03 Jun, 2014
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Ideally, we would need to generate IP ID using a per destination IP
generator.linux kernels used inet_peer cache for this purpose, but this had a huge
cost on servers disabling MTU discovery.1) each inet_peer struct consumes 192 bytes
2) inetpeer cache uses a binary tree of inet_peer structs,
with a nominal size of ~66000 elements under load.3) lookups in this tree are hitting a lot of cache lines, as tree depth
is about 20.4) If server deals with many tcp flows, we have a high probability of
not finding the inet_peer, allocating a fresh one, inserting it in
the tree with same initial ip_id_count, (cf secure_ip_id())5) We garbage collect inet_peer aggressively.
IP ID generation do not have to be 'perfect'
Goal is trying to avoid duplicates in a short period of time,
so that reassembly units have a chance to complete reassembly of
fragments belonging to one message before receiving other fragments
with a recycled ID.We simply use an array of generators, and a Jenkin hash using the dst IP
as a key.ipv6_select_ident() is put back into net/ipv6/ip6_output.c where it
belongs (it is only used from this file)secure_ip_id() and secure_ipv6_id() no longer are needed.
Rename ip_select_ident_more() to ip_select_ident_segs() to avoid
unnecessary decrement/increment of the number of segments.Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller
02 Oct, 2013
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Conflicts:
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_bus.h
include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_synproxy.h
include/net/secure_seq.hThe conflicts are of two varieties:
1) Conflicts with Joe Perches's 'extern' removal from header file
function declarations. Usually it's an argument signature change
or a function being added/removed. The resolutions are trivial.2) Some overlapping changes in qmi_wwan.c and be.h, one commit adds
a new value, another changes an existing value. That sort of
thing.Signed-off-by: David S. Miller
29 Sep, 2013
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A host might need net_secret[] and never open a single socket.
Problem added in commit aebda156a570782
("net: defer net_secret[] initialization")Based on prior patch from Hannes Frederic Sowa.
Reported-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet
Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller
23 Sep, 2013
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There are a mix of function prototypes with and without extern
in the kernel sources. Standardize on not using extern for
function prototypes.Function prototypes don't need to be written with extern.
extern is assumed by the compiler. Its use is as unnecessary as
using auto to declare automatic/local variables in a block.Signed-off-by: Joe Perches
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller
30 Apr, 2013
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Instead of feeding net_secret[] at boot time, defer the init
at the point first socket is created.This permits some platforms to use better entropy sources than
the ones available at boot time.Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller
21 Oct, 2011
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Adding const qualifiers to pointers can ease code review, and spot some
bugs. It might allow compiler to optimize code further.For example, is it legal to temporary write a null cksum into tcphdr
in tcp_md5_hash_header() ? I am afraid a sniffer could catch the
temporary null value...Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller
07 Aug, 2011
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Computers have become a lot faster since we compromised on the
partial MD4 hash which we use currently for performance reasons.MD5 is a much safer choice, and is inline with both RFC1948 and
other ISS generators (OpenBSD, Solaris, etc.)Furthermore, only having 24-bits of the sequence number be truly
unpredictable is a very serious limitation. So the periodic
regeneration and 8-bit counter have been removed. We compute and
use a full 32-bit sequence number.For ipv6, DCCP was found to use a 32-bit truncated initial sequence
number (it needs 43-bits) and that is fixed here as well.Reported-by: Dan Kaminsky
Tested-by: Willy Tarreau
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller