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2012-07-11net: Fix (nearly-)kernel-doc comments for various functionsBen Hutchings
Fix incorrect start markers, wrapped summary lines, missing section breaks, incorrect separators, and some name mismatches. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-06-29netlink: add nlk->netlink_bind hook for module auto-loadingPablo Neira Ayuso
This patch adds a hook in the binding path of netlink. This is used by ctnetlink to allow module autoloading for the case in which one user executes: conntrack -E So far, this resulted in nfnetlink loaded, but not nf_conntrack_netlink. I have received in the past many complains on this behaviour. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-06-29netlink: add netlink_kernel_cfg parameter to netlink_kernel_createPablo Neira Ayuso
This patch adds the following structure: struct netlink_kernel_cfg { unsigned int groups; void (*input)(struct sk_buff *skb); struct mutex *cb_mutex; }; That can be passed to netlink_kernel_create to set optional configurations for netlink kernel sockets. I've populated this structure by looking for NULL and zero parameters at the existing code. The remaining parameters that always need to be set are still left in the original interface. That includes optional parameters for the netlink socket creation. This allows easy extensibility of this interface in the future. This patch also adapts all callers to use this new interface. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-05-30genetlink: Build a generic netlink family module aliasNeil Horman
Generic netlink searches for -type- formatted aliases when requesting a module to fulfill a protocol request (i.e. net-pf-16-proto-16-type-<x>, where x is a type value). However generic netlink protocols have no well defined type numbers, they have string names. Modify genl_ctrl_getfamily to request an alias in the format net-pf-16-proto-16-family-<x> instead, where x is a generic string, and add a macro that builds on the previously added MODULE_ALIAS_NET_PF_PROTO_NAME macro to allow modules to specifify those generic strings. Note, l2tp previously hacked together an net-pf-16-proto-16-type-l2tp alias using the MODULE_ALIAS macro, with these updates we can convert that to use the PROTO_NAME macro. Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> CC: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> CC: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com> CC: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-04-24af_netlink: drop_monitor/dropwatch friendlyEric Dumazet
Need to consume_skb() instead of kfree_skb() in netlink_dump() and netlink_unicast_kernel() to avoid false dropwatch positives. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-04-24af_netlink: cleanupsEric Dumazet
netlink_destroy_callback() move to avoid forward reference CodingStyle cleanups Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-04-19netlink: dont drop packet but consume itEric Dumazet
When we need to clone skb, we dont drop a packet. Call consume_skb() to not confuse dropwatch. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-04-10Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/netDavid S. Miller
2012-04-06netlink: fix races after skb queueingEric Dumazet
As soon as an skb is queued into socket receive_queue, another thread can consume it, so we are not allowed to reference skb anymore, or risk use after free. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-04-01genetlink: Stop using NLA_PUT*().David S. Miller
These macros contain a hidden goto, and are thus extremely error prone and make code hard to audit. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-02-26netlink: allow to pass data pointer to netlink_dump_start() callbackPablo Neira Ayuso
This patch allows you to pass a data pointer that can be accessed from the dump callback. Netfilter is going to use this patch to provide filtered dumps to user-space. This is specifically interesting in ctnetlink that may handle lots of conntrack entries. We can save precious cycles by skipping the conversion to TLV format of conntrack entries that are not interesting for user-space. More specifically, ctnetlink will include one operation to allow to filter the dumping of conntrack entries by ctmark values. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-02-26netlink: add netlink_dump_control structure for netlink_dump_start()Pablo Neira Ayuso
Davem considers that the argument list of this interface is getting out of control. This patch tries to address this issue following his proposal: struct netlink_dump_control c = { .dump = dump, .done = done, ... }; netlink_dump_start(..., &c); Suggested by David S. Miller. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-01-30net: Deinline __nlmsg_put and genlmsg_put. -7k code on i386 defconfig.Denys Vlasenko
