct ar9170 *ar, u8 *buf, int len)
+static void carl9170_rx_untie_data(struct ar9170 *ar, u8 *buf, int len)
 {
 	struct ar9170_rx_head *head;
 	struct ar9170_rx_macstatus *mac;
 	struct ar9170_rx_phystatus *phy = NULL;
 	struct ieee80211_rx_status status;
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int mpdu_len;
 	u8 mac_status;
 
@@ -790,19 +814,13 @@ static void carl9170_handle_mpdu(struct ar9170 *ar, u8 *buf, int len)
 
 	if (phy)
 		carl9170_rx_phy_status(ar, phy, &status);
+	else
+		status.flag |= RX_FLAG_NO_SIGNAL_VAL;
 
-	carl9170_ps_beacon(ar, buf, mpdu_len);
-
-	carl9170_ba_check(ar, buf, mpdu_len);
-
-	skb = carl9170_rx_copy_data(buf, mpdu_len);
-	if (!skb)
+	if (carl9170_handle_mpdu(ar, buf, mpdu_len, &status))
 		goto drop;
 
-	memcpy(IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb), &status, sizeof(status));
-	ieee80211_rx(ar->hw, skb);
 	return;
-
 drop:
 	ar->rx_dropped++;
 }
@@ -820,6 +838,9 @@ static void carl9170_rx_untie_cmds(struct ar9170 *ar, const u8 *respbuf,
 		if (unlikely(i > resplen))
 			break;
 
+		if (carl9170_check_sequence(ar, cmd->hdr.seq))
+			break;
+
 		carl9170_handle_command_response(ar, cmd, cmd->hdr.len + 4);
 	}
 
@@ -851,7 +872,7 @@ static void __carl9170_rx(struct ar9170 *ar, u8 *buf, unsigned int len)
 	if (i == 12)
 		carl9170_rx_untie_cmds(ar, buf, len);
 	else
-		carl9170_handle_mpdu(ar, buf, len);
+		carl9170_rx_untie_data(ar, buf, len);
 }
 
 static void carl9170_rx_stream(struct ar9170 *ar, void *buf, unsigned int len)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
index 84377cf580e0..ef4ec0da6e49 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
@@ -1485,6 +1485,13 @@ void carl9170_op_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	}
 
 	if (info->flags & IEEE80211_TX_CTL_AMPDU) {
+		/* to static code analyzers and reviewers:
+		 * mac80211 guarantees that a valid "sta"
+		 * reference is present, if a frame is to
+		 * be part of an ampdu. Hence any extra
+		 * sta == NULL checks are redundant in this
+		 * special case.
+		 */
 		run = carl9170_tx_ampdu_queue(ar, sta, skb);
 		if (run)
 			carl9170_tx_ampdu(ar);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c
index 888152ce3eca..307bc0ddff99 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/usb.c
@@ -295,6 +295,13 @@ static void carl9170_usb_rx_irq_complete(struct urb *urb)
 		goto resubmit;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * While the carl9170 firmware does not use this EP, the
+	 * firmware loader in the EEPROM unfortunately does.
+	 * Therefore we need to be ready to handle out-of-band
+	 * responses and traps in case the firmware crashed and
+	 * the loader took over again.
+	 */
 	carl9170_handle_command_response(ar, urb->transfer_buffer,
 					 urb->actual_length);