23 Mar, 2012
1 commit
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Pull s390 patches from Martin Schwidefsky:
"The biggest patch is the rework of the smp code, something I wanted to
do for some time. There are some patches for our various dump methods
and one new thing: z/VM LGR detection. LGR stands for linux-guest-
relocation and is the guest migration feature of z/VM. For debugging
purposes we keep a log of the systems where a specific guest has lived."Fix up trivial conflict in arch/s390/kernel/smp.c due to the scheduler
cleanup having removed some code next to removed s390 code.* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/s390/linux:
[S390] kernel: Pass correct stack for smp_call_ipl_cpu()
[S390] Ensure that vmcore_info pointer is never accessed directly
[S390] dasd: prevent validate server for offline devices
[S390] Remove monolithic build option for zcrypt driver.
[S390] stack dump: fix indentation in output
[S390] kernel: Add OS info memory interface
[S390] Use block_sigmask()
[S390] kernel: Add z/VM LGR detection
[S390] irq: external interrupt code passing
[S390] irq: set __ARCH_IRQ_EXIT_IRQS_DISABLED
[S390] zfcpdump: Implement async sdias event processing
[S390] Use copy_to_absolute_zero() instead of "stura/sturg"
[S390] rework idle code
[S390] rework smp code
[S390] rename lowcore field
[S390] Fix gcc 4.6.0 compile warning
22 Mar, 2012
3 commits
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Pull vfs pile 1 from Al Viro:
"This is _not_ all; in particular, Miklos' and Jan's stuff is not there
yet."* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: (64 commits)
ext4: initialization of ext4_li_mtx needs to be done earlier
debugfs-related mode_t whack-a-mole
hfsplus: add an ioctl to bless files
hfsplus: change finder_info to u32
hfsplus: initialise userflags
qnx4: new helper - try_extent()
qnx4: get rid of qnx4_bread/qnx4_getblk
take removal of PF_FORKNOEXEC to flush_old_exec()
trim includes in inode.c
um: uml_dup_mmap() relies on ->mmap_sem being held, but activate_mm() doesn't hold it
um: embed ->stub_pages[] into mmu_context
gadgetfs: list_for_each_safe() misuse
ocfs2: fix leaks on failure exits in module_init
ecryptfs: make register_filesystem() the last potential failure exit
ntfs: forgets to unregister sysctls on register_filesystem() failure
logfs: missing cleanup on register_filesystem() failure
jfs: mising cleanup on register_filesystem() failure
make configfs_pin_fs() return root dentry on success
configfs: configfs_create_dir() has parent dentry in dentry->d_parent
configfs: sanitize configfs_create()
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Pull security subsystem updates for 3.4 from James Morris:
"The main addition here is the new Yama security module from Kees Cook,
which was discussed at the Linux Security Summit last year. Its
purpose is to collect miscellaneous DAC security enhancements in one
place. This also marks a departure in policy for LSM modules, which
were previously limited to being standalone access control systems.
Chromium OS is using Yama, and I believe there are plans for Ubuntu,
at least.This patchset also includes maintenance updates for AppArmor, TOMOYO
and others."Fix trivial conflict in due to the jumo_label->static_key
rename.* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security: (38 commits)
AppArmor: Fix location of const qualifier on generated string tables
TOMOYO: Return error if fails to delete a domain
AppArmor: add const qualifiers to string arrays
AppArmor: Add ability to load extended policy
TOMOYO: Return appropriate value to poll().
AppArmor: Move path failure information into aa_get_name and rename
AppArmor: Update dfa matching routines.
AppArmor: Minor cleanup of d_namespace_path to consolidate error handling
AppArmor: Retrieve the dentry_path for error reporting when path lookup fails
AppArmor: Add const qualifiers to generated string tables
AppArmor: Fix oops in policy unpack auditing
AppArmor: Fix error returned when a path lookup is disconnected
KEYS: testing wrong bit for KEY_FLAG_REVOKED
TOMOYO: Fix mount flags checking order.
security: fix ima kconfig warning
AppArmor: Fix the error case for chroot relative path name lookup
AppArmor: fix mapping of META_READ to audit and quiet flags
AppArmor: Fix underflow in xindex calculation
AppArmor: Fix dropping of allowed operations that are force audited
AppArmor: Add mising end of structure test to caps unpacking
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Pull kmap_atomic cleanup from Cong Wang.
