summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
AgeCommit message (Collapse)Author
2011-11-23ipv6: fix a bug in ndisc_send_redirectLi Wei
Release skb when transmit rate limit _not_ allow Signed-off-by: Li Wei <lw@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-10-24ipv6: Do not use routes from locally generated RAsAndreas Hofmeister
When hybrid mode is enabled (accept_ra == 2), the kernel also sees RAs generated locally. This is useful since it allows the kernel to auto-configure its own interface addresses. However, if 'accept_ra_defrtr' and/or 'accept_ra_rtr_pref' are set and the locally generated RAs announce the default route and/or other route information, the kernel happily inserts bogus routes with its own address as gateway. With this patch, adding routes from an RA will be skiped when the RAs source address matches any local address, just as if 'accept_ra_defrtr' and 'accept_ra_rtr_pref' were set to 0. Signed-off-by: Andreas Hofmeister <andi@collax.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-10-17ipv6: remove a rcu_read_lock in ndisc_constructorRoy.Li
in6_dev_get(dev) takes a reference on struct inet6_dev, we dont need rcu locking in ndisc_constructor() Signed-off-by: Roy.Li <rongqing.li@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-08-01ipv6: some RCU conversionsEric Dumazet
ICMP and ND are not fast path, but still we can avoid changing idev refcount, using RCU. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-07-18net: Abstract dst->neighbour accesses behind helpers.David S. Miller
dst_{get,set}_neighbour() Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-07-18ipv6: Get rid of rt6i_nexthop macro.David S. Miller
It just makes it harder to see 1) what the code is doing and 2) grep for all users of dst{->,.}neighbour Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-07-18neigh: Pass neighbour entry to output ops.David S. Miller
This will get us closer to being able to do "neigh stuff" completely independent of the underlying dst_entry for protocols (ipv4/ipv6) that wish to do so. We will also be able to make dst entries neigh-less. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-07-17neigh: Kill ndisc_ops->queue_xmitDavid S. Miller
It is always dev_queue_xmit(). Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-07-17neigh: Kill neigh_ops->hh_outputDavid S. Miller
It's always dev_queue_xmit(). Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-29ipv4, ipv6, bonding: Restore control over number of peer notificationsBen Hutchings
For backward compatibility, we should retain the module parameters and sysfs attributes to control the number of peer notifications (gratuitous ARPs and unsolicited NAs) sent after bonding failover. Also, it is possible for failover to take place even though the new active slave does not have link up, and in that case the peer notification should be deferred until it does. Change ipv4 and ipv6 so they do not automatically send peer notifications on bonding failover. Change the bonding driver to send separate NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS notifications when the link is up, as many times as requested. Since it does not directly control which protocols send notifications, make num_grat_arp and num_unsol_na aliases for a single parameter. Bump the bonding version number and update its documentation. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Brian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-22inet: constify ip headers and in6_addrEric Dumazet
Add const qualifiers to structs iphdr, ipv6hdr and in6_addr pointers where possible, to make code intention more obvious. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-18bonding, ipv4, ipv6, vlan: Handle NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER like ↵Ben Hutchings
NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS It is undesirable for the bonding driver to be poking into higher level protocols, and notifiers provide a way to avoid that. This does mean removing the ability to configure reptitition of gratuitous ARPs and unsolicited NAs. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-18ipv6: Send unsolicited neighbour advertismements when notifiedBen Hutchings
The NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS notifier is a request to send such advertisements following migration to a different physical link, e.g. virtual machine migration. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-15ipv6: ignore looped-back NA while dad is runningDaniel Walter
[ipv6] Ignore looped-back NAs while in Duplicate Address Detection If we send an unsolicited NA shortly after bringing up an IPv6 address, the duplicate address detection algorithm fails and the ip stays in tentative mode forever. This is due a missing check if the NA is looped-back to us. Signed-off-by: Daniel Walter <dwalter@barracuda.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-03-30net: gre: provide multicast mappings for ipv4 and ipv6Timo Teräs
