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2011-04-21sctp: implement event notification SCTP_SENDER_DRY_EVENTWei Yongjun
This patch implement event notification SCTP_SENDER_DRY_EVENT. SCTP Socket API Extensions: 6.1.9. SCTP_SENDER_DRY_EVENT When the SCTP stack has no more user data to send or retransmit, this notification is given to the user. Also, at the time when a user app subscribes to this event, if there is no data to be sent or retransmit, the stack will immediately send up this notification. Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-21sctp: change auth event type name to SCTP_AUTHENTICATION_EVENTWei Yongjun
This patch change the auth event type name to SCTP_AUTHENTICATION_EVENT, which is based on API extension compliance. Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-21sctp: implement socket option SCTP_GET_ASSOC_ID_LISTWei Yongjun
This patch Implement socket option SCTP_GET_ASSOC_ID_LIST. SCTP Socket API Extension: 8.2.6. Get the Current Identifiers of Associations (SCTP_GET_ASSOC_ID_LIST) This option gets the current list of SCTP association identifiers of the SCTP associations handled by a one-to-many style socket. Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-20sctp: make heartbeat information in sctp_make_heartbeat()Wei Yongjun
Make heartbeat information in sctp_make_heartbeat() instead of make it in sctp_sf_heartbeat() directly for common using. Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-20sctp: fix to check the source address of COOKIE-ECHO chunkWei Yongjun
SCTP does not check whether the source address of COOKIE-ECHO chunk is the original address of INIT chunk or part of the any address parameters saved in COOKIE in CLOSED state. So even if the COOKIE-ECHO chunk is from any address but with correct COOKIE, the COOKIE-ECHO chunk still be accepted. If the COOKIE is not from a valid address, the assoc should not be established. Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-20sctp: remove completely unsed EMPTY stateVlad Yasevich
SCTP does not SCTP_STATE_EMPTY and we can never be in that state. Remove useless code. Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-20sctp: remove redundant check when walking through a list of TLV parametersShan Wei
When pos.v <= (void *)chunk + end - ntohs(pos.p->length) and ntohs(pos.p->length) >= sizeof(sctp_paramhdr_t) these two expressions are all true, pos.v <= (void *)chunk + end - sizeof(sctp_paramhdr_t) *must* be true. This patch removes this kind of redundant check. It's same to _sctp_walk_errors macro. Signed-off-by: Shan Wei <shanwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-20sctp: kill abandoned SCTP_CMD_TRANSMIT commandShan Wei
Remove SCTP_CMD_TRANSMIT command as it never be used. Signed-off-by: Shan Wei <shanwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-20sctp: delete unused macro definition of sctp_chunk_is_controlShan Wei
The macro never be used. And if needed, can use !sctp_chunk_is_data instead of. Signed-off-by: Shan Wei <shanwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-19Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kaber/nf-next-2.6
2011-04-19Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/bnx2x/bnx2x_ethtool.c
2011-04-15ipv6: RTA_PREFSRC support for ipv6 route source address selectionDaniel Walter
[ipv6] Add support for RTA_PREFSRC This patch allows a user to select the preferred source address for a specific IPv6-Route. It can be set via a netlink message setting RTA_PREFSRC to a valid IPv6 address which must be up on the device the route will be bound to. Signed-off-by: Daniel Walter <dwalter@barracuda.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-15ethtool: allow custom interval for physical identificationAllan, Bruce W
When physical identification of an adapter is done by toggling the mechanism on and off through software utilizing the set_phys_id operation, it is done with a fixed duration for both on and off states. Some drivers may want to set a custom duration for the on/off intervals. This patch changes the API so the return code from the driver's entry point when it is called with ETHTOOL_ID_ACTIVE can specify the frequency at which to cycle the on/off states, and updates the drivers that have already been converted to use the new set_phys_id and use the synchronous method for identifying an adapter. The physical identification frequency set in the updated drivers is based on how it was done prior to the introduction of set_phys_id. Compile tested only. Also fixes a compiler warning in sfc. v2: drivers do not return -EINVAL for ETHOOL_ID_ACTIVE v3: fold patchset into single patch and cleanup per Ben's feedback Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com> Cc: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Cc: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@emulex.com> Cc: Subbu Seetharaman <subbu.seetharaman@emulex.com> Cc: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@emulex.com> Cc: Michael Chan <mchan@broadcom.com> Cc: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@broadcom.com> Cc: Divy Le Ray <divy@chelsio.com> Cc: Don Fry <pcnet32@frontier.com> Cc: Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us> Cc: Solarflare linux maintainers <linux-net-drivers@solarflare.com> Cc: Steve Hodgson <shodgson@solarflare.com> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Matt Carlson <mcarlson@broadcom.com> Acked-by: Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us> Acked-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-14ipv4: Call fib_select_default() only when actually necessary.David S. Miller