It's been in -next for a long time, and it gets rid of the (no longer
used) second argument to k[un]map_atomic().Fix up a few trivial conflicts in various drivers, and do an "evil
merge" to catch some new uses that have come in since Cong's tree.* 'kmap_atomic' of git://github.com/congwang/linux: (59 commits)
feature-removal-schedule.txt: schedule the deprecated form of kmap_atomic() for removal
highmem: kill all __kmap_atomic() [swarren@nvidia.com: highmem: Fix ARM build break due to __kmap_atomic rename]
drbd: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
zcache: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
gma500: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
dm: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
tomoyo: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
sunrpc: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
rds: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
net: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
mm: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
lib: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
power: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
kdb: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
udf: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
ubifs: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
squashfs: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
reiserfs: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
ocfs2: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
ntfs: remove the second argument of k[un]map_atomic()
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21 Mar, 2012
11 commits
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Pull trivial tree from Jiri Kosina:
"It's indeed trivial -- mostly documentation updates and a bunch of
typo fixes from Masanari.There are also several linux/version.h include removals from Jesper."
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (101 commits)
kcore: fix spelling in read_kcore() comment
constify struct pci_dev * in obvious cases
Revert "char: Fix typo in viotape.c"
init: fix wording error in mm_init comment
usb: gadget: Kconfig: fix typo for 'different'
Revert "power, max8998: Include linux/module.h just once in drivers/power/max8998_charger.c"
writeback: fix fn name in writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle() comment header
writeback: fix typo in the writeback_control comment
Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation
tpm_tis: fix tis_lock with respect to RCU
Revert "media: Fix typo in mixer_drv.c and hdmi_drv.c"
Doc: Update numastat.txt
qla4xxx: Add missing spaces to error messages
compiler.h: Fix typo
security: struct security_operations kerneldoc fix
Documentation: broken URL in libata.tmpl
Documentation: broken URL in filesystems.tmpl
mtd: simplify return logic in do_map_probe()
mm: fix comment typo of truncate_inode_pages_range
power: bq27x00: Fix typos in comment
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Pull networking merge from David Miller:
"1) Move ixgbe driver over to purely page based buffering on receive.
From Alexander Duyck.2) Add receive packet steering support to e1000e, from Bruce Allan.
3) Convert TCP MD5 support over to RCU, from Eric Dumazet.
4) Reduce cpu usage in handling out-of-order TCP packets on modern
systems, also from Eric Dumazet.5) Support the IP{,V6}_UNICAST_IF socket options, making the wine
folks happy, from Erich Hoover.6) Support VLAN trunking from guests in hyperv driver, from Haiyang
Zhang.7) Support byte-queue-limtis in r8169, from Igor Maravic.
8) Outline code intended for IP_RECVTOS in IP_PKTOPTIONS existed but
was never properly implemented, Jiri Benc fixed that.9) 64-bit statistics support in r8169 and 8139too, from Junchang Wang.
10) Support kernel side dump filtering by ctmark in netfilter
ctnetlink, from Pablo Neira Ayuso.11) Support byte-queue-limits in gianfar driver, from Paul Gortmaker.
12) Add new peek socket options to assist with socket migration, from
Pavel Emelyanov.13) Add sch_plug packet scheduler whose queue is controlled by
userland daemons using explicit freeze and release commands. From
Shriram Rajagopalan.14) Fix FCOE checksum offload handling on transmit, from Yi Zou."
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1846 commits)
Fix pppol2tp getsockname()
Remove printk from rds_sendmsg
ipv6: fix incorrent ipv6 ipsec packet fragment
cpsw: Hook up default ndo_change_mtu.
