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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-04-16 14:52:29 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-04-16 14:52:29 -0700
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Pull networking fixes from David Miller:

 1) Disable RISCV BPF JIT builds when !MMU, from Björn Töpel.

 2) nf_tables leaves dangling pointer after free, fix from Eric Dumazet.

 3) Out of boundary write in __xsk_rcv_memcpy(), fix from Li RongQing.

 4) Adjust icmp6 message source address selection when routes have a
    preferred source address set, from Tim Stallard.

 5) Be sure to validate HSR protocol version when creating new links,
    from Taehee Yoo.

 6) CAP_NET_ADMIN should be sufficient to manage l2tp tunnels even in
    non-initial namespaces, from Michael Weiß.

 7) Missing release firmware call in mlx5, from Eran Ben Elisha.

 8) Fix variable type in macsec_changelink(), caught by KASAN. Fix from
    Taehee Yoo.

 9) Fix pause frame negotiation in marvell phy driver, from Clemens
    Gruber.

10) Record RX queue early enough in tun packet paths such that XDP
    programs will see the correct RX queue index, from Gilberto Bertin.

11) Fix double unlock in mptcp, from Florian Westphal.

12) Fix offset overflow in ARM bpf JIT, from Luke Nelson.

13) marvell10g needs to soft reset PHY when coming out of low power
    mode, from Russell King.

14) Fix MTU setting regression in stmmac for some chip types, from
    Florian Fainelli.

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (101 commits)
  amd-xgbe: Use __napi_schedule() in BH context
  mISDN: make dmril and dmrim static
  net: stmmac: dwmac-sunxi: Provide TX and RX fifo sizes
  net: dsa: mt7530: fix tagged frames pass-through in VLAN-unaware mode
  tipc: fix incorrect increasing of link window
  Documentation: Fix tcp_challenge_ack_limit default value
  net: tulip: make early_486_chipsets static
  dt-bindings: net: ethernet-phy: add desciption for ethernet-phy-id1234.d400
  ipv6: remove redundant assignment to variable err
  net/rds: Use ERR_PTR for rds_message_alloc_sgs()
  net: mscc: ocelot: fix untagged packet drops when enslaving to vlan aware bridge
  selftests/bpf: Check for correct program attach/detach in xdp_attach test
  libbpf: Fix type of old_fd in bpf_xdp_set_link_opts
  libbpf: Always specify expected_attach_type on program load if supported
  xsk: Add missing check on user supplied headroom size
  mac80211: fix channel switch trigger from unknown mesh peer
  mac80211: fix race in ieee80211_register_hw()
  net: marvell10g: soft-reset the PHY when coming out of low power
  net: marvell10g: report firmware version
  net/cxgb4: Check the return from t4_query_params properly
  ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fec.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/index.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/net_dim.rst (renamed from Documentation/networking/net_dim.txt)96
6 files changed, 58 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
index 8927941c74bb..5aa141ccc113 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ properties:
           bits of a vendor specific ID.
       - items:
           - pattern: "^ethernet-phy-id[a-f0-9]{4}\\.[a-f0-9]{4}$"
+          - const: ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c22
+      - items:
+          - pattern: "^ethernet-phy-id[a-f0-9]{4}\\.[a-f0-9]{4}$"
           - const: ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45
 
   reg:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fec.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fec.txt
index 5b88fae0307d..ff8b0f211aa1 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fec.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fsl-fec.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Optional properties:
 - fsl,err006687-workaround-present: If present indicates that the system has
   the hardware workaround for ERR006687 applied and does not need a software
   workaround.
+- gpr: phandle of SoC general purpose register mode. Required for wake on LAN
+  on some SoCs
  -interrupt-names:  names of the interrupts listed in interrupts property in
   the same order. The defaults if not specified are
   __Number of interrupts__   __Default__
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst
index a09971c2115c..fe089acb7783 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ drivers:
   * :doc:`netdevsim`
   * :doc:`mlxsw`
 
+.. _Generic-Packet-Trap-Groups:
+
 Generic Packet Trap Groups
 ==========================
 