fib_select_default() is a complete NOP, and completely pointless to invoke, when we have no more than 1 default route installed. And this is far and away the common case. So remember how many prefixlen==0 routes we have in the routing table, and elide the call when we have no more than one of those. This cuts output route creation time by 157 cycles on Niagara2+. In order to add the new int to fib_table, we have to correct the type of ->tb_data[] to unsigned long, otherwise the private area will be unaligned on 64-bit systems. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
2011-04-14usbnet: Fix up 'FLAG_POINTTOPOINT' and 'FLAG_MULTI_PACKET' overlaps.huajun li
USB tethering does not work anymore since 2.6.39-rc2, but it's okay in -rc1. The root cause is the new added mask code 'FLAG_POINTTOPOINT' overlaps 'FLAG_MULTI_PACKET' in include/linux/usb/usbnet.h, this causes logic issue in rx_process(). This patch cleans up the overlap. Reported-and-Tested-by: Gottfried Haider <gottfried.haider@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Huajun Li <huajun.li.lee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-14net: allow shifted access in smsc911x V2Mathieu J. Poirier
This is a revised patch that permits a shifted access to the LAN9221 registers. More specifically: It adds a shift parameter in the platform_data. It introduces an ops in smsc911x_data. A choice of access function to use at run-time. Four new shifted access function. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Alessandro Rubini <rubini@gnudd.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-13rndis_host: Poll status before control channel where necessaryBen Hutchings
Some RNDIS devices don't respond on the control channel until polled on the status channel. In particular, this was reported to be the case for the 2Wire HomePortal 1000SW and for some Windows Mobile devices. This is roughly based on a patch by John Carr <john.carr@unrouted.co.uk> which is currently applied by Mandriva. Reported-by: Mark Glassberg <vzeeaxwl@myfairpoint.net> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-13net: ethtool support to configure number of channelsamit salecha
Ethtool support to configure RX, TX and other channels. combined field in struct ethtool_channels to reflect set of channel (RX, TX or other). Other channel can be link interrupts, SR-IOV coordination etc. ETHTOOL_GCHANNELS will report max and current number of RX channels, max and current number of TX channels, max and current number of other channel or max and current number of combined channel. Number of channel can be modify upto max number of channel through ETHTOOL_SCHANNELS command. Ben Hutchings: o define 'combined' and 'other' types. Most multiqueue drivers pair up RX and TX queues so that most channels combine RX and TX work. o Please could you use a kernel-doc comment to describe the structure. Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar Salecha <amit.salecha@qlogic.com> Reviewed-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-13netfilter: ipset: SCTP, UDPLITE support addedJozsef Kadlecsik
SCTP and UDPLITE port support added to the hash:*port* set types. Signed-off-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
2011-04-13net: Missing 'inline' in vlan-disabled vlan_untag()David S. Miller
Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-12Merge branch 'for-davem' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6
2011-04-12net: vlan_features comment clarificationMichał Mirosław
Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-12net: vlan: make non-hw-accel rx path similar to hw-accelJiri Pirko
Now there are 2 paths for rx vlan frames. When rx-vlan-hw-accel is enabled, skb is untagged by NIC, vlan_tci is set and the skb gets into vlan code in __netif_receive_skb - vlan_hwaccel_do_receive. For non-rx-vlan-hw-accel however, tagged skb goes thru whole __netif_receive_skb, it's untagged in ptype_base hander and reinjected This incosistency is fixed by this patch. Vlan untagging happens early in __netif_receive_skb so the rest of code (ptype_all handlers, rx_handlers) see the skb like it was untagged by hw. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> v1->v2: remove "inline" from vlan_core.c functions Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-12Merge 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/ath/ar9170/main.c drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/phy.c drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd_rf_rf2959.c
