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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-03-14 04:38:36 +0100 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-03-14 04:38:36 +0100 |
commit | 53611c0ce9f6e2fa2e31f9ab4ad8c08c512085ba (patch) | |
tree | 22686145a0938d0c3531b305f386c9fae287f4b3 /Documentation | |
parent | Merge tag 'pci-v3.14-fixes-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/gi... (diff) | |
parent | ipv6: Avoid unnecessary temporary addresses being generated (diff) | |
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Pull networking fixes from David Miller:
"I know this is a bit more than you want to see, and I've told the
wireless folks under no uncertain terms that they must severely scale
back the extent of the fixes they are submitting this late in the
game.
Anyways:
1) vmxnet3's netpoll doesn't perform the equivalent of an ISR, which
is the correct implementation, like it should. Instead it does
something like a NAPI poll operation. This leads to crashes.
From Neil Horman and Arnd Bergmann.
2) Segmentation of SKBs requires proper socket orphaning of the
fragments, otherwise we might access stale state released by the
release callbacks.
This is a 5 patch fix, but the initial patches are giving
variables and such significantly clearer names such that the
actual fix itself at the end looks trivial.
From Michael S. Tsirkin.
3) TCP control block release can deadlock if invoked from a timer on
an already "owned" socket. Fix from Eric Dumazet.
4) In the bridge multicast code, we must validate that the
destination address of general queries is the link local all-nodes
multicast address. From Linus Lüssing.
5) The x86 BPF JIT support for negative offsets puts the parameter
for the helper function call in the wrong register. Fix from
Alexei Starovoitov.
6) The descriptor type used for RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_17 chips in the
r8169 driver is incorrect. Fix from Hayes Wang.
7) The xen-netback driver tests skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type bits to see
if a packet is a GSO frame, but that's not the correct test. It
should use skb_is_gso(skb) instead. Fix from Wei Liu.
8) Negative msg->msg_namelen values should generate an error, from
Matthew Leach.
9) at86rf230 can deadlock because it takes the same lock from it's
ISR and it's hard_start_xmit method, without disabling interrupts
in the latter. Fix from Alexander Aring.
10) The FEC driver's restart doesn't perform operations in the correct
order, so promiscuous settings can get lost. Fix from Stefan
Wahren.
11) Fix SKB leak in SCTP cookie handling, from Daniel Borkmann.
12) Reference count and memory leak fixes in TIPC from Ying Xue and
Erik Hugne.
13) Forced eviction in inet_frag_evictor() must strictly make sure all
frags are deleted, otherwise module unload (f.e. 6lowpan) can
crash. Fix from Florian Westphal.
14) Remove assumptions in AF_UNIX's use of csum_partial() (which it
uses as a hash function), which breaks on PowerPC. From Anton
Blanchard.
The main gist of the issue is that csum_partial() is defined only
as a value that, once folded (f.e. via csum_fold()) produces a
correct 16-bit checksum. It is legitimate, therefore, for
csum_partial() to produce two different 32-bit values over the
same data if their respective alignments are different.
15) Fix endiannes bug in MAC address handling of ibmveth driver, also
from Anton Blanchard.
16) Error checks for ipv6 exthdrs offload registration are reversed,
from Anton Nayshtut.
17) Externally triggered ipv6 addrconf routes should count against the
garbage collection threshold. Fix from Sabrina Dubroca.
18) The PCI shutdown handler added to the bnx2 driver can wedge the
chip if it was not brought up earlier already, which in particular
causes the firmware to shut down the PHY. Fix from Michael Chan.
19) Adjust the sanity WARN_ON_ONCE() in qdisc_list_add() because as
currently coded it can and does trigger in legitimate situations.
From Eric Dumazet.
20) BNA driver fails to build on ARM because of a too large udelay()
call, fix from Ben Hutchings.
21) Fair-Queue qdisc holds locks during GFP_KERNEL allocations, fix
from Eric Dumazet.