net: qmi_wwan: fix build error due to cdc-wdm dependecy
netdev: driver: ethernet: Add TI CPSW driver
netdev: driver: ethernet: add cpsw address lookup engine support
phy: add am79c874 PHY support
mlx4_core: fix race on comm channel
bonding: send igmp report for its master
fs_enet: Add MPC5125 FEC support and PHY interface selection
net: bpf_jit: fix BPF_S_LDX_B_MSH compilation
net: update the usage of CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY
fcoe: use CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY instead of CHECKSUM_PARTIAL on tx
net: do not do gso for CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY in netif_needs_gso
ixgbe: Fix issues with SR-IOV loopback when flow control is disabled
net/hyperv: Fix the code handling tx busy
ixgbe: fix namespace issues when FCoE/DCB is not enabled
rtlwifi: Remove unused ETH_ADDR_LEN defines
igbvf: Use ETH_ALEN
...Fix up fairly trivial conflicts in drivers/isdn/gigaset/interface.c and
drivers/net/usb/{Kconfig,qmi_wwan.c} as per David. -
Signed-off-by: Al Viro
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro
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Signed-off-by: Al Viro
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Pull cgroup changes from Tejun Heo:
"Out of the 8 commits, one fixes a long-standing locking issue around
tasklist walking and others are cleanups."* 'for-3.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup:
cgroup: Walk task list under tasklist_lock in cgroup_enable_task_cg_list
cgroup: Remove wrong comment on cgroup_enable_task_cg_list()
cgroup: remove cgroup_subsys argument from callbacks
cgroup: remove extra calls to find_existing_css_set
cgroup: replace tasklist_lock with rcu_read_lock
cgroup: simplify double-check locking in cgroup_attach_proc
cgroup: move struct cgroup_pidlist out from the header file
cgroup: remove cgroup_attach_task_current_cg() -
While testing L2TP functionality, I came across a bug in getsockname(). The
IP address returned within the pppol2tp_addr's addr memember was not being
set to the IP address in use. This bug is caused by using inet_sk() on the
wrong socket (the L2TP socket rather than the underlying UDP socket), and was
likely introduced during the addition of L2TPv3 support.Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise
Signed-off-by: James Chapman
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller -
no socket layer outputs a message for this error and neither should rds.
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones
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Pull TTY/serial patches from Greg KH:
"tty and serial merge for 3.4-rc1Here's the big serial and tty merge for the 3.4-rc1 tree.
There's loads of fixes and reworks in here from Jiri for the tty
layer, and a number of patches from Alan to help try to wrestle the vt
layer into a sane model.Other than that, lots of driver updates and fixes, and other minor
stuff, all detailed in the shortlog."* tag 'tty-3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty: (132 commits)
serial: pxa: add clk_prepare/clk_unprepare calls
TTY: Wrong unicode value copied in con_set_unimap()
serial: PL011: clear pending interrupts
serial: bfin-uart: Don't access tty circular buffer in TX DMA interrupt after it is reset.
vt: NULL dereference in vt_do_kdsk_ioctl()
tty: serial: vt8500: fix annotations for probe/remove
serial: remove back and forth conversions in serial_out_sync
serial: use serial_port_in/out vs serial_in/out in 8250
serial: introduce generic port in/out helpers
serial: reduce number of indirections in 8250 code
serial: delete useless void casts in 8250.c
serial: make 8250's serial_in shareable to other drivers.
serial: delete last unused traces of pausing I/O in 8250
pch_uart: Add module parameter descriptions
pch_uart: Use existing default_baud in setup_console
pch_uart: Add user_uartclk parameter
pch_uart: Add Fish River Island II uart clock quirks
pch_uart: Use uartclk instead of base_baud
mpc5200b/uart: select more tolerant uart prescaler on low baudrates
tty: moxa: fix bit test in moxa_start()
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Pull perf events changes for v3.4 from Ingo Molnar:
- New "hardware based branch profiling" feature both on the kernel and
the tooling side, on CPUs that support it. (modern x86 Intel CPUs
with the 'LBR' hardware feature currently.)This new feature is basically a sophisticated 'magnifying glass' for
branch execution - something that is pretty difficult to extract from
regular, function histogram centric profiles.The simplest mode is activated via 'perf record -b', and the result
looks like this in perf report:$ perf record -b any_call,u -e cycles:u branchy
$ perf report -b --sort=symbol
52.34% [.] main [.] f1
24.04% [.] f1 [.] f3
23.60% [.] f1 [.] f2
0.01% [k] _IO_new_file_xsputn [k] _IO_file_overflow
0.01% [k] _IO_vfprintf_internal [k] _IO_new_file_xsputn
0.01% [k] _IO_vfprintf_internal [k] strchrnul
0.01% [k] __printf [k] _IO_vfprintf_internal
0.01% [k] main [k] __printfThis output shows from/to branch columns and shows the highest
percentage (from,to) jump combinations - i.e. the most likely taken
branches in the system. "branches" can also include function calls
and any other synchronous and asynchronous transitions of the
instruction pointer that are not 'next instruction' - such as system
calls, traps, interrupts, etc.This feature comes with (hopefully intuitive) flat ascii and TUI
support in perf report.- Various 'perf annotate' visual improvements for us assembly junkies.