2011-04-11caif: code cleanupStephen Hemminger
Cleanup of new CAIF code. * make local functions static * remove code that is never used * expand get_caif_conf() since wrapper is no longer needed * make args to comparison functions const * rename connect_req_to_link_param to keep exported names consistent Compile tested only. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Acked-by: Sjur Brændeland <sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-11Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/smsc911x.c
2011-04-11v3 ethtool: add ntuple flow specifier data to network flow classifierAlexander Duyck
This change is meant to add an ntuple data extensions to the rx network flow classification specifiers. The idea is to allow ntuple to be displayed via the network flow classification interface. The first patch had some left over stuff from the original flow extension flags I had added. That bit is removed in this patch. The second had some left over comments that stated we ignored bits in the masks when we actually match them. This work is based on input from Ben Hutchings. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-11Merge 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: (34 commits) net: Add support for SMSC LAN9530, LAN9730 and LAN89530 mlx4_en: Restoring RX buffer pointer in case of failure mlx4: Sensing link type at device initialization ipv4: Fix "Set rt->rt_iif more sanely on output routes." MAINTAINERS: add entry for Xen network backend be2net: Fix suspend/resume operation be2net: Rename some struct members for clarity pppoe: drop PPPOX_ZOMBIEs in pppoe_flush_dev dsa/mv88e6131: add support for mv88e6085 switch ipv6: Enable RFS sk_rxhash tracking for ipv6 sockets (v2) be2net: Fix a potential crash during shutdown. bna: Fix for handling firmware heartbeat failure can: mcp251x: Allow pass IRQ flags through platform data. smsc911x: fix mac_lock acquision before calling smsc911x_mac_read iwlwifi: accept EEPROM version 0x423 for iwl6000 rt2x00: fix cancelling uninitialized work rtlwifi: Fix some warnings/bugs p54usb: IDs for two new devices wl12xx: fix potential buffer overflow in testmode nvs push zd1211rw: reset rx idle timer from tasklet ...
2011-04-11Disable rp_filter for IPsec packetsMichael Smith
The reverse path filter interferes with IPsec subnet-to-subnet tunnels, especially when the link to the IPsec peer is on an interface other than the one hosting the default route. With dynamic routing, where the peer might be reachable through eth0 today and eth1 tomorrow, it's difficult to keep rp_filter enabled unless fake routes to the remote subnets are configured on the interface currently used to reach the peer. IPsec provides a much stronger anti-spoofing policy than rp_filter, so this patch disables the rp_filter for packets with a security path. Signed-off-by: Michael Smith <msmith@cbnco.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-11fib_validate_source(): pass sk_buff instead of markMichael Smith
This makes sk_buff available for other use in fib_validate_source(). Signed-off-by: Michael Smith <msmith@cbnco.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-07Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/benet/be_main.c
2011-04-07ipv4: Fix "Set rt->rt_iif more sanely on output routes."OGAWA Hirofumi
Commit 1018b5c01636c7c6bda31a719bda34fc631db29a ("Set rt->rt_iif more sanely on output routes.") breaks rt_is_{output,input}_route. This became the cause to return "IP_PKTINFO's ->ipi_ifindex == 0". To fix it, this does: 1) Add "int rt_route_iif;" to struct rtable 2) For input routes, always set rt_route_iif to same value as rt_iif 3) For output routes, always set rt_route_iif to zero. Set rt_iif as it is done currently. 4) Change rt_is_{output,input}_route() to test rt_route_iif Signed-off-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-07Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/efuse.c drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/rtl8192c/fw_common.c net/bluetooth/mgmt.c
2011-04-07nl80211: Add BSS parameters to stationPaul Stewart
This allows user-space monitoring of BSS parameters for the associated station. This is useful for debugging and verifying that the paramaters are as expected. [Exactly the same as before but bundled into a single message] Signed-off-by: Paul Stewart <pstew@chromium.org> Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2011-04-07Merge branch 'master' of ↵John W. Linville
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/padovan/bluetooth-next-2.6
2011-04-07Merge branch 'for-linus2' of git://git.profusion.mobi/users/lucas/linux-2.6Linus Torvalds
* 'for-linus2' of git://git.profusion.mobi/users/lucas/linux-2.6: Fix common misspellings
2011-04-07net: fix skb_add_data_nocache() to calc csum correctlyWei Yongjun