My commit 6d55cb91a0020ac0 (gre: fix hard header destination address checking) broke multicast. The reason is that ip_gre used to get ipgre_header() calls with zero destination if we have NOARP or multicast destination. Instead the actual target was decided at ipgre_tunnel_xmit() time based on per-protocol dissection. Instead of allowing the "abuse" of ->header() calls with invalid destination, this creates multicast mappings for ip_gre. This also fixes "ip neigh show nud noarp" to display the proper multicast mappings used by the gre device. Reported-by: Doug Kehn <rdkehn@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: Timo Teräs <timo.teras@iki.fi> Acked-by: Doug Kehn <rdkehn@yahoo.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-03-12ipv6: Convert to use flowi6 where applicable.David S. Miller
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-03-02xfrm: Return dst directly from xfrm_lookup()David S. Miller
Instead of on the stack. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-02-04inetpeer: Move ICMP rate limiting state into inet_peer entries.David S. Miller
Like metrics, the ICMP rate limiting bits are cached state about a destination. So move it into the inet_peer entries. If an inet_peer cannot be bound (the reason is memory allocation failure or similar), the policy is to allow. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-12-09net: Abstract away all dst_entry metrics accesses.David S. Miller
Use helper functions to hide all direct accesses, especially writes, to dst_entry metrics values. This will allow us to: 1) More easily change how the metrics are stored. 2) Implement COW for metrics. In particular this will help us put metrics into the inetpeer cache if that is what we end up doing. We can make the _metrics member a pointer instead of an array, initially have it point at the read-only metrics in the FIB, and then on the first set grab an inetpeer entry and point the _metrics member there. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
2010-12-02ipv6: use ND_REACHABLE_TIME and ND_RETRANS_TIMER instead of magic numberShan Wei
ND_REACHABLE_TIME and ND_RETRANS_TIMER have defined since v2.6.12-rc2, but never been used. So use them instead of magic number. This patch also changes original code style to read comfortably . Thank YOSHIFUJI Hideaki for pointing it out. Signed-off-by: Shan Wei <shanwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-10-05net neigh: RCU conversion of neigh hash tableEric Dumazet
David This is the first step for RCU conversion of neigh code. Next patches will convert hash_buckets[] and "struct neighbour" to RCU protected objects. Thanks [PATCH net-next] net neigh: RCU conversion of neigh hash table Instead of storing hash_buckets, hash_mask and hash_rnd in "struct neigh_table", a new structure is defined : struct neigh_hash_table { struct neighbour **hash_buckets; unsigned int hash_mask; __u32 hash_rnd; struct rcu_head rcu; }; And "struct neigh_table" has an RCU protected pointer to such a neigh_hash_table. This means the signature of (*hash)() function changed: We need to add a third parameter with the actual hash_rnd value, since this is not anymore a neigh_table field. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-09-23net: return operator cleanupEric Dumazet
Change "return (EXPR);" to "return EXPR;" return is not a function, parentheses are not required. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-09-03ipv6: add special mode accept_ra=2 to accept RA while configured as routerThomas Graf
The current IPv6 behavior is to not accept router advertisements while forwarding, i.e. configured as router. This does make sense, a router is typically not supposed to be auto configured. However there are exceptions and we should allow the current behavior to be overwritten. Therefore this patch enables the user to overrule the "if forwarding enabled then don't listen to RAs" rule by setting accept_ra to the special value of 2. An alternative would be to ignore the forwarding switch alltogether and solely accept RAs based on the value of accept_ra. However, I found that if not intended, accepting RAs as a router can lead to strange unwanted behavior therefore we it seems wise to only do so if the user explicitely asks for this behavior. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-07-07Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
2010-06-26ipv6: fix NULL reference in proxy neighbor discoverystephen hemminger
The addition of TLLAO option created a kernel OOPS regression for the case where neighbor advertisement is being sent via proxy path. When using proxy, ipv6_get_ifaddr() returns NULL causing the NULL dereference. Change causing the bug was: commit f7734fdf61ec6bb848e0bafc1fb8bad2c124bb50 Author: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com> Date: Fri Oct 2 11:39:15 2009 +0000 make TLLAO option for NA packets configurable Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Acked-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-11net-next: remove useless union keywordChangli Gao