It will now recognize function calls in the TUI and by hitting enter
you can follow the call (recursively) and back, amongst other
improvements.- Multiple threads/processes recording support in perf record, perf
stat, perf top - which is activated via a comma-list of PIDs:perf top -p 21483,21485
perf stat -p 21483,21485 -ddd
perf record -p 21483,21485- Support for per UID views, via the --uid paramter to perf top, perf
report, etc. For example 'perf top --uid mingo' will only show the
tasks that I am running, excluding other users, root, etc.- Jump label restructurings and improvements - this includes the
factoring out of the (hopefully much clearer) include/linux/static_key.h
generic facility:struct static_key key = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE;
...
if (static_key_false(&key))
do unlikely code
else
do likely code...
static_key_slow_inc();
...
static_key_slow_inc();
...The static_key_false() branch will be generated into the code with as
little impact to the likely code path as possible. the
static_key_slow_*() APIs flip the branch via live kernel code patching.This facility can now be used more widely within the kernel to
micro-optimize hot branches whose likelihood matches the static-key
usage and fast/slow cost patterns.- SW function tracer improvements: perf support and filtering support.
- Various hardenings of the perf.data ABI, to make older perf.data's
smoother on newer tool versions, to make new features integrate more
smoothly, to support cross-endian recording/analyzing workflows
better, etc.- Restructuring of the kprobes code, the splitting out of 'optprobes',
and a corner case bugfix.- Allow the tracing of kernel console output (printk).
- Improvements/fixes to user-space RDPMC support, allowing user-space
self-profiling code to extract PMU counts without performing any
system calls, while playing nice with the kernel side.- 'perf bench' improvements
- ... and lots of internal restructurings, cleanups and fixes that made
these features possible. And, as usual this list is incomplete as
there were also lots of other improvements* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (120 commits)
perf report: Fix annotate double quit issue in branch view mode
perf report: Remove duplicate annotate choice in branch view mode
perf/x86: Prettify pmu config literals
perf report: Enable TUI in branch view mode
perf report: Auto-detect branch stack sampling mode
perf record: Add HEADER_BRANCH_STACK tag
perf record: Provide default branch stack sampling mode option
perf tools: Make perf able to read files from older ABIs
perf tools: Fix ABI compatibility bug in print_event_desc()
perf tools: Enable reading of perf.data files from different ABI rev
perf: Add ABI reference sizes
perf report: Add support for taken branch sampling
perf record: Add support for sampling taken branch
perf tools: Add code to support PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK
x86/kprobes: Split out optprobe related code to kprobes-opt.c
x86/kprobes: Fix a bug which can modify kernel code permanently
x86/kprobes: Fix instruction recovery on optimized path
perf: Add callback to flush branch_stack on context switch
perf: Disable PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_* when not supported
perf/x86: Add LBR software filter support for Intel CPUs
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Pull RCU changes for v3.4 from Ingo Molnar. The major features of this
series are:- making RCU more aggressive about entering dyntick-idle mode in order
to improve energy efficiency- converting a few more call_rcu()s to kfree_rcu()s
- applying a number of rcutree fixes and cleanups to rcutiny
- removing CONFIG_SMP #ifdefs from treercu
- allowing RCU CPU stall times to be set via sysfs
- adding CPU-stall capability to rcutorture
- adding more RCU-abuse diagnostics
- updating documentation
- fixing yet more issues located by the still-ongoing top-to-bottom
inspection of RCU, this time with a special focus on the CPU-hotplug
code path.* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (48 commits)
rcu: Stop spurious warnings from synchronize_sched_expedited
rcu: Hold off RCU_FAST_NO_HZ after timer posted
rcu: Eliminate softirq-mediated RCU_FAST_NO_HZ idle-entry loop
rcu: Add RCU_NONIDLE() for idle-loop RCU read-side critical sections
rcu: Allow nesting of rcu_idle_enter() and rcu_idle_exit()
rcu: Remove redundant check for rcu_head misalignment
PTR_ERR should be called before its argument is cleared.