text data bss dec hex filename 8455963 532732 1810804 10799499 a4c98b vmlinux.o.before 8448899 532732 1810804 10792435 a4adf3 vmlinux.o This change also removes commented-out copy of __nlmsg_put which was last touched in 2005 with "Enable once all users have been converted" comment on top. Changes in v2: rediffed against net-next. Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-01-15Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://selinuxproject.org/~jmorris/linux-securityLinus Torvalds
* 'for-linus' of git://selinuxproject.org/~jmorris/linux-security: capabilities: remove __cap_full_set definition security: remove the security_netlink_recv hook as it is equivalent to capable() ptrace: do not audit capability check when outputing /proc/pid/stat capabilities: remove task_ns_* functions capabitlies: ns_capable can use the cap helpers rather than lsm call capabilities: style only - move capable below ns_capable capabilites: introduce new has_ns_capabilities_noaudit capabilities: call has_ns_capability from has_capability capabilities: remove all _real_ interfaces capabilities: introduce security_capable_noaudit capabilities: reverse arguments to security_capable capabilities: remove the task from capable LSM hook entirely selinux: sparse fix: fix several warnings in the security server cod selinux: sparse fix: fix warnings in netlink code selinux: sparse fix: eliminate warnings for selinuxfs selinux: sparse fix: declare selinux_disable() in security.h selinux: sparse fix: move selinux_complete_init selinux: sparse fix: make selinux_secmark_refcount static SELinux: Fix RCU deref check warning in sel_netport_insert() Manually fix up a semantic mis-merge wrt security_netlink_recv(): - the interface was removed in commit fd7784615248 ("security: remove the security_netlink_recv hook as it is equivalent to capable()") - a new user of it appeared in commit a38f7907b926 ("crypto: Add userspace configuration API") causing no automatic merge conflict, but Eric Paris pointed out the issue.
2012-01-05security: remove the security_netlink_recv hook as it is equivalent to capable()Eric Paris
Once upon a time netlink was not sync and we had to get the effective capabilities from the skb that was being received. Today we instead get the capabilities from the current task. This has rendered the entire purpose of the hook moot as it is now functionally equivalent to the capable() call. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>
2011-12-28genetlink: add auto module loadingStephen Hemminger
When testing L2TP support, I discovered that the l2tp module is not autoloaded as are other netlink interfaces. There is because of lack of hook in genetlink to call request_module and load the module. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-12-23netlink: Undo const marker in netlink_is_kernel().David S. Miller
We can't do this without propagating the const to nlk_sk() too, otherwise: net/netlink/af_netlink.c: In function ‘netlink_is_kernel’: net/netlink/af_netlink.c:103:2: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘nlk_sk’ discards ‘const’ qualifier from pointer target type [enabled by default] net/netlink/af_netlink.c:96:36: note: expected ‘struct sock *’ but argument is of type ‘const struct sock *’ Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-12-23netlink: wake up netlink listeners sooner (v2)stephen hemminger
This patch changes it to yield sooner at halfway instead. Still not a cure-all for listener overrun if listner is slow, but works much reliably. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-12-23netlink: af_netlink cleanup (v2)stephen hemminger
Don't inline functions that cover several lines, and do inline the trivial ones. Also make some arguments const. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-12-03genetlink: Add lockdep_genl_is_held().Pravin B Shelar
Open vSwitch uses genl_mutex locking to protect datapath data-structures like flow-table, flow-actions. Following patch adds lockdep_genl_is_held() which is used for rcu annotation to prove locking. Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
2011-12-03genetlink: Add genl_notify()Pravin B Shelar
Open vSwitch uses Generic Netlink interface for communication between userspace and kernel module. genl_notify() is used for sending notification back to userspace. genl_notify() is analogous to rtnl_notify() but uses genl_sock instead of rtnl. Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
2011-09-28af_unix: dont send SCM_CREDENTIALS by defaultEric Dumazet