remove useless union keyword in rtable, rt6_info and dn_route. Since there is only one member in a union, the union keyword isn't useful. Signed-off-by: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-18net: Remove unnecessary returns from void function()sJoe Perches
This patch removes from net/ (but not any netfilter files) all the unnecessary return; statements that precede the last closing brace of void functions. It does not remove the returns that are immediately preceded by a label as gcc doesn't like that. Done via: $ grep -rP --include=*.[ch] -l "return;\n}" net/ | \ xargs perl -i -e 'local $/ ; while (<>) { s/\n[ \t\n]+return;\n}/\n}/g; print; }' Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-20Merge branch 'master' of /repos/git/net-next-2.6Patrick McHardy
Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c net/netfilter/xt_limit.c Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
2010-03-30include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking ↵Tejun Heo
implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h percpu.h is included by sched.h and module.h and thus ends up being included when building most .c files. percpu.h includes slab.h which in turn includes gfp.h making everything defined by the two files universally available and complicating inclusion dependencies. percpu.h -> slab.h dependency is about to be removed. Prepare for this change by updating users of gfp and slab facilities include those headers directly instead of assuming availability. As this conversion needs to touch large number of source files, the following script is used as the basis of conversion. http://userweb.kernel.org/~tj/misc/slabh-sweep.py The script does the followings. * Scan files for gfp and slab usages and update includes such that only the necessary includes are there. ie. if only gfp is used, gfp.h, if slab is used, slab.h. * When the script inserts a new include, it looks at the include blocks and try to put the new include such that its order conforms to its surrounding. It's put in the include block which contains core kernel includes, in the same order that the rest are ordered - alphabetical, Christmas tree, rev-Xmas-tree or at the end if there doesn't seem to be any matching order. * If the script can't find a place to put a new include (mostly because the file doesn't have fitting include block), it prints out an error message indicating which .h file needs to be added to the file. The conversion was done in the following steps. 1. The initial automatic conversion of all .c files updated slightly over 4000 files, deleting around 700 includes and adding ~480 gfp.h and ~3000 slab.h inclusions. The script emitted errors for ~400 files. 2. Each error was manually checked. Some didn't need the inclusion, some needed manual addition while adding it to implementation .h or embedding .c file was more appropriate for others. This step added inclusions to around 150 files. 3. The script was run again and the output was compared to the edits from #2 to make sure no file was left behind. 4. Several build tests were done and a couple of problems were fixed. e.g. lib/decompress_*.c used malloc/free() wrappers around slab APIs requiring slab.h to be added manually. 5. The script was run on all .h files but without automatically editing them as sprinkling gfp.h and slab.h inclusions around .h files could easily lead to inclusion dependency hell. Most gfp.h inclusion directives were ignored as stuff from gfp.h was usually wildly available and often used in preprocessor macros. Each slab.h inclusion directive was examined and added manually as necessary. 6. percpu.h was updated not to include slab.h. 7. Build test were done on the following configurations and failures were fixed. CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL was turned off for all tests (as my distributed build env didn't work with gcov compiles) and a few more options had to be turned off depending on archs to make things build (like ipr on powerpc/64 which failed due to missing writeq). * x86 and x86_64 UP and SMP allmodconfig and a custom test config. * powerpc and powerpc64 SMP allmodconfig * sparc and sparc64 SMP allmodconfig * ia64 SMP allmodconfig * s390 SMP allmodconfig * alpha SMP allmodconfig * um on x86_64 SMP allmodconfig 8. percpu.h modifications were reverted so that it could be applied as a separate patch and serve as bisection point. Given the fact that I had only a couple of failures from tests on step 6, I'm fairly confident about the coverage of this conversion patch. If there is a breakage, it's likely to be something in one of the arch headers which should be easily discoverable easily on most builds of the specific arch. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Guess-its-ok-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com>
2010-03-25netfilter: ipv6: use NFPROTO values for NF_HOOK invocationJan Engelhardt
The semantic patch that was used: // <smpl> @@ @@ (NF_HOOK |NF_HOOK_THRESH |nf_hook )( -PF_INET6, +NFPROTO_IPV6, ...) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
2010-02-16net neigh: Decouple per interface neighbour table controls from binary sysctlsEric W. Biederman