commit c6e1a0d12ca7b4f22c58e55a16beacfb7d3d8462 broken the calc (net: Allow no-cache copy from user on transmit) of checksum, which may cause some tcp packets be dropped because incorrect checksum. ssh does not work under today's net-next-2.6 tree. Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-06Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6
2011-04-06Merge branch 'for-davem' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bwh/sfc-next-2.6
2011-04-06can: mcp251x: Allow pass IRQ flags through platform data.Enric Balletbo i Serra
When an interrupt occurs, the INT pin is driven low by the MCP251x controller (falling edge) but in some cases the INT pin can be connected to the MPU through a transistor or level translator which inverts this signal. In this case interrupt should be configured in rising edge. This patch adds support to pass the IRQ flags via mcp251x_platform_data. Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <eballetbo@iseebcn.com> Acked-by: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com> Acked-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-04-05Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-2.6-block * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/linux-2.6-block: ide: always ensure that blk_delay_queue() is called if we have pending IO block: fix request sorting at unplug dm: improve block integrity support fs: export empty_aops ide: ide_requeue_and_plug() reinstate "always plug" behaviour blk-throttle: don't call xchg on bool ufs: remove unessecary blk_flush_plug block: make the flush insertion use the tail of the dispatch list block: get rid of elv_insert() interface block: dump request state on seeing a corrupted request completion
2011-04-05dm: improve block integrity supportMike Snitzer
The current block integrity (DIF/DIX) support in DM is verifying that all devices' integrity profiles match during DM device resume (which is past the point of no return). To some degree that is unavoidable (stacked DM devices force this late checking). But for most DM devices (which aren't stacking on other DM devices) the ideal time to verify all integrity profiles match is during table load. Introduce the notion of an "initialized" integrity profile: a profile that was blk_integrity_register()'d with a non-NULL 'blk_integrity' template. Add blk_integrity_is_initialized() to allow checking if a profile was initialized. Update DM integrity support to: - check all devices with _initialized_ integrity profiles match during table load; uninitialized profiles (e.g. for underlying DM device(s) of a stacked DM device) are ignored. - disallow a table load that would result in an integrity profile that conflicts with a DM device's existing (in-use) integrity profile - avoid clearing an existing integrity profile - validate all integrity profiles match during resume; but if they don't all we can do is report the mismatch (during resume we're past the point of no return) Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Cc: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-04-05fs: export empty_aopsJens Axboe
With the ->sync_page() hook gone, we have a few users that add their own static address_space_operations without any functions defined. fs/inode.c already has an empty_aops that it uses for init purposes. Lets export that and use it in the places where an otherwise empty aops was defined. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-04-05block: get rid of elv_insert() interfaceJens Axboe
Merge it with __elv_add_request(), it's pretty pointless to have a function with only two callers. The main interface is elv_add_request()/__elv_add_request(). Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-04-05Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kaber/nf-2.6
2011-04-05Merge 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: (27 commits) ipv6: Don't pass invalid dst_entry pointer to dst_release(). mlx4: fix kfree on error path in new_steering_entry() tcp: len check is unnecessarily devastating, change to WARN_ON sctp: malloc enough room for asconf-ack chunk sctp: fix auth_hmacs field's length of struct sctp_cookie net: Fix dev dev_ethtool_get_rx_csum() for forced NETIF_F_RXCSUM usbnet: use eth%d name for known ethernet devices starfire: clean up dma_addr_t size test iwlegacy: fix bugs in change_interface carl9170: Fix tx aggregation problems with some clients iwl3945: disable hw scan by default wireless: rt2x00: rt2800usb.c add and identify ids iwl3945: do not deprecate software scan mac80211: fix aggregation frame release during timeout cfg80211: fix BSS double-unlinking (continued) cfg80211:: fix possible NULL pointer dereference mac80211: fix possible NULL pointer dereference mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in ieee80211_key_alloc() ath9k: fix a chip wakeup related crash in ath9k_start mac80211: fix a crash in minstrel_ht in HT mode with no supported MCS rates ...