22) The vlan passthrough ops added in the previous release causes a
regression in source MAC address setting of outgoing headers in
some circumstances. Fix from Peter Boström"
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net: (70 commits)
ipv6: Avoid unnecessary temporary addresses being generated
eth: fec: Fix lost promiscuous mode after reconnecting cable
bonding: set correct vlan id for alb xmit path
at86rf230: fix lockdep splats
net/mlx4_en: Deregister multicast vxlan steering rules when going down
vmxnet3: fix building without CONFIG_PCI_MSI
MAINTAINERS: add networking selftests to NETWORKING
net: socket: error on a negative msg_namelen
MAINTAINERS: Add tools/net to NETWORKING [GENERAL]
packet: doc: Spelling s/than/that/
net/mlx4_core: Load the IB driver when the device supports IBoE
net/mlx4_en: Handle vxlan steering rules for mac address changes
net/mlx4_core: Fix wrong dump of the vxlan offloads device capability
xen-netback: use skb_is_gso in xenvif_start_xmit
r8169: fix the incorrect tx descriptor version
tools/net/Makefile: Define PACKAGE to fix build problems
x86: bpf_jit: support negative offsets
bridge: multicast: enable snooping on general queries only
bridge: multicast: add sanity check for general query destination
tcp: tcp_release_cb() should release socket ownership
...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt | 52 |
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt index 1404674c0a02..6fea79efb4cb 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt @@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ TP_STATUS_COPY : This flag indicates that the frame (and associated enabled previously with setsockopt() and the PACKET_COPY_THRESH option. - The number of frames than can be buffered to + The number of frames that can be buffered to be read with recvfrom is limited like a normal socket. See the SO_RCVBUF option in the socket (7) man page. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt b/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt index 661d3c316a17..048c92b487f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/timestamping.txt @@ -21,26 +21,38 @@ has such a feature). SO_TIMESTAMPING: -Instructs the socket layer which kind of information is wanted. The -parameter is an integer with some of the following bits set. Setting -other bits is an error and doesn't change the current state. - -SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_HARDWARE: try to obtain send time stamp in hardware -SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_SOFTWARE: if SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_HARDWARE is off or - fails, then do it in software -SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_HARDWARE: return the original, unmodified time stamp - as generated by the hardware -SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_SOFTWARE: if SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_HARDWARE is off or - fails, then do it in software -SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RAW_HARDWARE: return original raw hardware time stamp -SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SYS_HARDWARE: return hardware time stamp transformed to - the system time base -SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE: return system time stamp generated in - software - -SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX/RX determine how time stamps are generated. -SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RAW/SYS determine how they are reported in the -following control message: +Instructs the socket layer which kind of information should be collected +and/or reported. The parameter is an integer with some of the following +bits set. Setting other bits is an error and doesn't change the current +state. + +Four of the bits are requests to the stack to try to generate +timestamps. Any combination of them is valid. + +SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_HARDWARE: try to obtain send time stamps in hardware +SOF_TIMESTAMPING_TX_SOFTWARE: try to obtain send time stamps in software +SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_HARDWARE: try to obtain receive time stamps in hardware +SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_SOFTWARE: try to obtain receive time stamps in software + +The other three bits control which timestamps will be reported in a +generated control message. If none of these bits are set or if none of +the set bits correspond to data that is available, then the control +message will not be generated: + +SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SOFTWARE: report systime if available +SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SYS_HARDWARE: report hwtimetrans if available +SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RAW_HARDWARE: report hwtimeraw if available + +It is worth noting that timestamps may be collected for reasons other +than being requested by a particular socket with +SOF_TIMESTAMPING_[TR]X_(HARD|SOFT)WARE. For example, most drivers that +can generate hardware receive timestamps ignore +SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_HARDWARE. It is still a good idea to set that flag +in case future drivers pay attention. + +If timestamps are reported, they will appear in a control message with +cmsg_level==SOL_SOCKET, cmsg_type==SO_TIMESTAMPING, and a payload like +this: struct scm_timestamping { struct timespec systime; |