Stop computing the number of neighbour table settings we have by counting the number of binary sysctls. This behaviour was silly and meant that we could not add another neighbour table setting without also adding another binary sysctl. Don't pass the binary sysctl path for neighour table entries into neigh_sysctl_register. These parameters are no longer used and so are just dead code. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-01-18net: spread __net_init, __net_exitAlexey Dobriyan
__net_init/__net_exit are apparently not going away, so use them to full extent. In some cases __net_init was removed, because it was called from __net_exit code. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-12-08Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1815 commits) mac80211: fix reorder buffer release iwmc3200wifi: Enable wimax core through module parameter iwmc3200wifi: Add wifi-wimax coexistence mode as a module parameter iwmc3200wifi: Coex table command does not expect a response iwmc3200wifi: Update wiwi priority table iwlwifi: driver version track kernel version iwlwifi: indicate uCode type when fail dump error/event log iwl3945: remove duplicated event logging code b43: fix two warnings ipw2100: fix rebooting hang with driver loaded cfg80211: indent regulatory messages with spaces iwmc3200wifi: fix NULL pointer dereference in pmkid update mac80211: Fix TX status reporting for injected data frames ath9k: enable 2GHz band only if the device supports it airo: Fix integer overflow warning rt2x00: Fix padding bug on L2PAD devices. WE: Fix set events not propagated b43legacy: avoid PPC fault during resume b43: avoid PPC fault during resume tcp: fix a timewait refcnt race ... Fix up conflicts due to sysctl cleanups (dead sysctl_check code and CTL_UNNUMBERED removed) in kernel/sysctl_check.c net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c net/ipv6/addrconf.c net/sctp/sysctl.c
2009-11-12sysctl net: Remove unused binary sysctl codeEric W. Biederman
Now that sys_sysctl is a compatiblity wrapper around /proc/sys all sysctl strategy routines, and all ctl_name and strategy entries in the sysctl tables are unused, and can be revmoed. In addition neigh_sysctl_register has been modified to no longer take a strategy argument and it's callers have been modified not to pass one. Cc: "David Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
2009-10-07make TLLAO option for NA packets configurableOctavian Purdila
On Friday 02 October 2009 20:53:51 you wrote: > This is good although I would have shortened the name. Ah, I knew I forgot something :) Here is v4. tavi >From 24d96d825b9fa832b22878cc6c990d5711968734 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2009 00:51:15 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: new sysctl for sending TLLAO with unicast NAs Neighbor advertisements responding to unicast neighbor solicitations did not include the target link-layer address option. This patch adds a new sysctl option (disabled by default) which controls whether this option should be sent even with unicast NAs. The need for this arose because certain routers expect the TLLAO in some situations even as a response to unicast NS packets. Moreover, RFC 2461 recommends sending this to avoid a race condition (section 4.4, Target link-layer address) Signed-off-by: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@ixiacom.com> Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-09-27Revert "sit: stateless autoconf for isatap"Sascha Hlusiak
This reverts commit 645069299a1c7358cf7330afe293f07552f11a5d. While the code does not actually break anything, it does not completely follow RFC5214 yet. After talking back with Fred L. Templin, I agree that completing the ISATAP specific RS/RA code, would pollute the kernel a lot with code that is better implemented in userspace. The kernel should not send RS packages for ISATAP at all. Signed-off-by: Sascha Hlusiak <contact@saschahlusiak.de> Acked-by: Fred L. Templin <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-09-24sysctl: remove "struct file *" argument of ->proc_handlerAlexey Dobriyan
It's unused. It isn't needed -- read or write flag is already passed and sysctl shouldn't care about the rest. It _was_ used in two places at arch/frv for some reason. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-09-02net: make neigh_ops constantStephen Hemminger
These tables are never modified at runtime. Move to read-only section. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-08-29ipv6: Update Neighbor Cache when IPv6 RA is received on a routerDavid Ward
When processing a received IPv6 Router Advertisement, the kernel creates or updates an IPv6 Neighbor Cache entry for the sender -- but presently this does not occur if IPv6 forwarding is enabled (net.ipv6.conf.*.forwarding = 1), or if IPv6 Router Advertisements are not accepted (net.ipv6.conf.*.accept_ra = 0), because in these cases processing of the Router Advertisement has already halted. This patch allows the Neighbor Cache to be updated in these cases, while still avoiding any modification to routes or link parameters. This continues to satisfy RFC 4861, since any entry created in the Neighbor Cache as the result of a received Router Advertisement is still placed in the STALE state. Signed-off-by: David Ward <david.ward@ll.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-08-13ipv6: Log the explicit address that triggered DAD failureJens Rosenboom