rcu: Convert WARN_ON_ONCE() in rcu_lock_acquire() to lockdep
rcu: Trace only after NULL-pointer check
rcu: Call out dangers of expedited RCU primitives
rcu: Rework detection of use of RCU by offline CPUs
lockdep: Add CPU-idle/offline warning to lockdep-RCU splat
rcu: No interrupt disabling for rcu_prepare_for_idle()
rcu: Move synchronize_sched_expedited() to rcutree.c
rcu: Check for illegal use of RCU from offlined CPUs
rcu: Update stall-warning documentation
rcu: Add CPU-stall capability to rcutorture
rcu: Make documentation give more realistic rcutorture duration
rcutorture: Permit holding off CPU-hotplug operations during boot
rcu: Print scheduling-clock information on RCU CPU stall-warning messages
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20 Mar, 2012
6 commits
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Signed-off-by: Cong Wang
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Acked-by: David S. Miller
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang -
Acked-by: David S. Miller
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang -
Since commit 299b0767(ipv6: Fix IPsec slowpath fragmentation problem)
In func ip6_append_data,after call skb_put(skb, fraglen + dst_exthdrlen)
the skb->len contains dst_exthdrlen,and we don't reduce dst_exthdrlen at last
This will make fraggap>0 in next "while cycle",and cause the size of skb incorrentFix this by reserve headroom for dst_exthdrlen.
Signed-off-by: Gao feng
Acked-by: Steffen Klassert
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller -
With increasing receive window sizes, but speed of light not improved
that much, out of order queue can contain a huge number of skbs, waiting
to be moved to receive_queue when missing packets can fill the holes.Some devices happen to use fat skbs (truesize of 4096 + sizeof(struct
sk_buff)) to store regular (MTU
Cc: Neal Cardwell
Cc: Yuchung Cheng
Cc: H.K. Jerry Chu
Cc: Tom Herbert
Cc: Ilpo Järvinen
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller -
Split tcp_data_queue() in two parts for better readability.
tcp_data_queue_ofo() is responsible for queueing incoming skb into out
of order queue.Change code layout so that the skb_set_owner_r() is performed only if
skb is not dropped.This is a preliminary patch before "reduce out_of_order memory use"
following patch.Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet
Cc: Neal Cardwell
Cc: Yuchung Cheng
Cc: H.K. Jerry Chu
Cc: Tom Herbert
Cc: Ilpo Järvinen
Acked-by: Neal Cardwell
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller
19 Mar, 2012
1 commit
17 Mar, 2012
4 commits
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Kerin Millar reported hardlockups while running `conntrackd -c'
in a busy firewall. That system (with several processors) was
acting as backup in a primary-backup setup.After several tries, I found a race condition between the deletion
operation of ctnetlink and timeout expiration. This patch fixes
this problem.Tested-by: Kerin Millar
Reported-by: Kerin Millar
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller -
I found recently that the arp_process function which handles all of our received
arp frames, is using IPV4_DEVCONF_ALL macro to check the state of the arp_process
flag. This seems wrong, as it implies that either none or all of the network
interfaces accept gratuitous arps. This patch corrects that, allowing
per-interface arp_accept configuration to deviate from the all setting. Note
this also brings us into line with the way the arp_filter setting is handled
during arp_process execution.Tested this myself on my home network, and confirmed it works as expected.
Signed-off-by: Neil Horman
CC: "David S. Miller"
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller -
ip6_mc_find_dev_rcu() is called with rcu_read_lock(), so don't
need to dev_hold().
With dev_hold(), not corresponding dev_put(), will lead to leak.[ bug introduced in 96b52e61be1 (ipv6: mcast: RCU conversions) ]
Signed-off-by: RongQing.Li
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller -
…wireless-next into for-davem
Conflicts:
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hw.c
16 Mar, 2012
5 commits
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This reverts commit d47a0ac7b6 (sch_sfq: dont put new flow at the end of
flows)As Jesper found out, patch sounded great but has bad side effects.