2011-04-05ethtool: Change ETHTOOL_PHYS_ID implementation to allow dropping RTNLBen Hutchings
The ethtool ETHTOOL_PHYS_ID command runs for an arbitrarily long period of time, holding the RTNL lock. This blocks routing updates, device enumeration, and various important operations that one might want to keep running while hunting for the flashing LED. We need to drop the RTNL lock during this operation, but currently the core implementation is a thin wrapper around a driver operation and drivers may well depend upon holding the lock. Define a new driver operation 'set_phys_id' with an argument that sets the ID indicator on/off/inactive/active (the last optional, for any driver or firmware that prefers to handle blinking asynchronously). When this is defined, the ethtool core drops the lock while waiting and only acquires it around calls to this operation. Deprecate the 'phys_id' operation in favour of this. It can be removed once all in-tree drivers are converted. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
2011-04-05ethtool: Fill out and update comment for struct ethtool_opsBen Hutchings
Briefly document all operations (except get_rx_ntuple), including whether they may return an error code and whether they are deprecated. Also mention some things that should be handled by the ethtool core rather than by drivers. Briefly document general requirements for callers. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
2011-04-05ethtool: Convert struct ethtool_ops comment to kernel-doc formatBen Hutchings
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
2011-04-05net: Allow no-cache copy from user on transmitTom Herbert
This patch uses __copy_from_user_nocache on transmit to bypass data cache for a performance improvement. skb_add_data_nocache and skb_copy_to_page_nocache can be called by sendmsg functions to use this feature, initial support is in tcp_sendmsg. This functionality is configurable per device using ethtool. Presumably, this feature would only be useful when the driver does not touch the data. The feature is turned on by default if a device indicates that it does some form of checksum offload; it is off by default for devices that do no checksum offload or indicate no checksum is necessary. For the former case copy-checksum is probably done anyway, in the latter case the device is likely loopback in which case the no cache copy is probably not beneficial. This patch was tested using 200 instances of netperf TCP_RR with 1400 byte request and one byte reply. Platform is 16 core AMD x86. No-cache copy disabled: 672703 tps, 97.13% utilization 50/90/99% latency:244.31 484.205 1028.41 No-cache copy enabled: 702113 tps, 96.16% utilization, 50/90/99% latency 238.56 467.56 956.955 Using 14000 byte request and response sizes demonstrate the effects more dramatically: No-cache copy disabled: 79571 tps, 34.34 %utlization 50/90/95% latency 1584.46 2319.59 5001.76 No-cache copy enabled: 83856 tps, 34.81% utilization 50/90/95% latency 2508.42 2622.62 2735.88 Note especially the effect on latency tail (95th percentile). This seems to provide a nice performance improvement and is consistent in the tests I ran. Presumably, this would provide the greatest benfits in the presence of an application workload stressing the cache and a lot of transmit data happening. Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>