Since commit 7361c36c5224 (af_unix: Allow credentials to work across user and pid namespaces) af_unix performance dropped a lot. This is because we now take a reference on pid and cred in each write(), and release them in read(), usually done from another process, eventually from another cpu. This triggers false sharing. # Events: 154K cycles # # Overhead Command Shared Object Symbol # ........ ....... .................. ......................... # 10.40% hackbench [kernel.kallsyms] [k] put_pid 8.60% hackbench [kernel.kallsyms] [k] unix_stream_recvmsg 7.87% hackbench [kernel.kallsyms] [k] unix_stream_sendmsg 6.11% hackbench [kernel.kallsyms] [k] do_raw_spin_lock 4.95% hackbench [kernel.kallsyms] [k] unix_scm_to_skb 4.87% hackbench [kernel.kallsyms] [k] pid_nr_ns 4.34% hackbench [kernel.kallsyms] [k] cred_to_ucred 2.39% hackbench [kernel.kallsyms] [k] unix_destruct_scm 2.24% hackbench [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sub_preempt_count 1.75% hackbench [kernel.kallsyms] [k] fget_light 1.51% hackbench [kernel.kallsyms] [k] __mutex_lock_interruptible_slowpath 1.42% hackbench [kernel.kallsyms] [k] sock_alloc_send_pskb This patch includes SCM_CREDENTIALS information in a af_unix message/skb only if requested by the sender, [man 7 unix for details how to include ancillary data using sendmsg() system call] Note: This might break buggy applications that expected SCM_CREDENTIAL from an unaware write() system call, and receiver not using SO_PASSCRED socket option. If SOCK_PASSCRED is set on source or destination socket, we still include credentials for mere write() syscalls. Performance boost in hackbench : more than 50% gain on a 16 thread machine (2 quad-core cpus, 2 threads per core) hackbench 20 thread 2000 4.228 sec instead of 9.102 sec Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Acked-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-08-12net: cleanup some rcu_dereference_rawEric Dumazet
RCU api had been completed and rcu_access_pointer() or rcu_dereference_protected() are better than generic rcu_dereference_raw() Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-06-24Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 into for-davem Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/pci.c include/linux/netlink.h
2011-06-22netlink: advertise incomplete dumpsJohannes Berg
Consider the following situation: * a dump that would show 8 entries, four in the first round, and four in the second * between the first and second rounds, 6 entries are removed * now the second round will not show any entry, and even if there is a sequence/generation counter the application will not know To solve this problem, add a new flag NLM_F_DUMP_INTR to the netlink header that indicates the dump wasn't consistent, this flag can also be set on the MSG_DONE message that terminates the dump, and as such above situation can be detected. To achieve this, add a sequence counter to the netlink callback struct. Of course, netlink code still needs to use this new functionality. The correct way to do that is to always set cb->seq when a dumpit callback is invoked and call nl_dump_check_consistent() for each new message. The core code will also call this function for the final MSG_DONE message. To make it usable with generic netlink, a new function genlmsg_nlhdr() is needed to obtain the netlink header from the genetlink user header. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2011-06-17rtnetlink: unlock on error path in netlink_dump()Dan Carpenter
In c7ac8679bec939 "rtnetlink: Compute and store minimum ifinfo dump size", we moved the allocation under the lock so we need to unlock on error path. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@conan.davemloft.net>
2011-06-10rtnetlink: Compute and store minimum ifinfo dump sizeGreg Rose
The message size allocated for rtnl ifinfo dumps was limited to a single page. This is not enough for additional interface info available with devices that support SR-IOV and caused a bug in which VF info would not be displayed if more than approximately 40 VFs were created per interface. Implement a new function pointer for the rtnl_register service that will calculate the amount of data required for the ifinfo dump and allocate enough data to satisfy the request. Signed-off-by: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
2011-05-24net: convert %p usage to %pKDan Rosenberg
The %pK format specifier is designed to hide exposed kernel pointers, specifically via /proc interfaces. Exposing these pointers provides an easy target for kernel write vulnerabilities, since they reveal the locations of writable structures containing easily triggerable function pointers. The behavior of %pK depends on the kptr_restrict sysctl. If kptr_restrict is set to 0, no deviation from the standard %p behavior occurs. If kptr_restrict is set to 1, the default, if the current user (intended to be a reader via seq_printf(), etc.) does not have CAP_SYSLOG (currently in the LSM tree), kernel pointers using %pK are printed as 0's. If kptr_restrict is set to 2, kernel pointers using %pK are printed as 0's regardless of privileges. Replacing with 0's was chosen over the default "(null)", which cannot be parsed by userland %p, which expects "(nil)". The supporting code for kptr_restrict and %pK are currently in the -mm tree. This patch converts users of %p in net/ to %pK. Cases of printing pointers to the syslog are not covered, since this would eliminate useful information for postmortem debugging and the reading of the syslog is already optionally protected by the dmesg_restrict sysctl. Signed-off-by: Dan Rosenberg <drosenberg@vsecurity.com> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@infradead.org> Cc: Eugene Teo <eugeneteo@kernel.org> Cc: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@parisplace.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-05-08net,rcu: convert call_rcu(listeners_free_rcu) to kfree_rcu()Lai Jiangshan
