kernel.git/include/linux/netdevice.h, branch linux-2.6.21.y

[PATCH] NETPOLL: Fix TX queue overflow in trapped mode.

2007-05-23T21:32:47Z

CONFIG_NETPOLL_TRAP causes the TX queue controls to be completely bypassed in the netpoll's "trapped" mode which easily causes overflows in the drivers with short TX queues (most notably, in 8139too with its 4-deep queue). So, make this option more sensible by making it only bypass the TX softirq wakeup. Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov Acked-by: Jeff Garzik Acked-by: Tom Rini Acked-by: Matt Mackall Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Chris Wright

[NET]: unregister_netdevice as void

2007-02-08T20:39:06Z

There was no real useful information from the unregister_netdevice() return code, the only error occurred in a situation that was a driver bug. So change it to a void function. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

Network: convert network devices to use struct device instead of class_device

2007-02-07T18:37:11Z

This lets the network core have the ability to handle suspend/resume issues, if it wants to. Thanks to Frederik Deweerdt for the arm driver fixes. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

[NET]: Add memory barrrier to netif_poll_enable()

2006-12-31T22:06:48Z

When a driver writer calls this, they generally expect that all previous stores and modifications they've made will be visible before netif_poll_enable() executes, so ensure this. Noticed by Ben H. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[NET]: Force a cache line split in hh_cache in SMP.

2006-12-09T01:19:29Z

hh_lock was converted from rwlock to seqlock by Stephen. To have a 100% benefit of this change, I suggest to place read mostly fields of hh_cache in a separate cache line, because hh_refcnt may be changed quite frequently on some busy machines. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[NET]: Convert hh_lock to seqlock.

2006-12-09T01:19:20Z

The hard header cache is in the main output path, so using seqlock instead of reader/writer lock should reduce overhead. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[PATCH] severing skbuff.h -> mm.h

2006-12-04T07:00:34Z

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

[NET]: Pack struct hh_cache

2006-12-03T05:30:47Z

[acme@newtoy net-2.6.20]$ pahole net/ipv4/tcp.o hh_cache /* /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/net-2.6.20/include/linux/netdevice.h:190 */ struct hh_cache { struct hh_cache * hh_next; /* 0 4 */ atomic_t hh_refcnt; /* 4 4 */ __be16 hh_type; /* 8 2 */ /* XXX 2 bytes hole, try to pack */ int hh_len; /* 12 4 */ int (*hh_output)(); /* 16 4 */ rwlock_t hh_lock; /* 20 36 */ long unsigned int hh_data[24]; /* 56 96 */ }; /* size: 152, sum members: 150, holes: 1, sum holes: 2 */ [acme@newtoy net-2.6.20]$ find net -name "*.[ch]" | xargs grep 'hh_len.\+=' | sort -u net/atm/br2684.c: hh->hh_len = PADLEN + ETH_HLEN; net/ethernet/eth.c: hh->hh_len = ETH_HLEN; net/ipv4/ipconfig.c: int hh_len = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev); net/ipv4/ip_output.c: hh_len = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(rt->u.dst.dev); net/ipv4/ip_output.c: int hh_len = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev); net/ipv4/netfilter.c: hh_len = (*pskb)->dst->dev->hard_header_len; net/ipv4/raw.c: hh_len = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(rt->u.dst.dev); net/ipv6/ip6_output.c: hh_len = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(rt->u.dst.dev); net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_REJECT.c: hh_len = (dst->dev->hard_header_len + 15)&~15; net/ipv6/raw.c: hh_len = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(rt->u.dst.dev); [acme@newtoy net-2.6.20]$ [acme@newtoy net-2.6.20]$ find include -name "*.h" | xargs grep 'define ETH_HLEN' include/linux/if_ether.h:#define ETH_HLEN 14 /* Total octets in header. */ (((dev)->hard_header_len&~(HH_DATA_MOD - 1)) + HH_DATA_MOD) [acme@newtoy net-2.6.20]$ pahole net/ipv4/tcp.o net_device | grep hard_header_len short unsigned int hard_header_len; /* 106 2 */ [acme@newtoy net-2.6.20]$ So I think we're safe in turning hh_len an u16, end result: [acme@newtoy net-2.6.20]$ codiff -sV /tmp/tcp.o.before net/ipv4/tcp.o /pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/net-2.6.20/net/ipv4/tcp.c: struct hh_cache | -4 hh_len; from: int /* 12(0) 4(0) */ to: u16 /* 10(0) 2(0) */ 1 struct changed [acme@newtoy net-2.6.20]$ Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

[TCP/DCCP]: Introduce net_xmit_eval

2006-12-03T05:22:27Z

Throughout the TCP/DCCP (and tunnelling) code, it often happens that the return code of a transmit function needs to be tested against NET_XMIT_CN which is a value that does not indicate a strict error condition. This patch uses a macro for these recurring situations which is consistent with the already existing macro net_xmit_errno, saving on duplicated code. Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

[NET]: The scheduled removal of the frame diverter.

2006-12-03T05:22:23Z

This patch contains the scheduled removal of the frame diverter. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Signed-off-by: David S. Miller