If an interface has multiple addresses, the current message for DAD failure isn't really helpful, so this patch adds the address itself to the printk. Signed-off-by: Jens Rosenboom <jens@mcbone.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-06-03net: skb->dst accessorsEric Dumazet
Define three accessors to get/set dst attached to a skb struct dst_entry *skb_dst(const struct sk_buff *skb) void skb_dst_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst) void skb_dst_drop(struct sk_buff *skb) This one should replace occurrences of : dst_release(skb->dst) skb->dst = NULL; Delete skb->dst field Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-06-02IPv6: Print error value when skb allocation failsBrian Haley
Print-out the error value when sock_alloc_send_skb() fails in the IPv6 neighbor discovery code - can be useful for debugging. Signed-off-by: Brian Haley <brian.haley@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-19sit: stateless autoconf for isatapSascha Hlusiak
be sent periodically. The rs_delay can be speficied when adding the PRL entry and defaults to 15 minutes. The RS is sent from every link local adress that's assigned to the tunnel interface. It's directed to the (guessed) linklocal address of the router and is sent through the tunnel. Better: send to ff02::2 encapsuled in unicast directed to router-v4. Signed-off-by: Sascha Hlusiak <contact@saschahlusiak.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-04-27snmp: add missing counters for RFC 4293Neil Horman
The IP MIB (RFC 4293) defines stats for InOctets, OutOctets, InMcastOctets and OutMcastOctets: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4293 But it seems we don't track those in any way that easy to separate from other protocols. This patch adds those missing counters to the stats file. Tested successfully by me With help from Eric Dumazet. Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-25netlink: change nlmsg_notify() return value logicPablo Neira Ayuso
This patch changes the return value of nlmsg_notify() as follows: If NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR is set by any of the listeners and an error in the delivery happened, return the broadcast error; else if there are no listeners apart from the socket that requested a change with the echo flag, return the result of the unicast notification. Thus, with this patch, the unicast notification is handled in the same way of a broadcast listener that has set the NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR socket flag. This patch is useful in case that the caller of nlmsg_notify() wants to know the result of the delivery of a netlink notification (including the broadcast delivery) and take any action in case that the delivery failed. For example, ctnetlink can drop packets if the event delivery failed to provide reliable logging and state-synchronization at the cost of dropping packets. This patch also modifies the rtnetlink code to ignore the return value of rtnl_notify() in all callers. The function rtnl_notify() (before this patch) returned the error of the unicast notification which makes rtnl_set_sk_err() reports errors to all listeners. This is not of any help since the origin of the change (the socket that requested the echoing) notices the ENOBUFS error if the notification fails and should resync itself. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-02-07ipv6/ndisc: join error pathsIlpo Järvinen
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-16Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
2008-12-09ipv6: silence log messages for locally generated multicastJan Sembera
This patch fixes minor annoyance during transmission of unsolicited neighbor advertisements from userspace to multicast addresses (as far as I can see in RFC, this is allowed and the similar functionality for IPv4 has been in arping for a long time). Outgoing multicast packets get reinserted into local processing as if they are received from the network. The machine thus sees its own NA and fills the logs with error messages. This patch removes the message if NA has been generated locally. Signed-off-by: Jan Sembera <jsembera@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-11-26netns xfrm: lookup in netnsAlexey Dobriyan
Pass netns to xfrm_lookup()/__xfrm_lookup(). For that pass netns to flow_cache_lookup() and resolver callback. Take it from socket or netdevice. Stub DECnet to init_net. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-11-19include/net net/ - csum_partial - remove unnecessary castsJoe Perches
The first argument to csum_partial is const void * casts to char/u8 * are not necessary Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>