The rcu callback listeners_free_rcu() just calls a kfree(), so we use kfree_rcu() instead of the call_rcu(listeners_free_rcu). Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
2011-03-04Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
2011-03-03netlink: kill eff_cap from struct netlink_skb_parmsPatrick McHardy
Netlink message processing in the kernel is synchronous these days, capabilities can be checked directly in security_netlink_recv() from the current process. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Reviewed-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> [chrisw: update to include pohmelfs and uvesafb] Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-03-03netlink: kill loginuid/sessionid/sid members from struct netlink_skb_parmsPatrick McHardy
Netlink message processing in the kernel is synchronous these days, the session information can be collected when needed. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-02-28netlink: handle errors from netlink_dump()Andrey Vagin
netlink_dump() may failed, but nobody handle its error. It generates output data, when a previous portion has been returned to user space. This mechanism works when all data isn't go in skb. If we enter in netlink_recvmsg() and skb is absent in the recv queue, the netlink_dump() will not been executed. So if netlink_dump() is failed one time, the new data never appear and the reader will sleep forever. netlink_dump() is called from two places: 1. from netlink_sendmsg->...->netlink_dump_start(). In this place we can report error directly and it will be returned by sendmsg(). 2. from netlink_recvmsg There we can't report error directly, because we have a portion of valid output data and call netlink_dump() for prepare the next portion. If netlink_dump() is failed, the socket will be mark as error and the next recvmsg will be failed. Signed-off-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-01-19Revert "netlink: test for all flags of the NLM_F_DUMP composite"David S. Miller
This reverts commit 0ab03c2b1478f2438d2c80204f7fef65b1bca9cf. It breaks several things including the avahi daemon. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-01-10netlink: test for all flags of the NLM_F_DUMP compositeJan Engelhardt
Due to NLM_F_DUMP is composed of two bits, NLM_F_ROOT | NLM_F_MATCH, when doing "if (x & NLM_F_DUMP)", it tests for _either_ of the bits being set. Because NLM_F_MATCH's value overlaps with NLM_F_EXCL, non-dump requests with NLM_F_EXCL set are mistaken as dump requests. Substitute the condition to test for _all_ bits being set. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> Acked-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-10-24netlink: fix netlink_change_ngroups()Eric Dumazet
commit 6c04bb18ddd633 (netlink: use call_rcu for netlink_change_ngroups) used a somewhat convoluted and racy way to perform call_rcu(). The old block of memory is freed after a grace period, but the rcu_head used to track it is located in new block. This can clash if we call two times or more netlink_change_ngroups(), and a block is freed before another. call_rcu() called on different cpus makes no guarantee in order of callbacks. Fix this using a more standard way of handling this : Each block of memory contains its own rcu_head, so that no 'use after free' can happens. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> CC: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> CC: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-10-08Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 into for-davem Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
2010-10-05genetlink: introduce pre_doit/post_doit hooksJohannes Berg
Each family may have some amount of boilerplate locking code that applies to most, or even all, commands. This allows a family to handle such things in a more generic way, by allowing it to a) include private flags in each operation b) specify a pre_doit hook that is called, before an operation's doit() callback and may return an error directly, c) specify a post_doit hook that can undo locking or similar things done by pre_doit, and finally d) include two private pointers in each info struct passed between all these operations including doit(). (It's two because I'll need two in nl80211 -- can be extended.) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-08-31netlink: Make NETLINK_USERSOCK work again.David S. Miller
Once we started enforcing the a nl_table[] entry exist for a protocol, NETLINK_USERSOCK stopped working. Add a dummy table entry so that it works again. Reported-by: Thomas Voegtle <tv@lio96.de> Tested-by: Thomas Voegtle <tv@lio96.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-08-19netlink: fix compat recvmsgJohannes Berg
Since commit 1dacc76d0014a034b8aca14237c127d7c19d7726 Author: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Date: Wed Jul 1 11:26:02 2009 +0000 net/compat/wext: send different messages to compat tasks we had a race condition when setting and then restoring frag_list. Eric attempted to fix it, but the fix created even worse problems. However, the original motivation I had when I added the code that turned out to be racy is no longer clear to me, since we only copy up to skb->len to userspace, which doesn't include the frag_list length. As a result, not doing any frag_list clearing and restoring avoids the race condition, while not introducing any other problems. Additionally, while preparing this patch I found that since none of the remaining netlink code is really aware of the frag_list, we need to use the original skb's information for packet information and credentials. This fixes, for example, the group information received by compat tasks. Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org [2.6.31+, for 2.6.35 revert 1235f504aa] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-08-16Revert "netlink: netlink_recvmsg() fix"David S. Miller
This reverts commit 1235f504aaba2ebeabc863fdb3ceac764a317d47. It causes regressions worse than the problem it was trying to fix. Eric will try to solve the problem another way. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-07-27genetlink: use genl_register_family_with_ops()Changli Gao
Signed-off-by: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-07-27genetlink: cleanup code according to CodingStyleChangli Gao
If the function is exported, the EXPORT* macro for it should follow immediately after the closing function brace line. Signed-off-by: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@gmail.com> ---- net/netlink/genetlink.c | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-07-26netlink: netlink_recvmsg() fixEric Dumazet
commit 1dacc76d0014 (net/compat/wext: send different messages to compat tasks) introduced a race condition on netlink, in case MSG_PEEK is used. An skb given by skb_recv_datagram() might be shared, we must copy it before any modification, or risk fatal corruption. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-07-20drop_monitor: convert some kfree_skb call sites to consume_skbNeil Horman
Convert a few calls from kfree_skb to consume_skb Noticed while I was working on dropwatch that I was detecting lots of internal skb drops in several places. While some are legitimate, several were not, freeing skbs that were at the end of their life, rather than being discarded due to an error. This patch converts those calls sites from using kfree_skb to consume_skb, which quiets the in-kernel drop_monitor code from detecting them as drops. Tested successfully by myself Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-06-16af_netlink: Add needed scm_destroy after scm_send.Eric W. Biederman
scm_send occasionally allocates state in the scm_cookie, so I have modified netlink_sendmsg to guarantee that when scm_send succeeds scm_destory will be called to free that state. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr> Acked-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-05-21netlink: Implment netlink_broadcast_filteredEric W. Biederman
When netlink sockets are used to convey data that is in a namespace we need a way to select a subset of the listening sockets to deliver the packet to. For the network namespace we have been doing this by only transmitting packets in the correct network namespace. For data belonging to other namespaces netlink_bradcast_filtered provides a mechanism that allows us to examine the destination socket and to decide if we should transmit the specified packet to it. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-04-11Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_cmd.c drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c net/core/ethtool.c net/mac80211/scan.c
2010-04-07Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c drivers/net/via-velocity.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.c
2010-04-06Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (37 commits) smc91c92_cs: fix the problem of "Unable to find hardware address" r8169: clean up my printk uglyness net: Hook up cxgb4 to Kconfig and Makefile cxgb4: Add main driver file and driver Makefile cxgb4: Add remaining driver headers and L2T management cxgb4: Add packet queues and packet DMA code cxgb4: Add HW and FW support code cxgb4: Add register, message, and FW definitions netlabel: Fix several rcu_dereference() calls used without RCU read locks bonding: fix potential deadlock in bond_uninit() net: check the length of the socket address passed to connect(2) stmmac: add documentation for the driver. stmmac: fix kconfig for crc32 build error be2net: fix bug in vlan rx path for big endian architecture be2net: fix flashing on big endian architectures be2net: fix a bug in flashing the redboot section bonding: bond_xmit_roundrobin() fix drivers/net: Add missing unlock net: gianfar - align BD ring size console messages net: gianfar - initialize per-queue statistics ...