In stress situation, pushing new flows in front of the queue can prevent
old flows doing any progress. Packets can stay in SFQ queue for
unlimited amount of time.It's possible to add heuristics to limit this problem, but this would
add complexity outside of SFQ scope.A more sensible answer to Dave Taht concerns (who reported the issued I
tried to solve in original commit) is probably to use a qdisc hierarchy
so that high prio packets dont enter a potentially crowded SFQ qdisc.Reported-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer
Cc: Dave Taht
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet
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commit 87a115783 ( ipv6: Move xfrm_lookup() call down into
icmp6_dst_alloc().) forgot to convert one error path, leading
to crashes in mld_sendpack()Many thanks to Dave Jones for providing a very complete bug report.
Reported-by: Dave Jones
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet
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uapsd_queues and uapsd_max_sp_len are relevant only for managed
interfaces, and can be configured differently for each vif.Move them from the local struct to sdata->u.mgd, and update
the debugfs functions accordingly.Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville -
Some debugfs write functions call kstrto* functions, which
assume the string is null-terminated. Make it valid by changing
ieee80211_if_write() to use static buffer instead of allocating
one, and set the last char to NULL.(The write functions try to parse some integer/mac address,
so 64 bytes buffer should be enough)Signed-off-by: Eliad Peller
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville -
The current max throughput rate is known to be good as otherwise it
wouldn't be the max throughput rate. Since rate sampling can introduce
some overhead (by adding RTS for example or due to not aggregating the
frame) don't sample the max throughput rate.Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa
Acked-by: Felix Fietkau
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville
14 Mar, 2012
5 commits
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When regulatory information changes our HT behavior (e.g,
when we get a country code from the AP we have just associated
with), we should use this information to change the power with
which we transmit, and what channels we transmit. Sometimes
the channel parameters we derive from regulatory information
contradicts the parameters we used in association. For example,
we could have associated specifying HT40, but the regulatory
rules we apply may forbid HT40 operation.In the situation above, we should reconfigure ourselves to
transmit in HT20 only, however it makes no sense for us to
disable receive in HT40, since if we associated with these
parameters, the AP has every reason to expect we can and
will receive packets this way. The code in mac80211 does
not have the capability of sending the appropriate action
frames to signal a change in HT behaviour so the AP has
no clue we can no longer receive frames encoded this way.
In some broken AP implementations, this can leave us
effectively deaf if the AP never retries in lower HT rates.This change breaks up the channel_type parameter in the
ieee80211_enable_ht function into a separate receive and
transmit part. It honors the channel flags set by regulatory
in order to configure the rate control algorithm, but uses
the capability flags to configure the channel on the radio,
since these were used in association to set the AP's transmit
rate.Signed-off-by: Paul Stewart
Cc: Sam Leffler
Cc: Johannes Berg
Reviewed-by: Luis R Rodriguez
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This value is not really very useful by itself,
yet some drivers (including iwlwifi until I can
figure out what it should do) use it. At least
rename it to "last_tsf" to indicate the meaning
and add a note that it may be really old.I suspect the value may become useful combined
with the rx_status->mactime, but we don't (yet)
store that value and pass it to the driver.Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville -
This is intended to be the timestamp sent by the
peer in the beacon/probe response, not any form
of host timestamp. Clarify the documentation and
variable names.Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville -
Not linearizing every SKB will help actually pass
non-linear SKBs all the way up when on an encrypted
connection. For now, linearize TKIP completely as
it is lower performance and I don't quite grok all
the details.Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville -
This is better done inside the WEP decrypt
function where it doesn't have to check all
the conditions any more since they've been
tested already.Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville
13 Mar, 2012
4 commits
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Add #define pr_fmt(fmt) as appropriate.
Add "IPv4: ", "TCP: ", and "IPsec: " to appropriate files.
Standardize on "UDPLite: " for appropriate uses.
Some prefixes were previously "UDPLITE: " and "UDP-Lite: ".Add KBUILD_MODNAME ": " to icmp and gre.
Remove embedded prefixes as appropriate.Add missing "\n" to pr_info in gre.c.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller -
Merge reason: We are going to queue up a dependent patch.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar
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The authentication and association handshake
already happens in the context of the new BSS,
and the basic rates are needed at least for
the ACK response frame to the authentication
or association response frames. Therefore the
basic rates should already be configured into
the driver when those frames are sent.Change the logic to set up the basic rates in
the connection preparation that happens for
authentication and association (if needed).Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville -
As associating is possible without first authenticating
(for FT over DS) association also has to be able to
switch to the right channel, insert the station entry
etc. Factor out this common code into a new function
called ieee80211_prep_connection().Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville