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/index.rst
index 50133d9761c9..6538ede29661 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Contents:
    z8530book
    msg_zerocopy
    failover
+   net_dim
    net_failover
    phy
    sfp-phylink
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index ee961d322d93..6fcfd313dbe4 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ tcp_limit_output_bytes - INTEGER
 tcp_challenge_ack_limit - INTEGER
 	Limits number of Challenge ACK sent per second, as recommended
 	in RFC 5961 (Improving TCP's Robustness to Blind In-Window Attacks)
-	Default: 100
+	Default: 1000
 
 tcp_rx_skb_cache - BOOLEAN
 	Controls a per TCP socket cache of one skb, that might help
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/net_dim.txt b/Documentation/networking/net_dim.rst
index 9bdb7d5a3ba3..3bed9fd95336 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/net_dim.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/net_dim.rst
@@ -1,28 +1,20 @@
+======================================================
 Net DIM - Generic Network Dynamic Interrupt Moderation
 ======================================================
 
-Author:
-	Tal Gilboa <talgi@mellanox.com>
-
-
-Contents
-=========
+:Author: Tal Gilboa <talgi@mellanox.com>
 
-- Assumptions
-- Introduction
-- The Net DIM Algorithm
-- Registering a Network Device to DIM
-- Example
+.. contents:: :depth: 2
 
-Part 0: Assumptions
-======================
+Assumptions
+===========
 
 This document assumes the reader has basic knowledge in network drivers
 and in general interrupt moderation.
 
 
-Part I: Introduction
-======================
+Introduction
+============
 
 Dynamic Interrupt Moderation (DIM) (in networking) refers to changing the
 interrupt moderation configuration of a channel in order to optimize packet
@@ -41,14 +33,15 @@ number of wanted packets per event. The Net DIM algorithm ascribes importance to
 increase bandwidth over reducing interrupt rate.
 
 
-Part II: The Net DIM Algorithm
-===============================
+Net DIM Algorithm
+=================
 
 Each iteration of the Net DIM algorithm follows these steps:
-1. Calculates new data sample.
-2. Compares it to previous sample.
-3. Makes a decision - suggests interrupt moderation configuration fields.
-4. Applies a schedule work function, which applies suggested configuration.
+
+#. Calculates new data sample.
+#. Compares it to previous sample.
+#. Makes a decision - suggests interrupt moderation configuration fields.
+#. Applies a schedule work function, which applies suggested configuration.
 
 The first two steps are straightforward, both the new and the previous data are
 supplied by the driver registered to Net DIM. The previous data is the new data
@@ -89,19 +82,21 @@ manoeuvre as it may provide partial data or ignore the algorithm suggestion
 under some conditions.
 
 
-Part III: Registering a Network Device to DIM
-==============================================
+Registering a Network Device to DIM
+===================================
 
-Net DIM API exposes the main function net_dim(struct dim *dim,
-struct dim_sample end_sample). This function is the entry point to the Net
+Net DIM API exposes the main function net_dim().
+This function is the entry point to the Net
 DIM algorithm and has to be called every time the driver would like to check if
 it should change interrupt moderation parameters. The driver should provide two
-data structures: struct dim and struct dim_sample. Struct dim
+data structures: :c:type:`struct dim <dim>` and
+:c:type:`struct dim_sample <dim_sample>`. :c:type:`struct dim <dim>`
 describes the state of DIM for a specific object (RX queue, TX queue,
 other queues, etc.). This includes the current selected profile, previous data
 samples, the callback function provided by the driver and more.
-Struct dim_sample describes a data sample, which will be compared to the
-data sample stored in struct dim in order to decide on the algorithm's next
+:c:type:`struct dim_sample <dim_sample>` describes a data sample,
+which will be compared to the data sample stored in :c:type:`struct dim <dim>`
+in order to decide on the algorithm's next
 step. The sample should include bytes, packets and interrupts, measured by
 the driver.
 
@@ -110,9 +105,10 @@ main net_dim() function. The recommended method is to call net_dim() on each
 interrupt. Since Net DIM has a built-in moderation and it might decide to skip
 iterations under certain conditions, there is no need to moderate the net_dim()
 calls as well. As mentioned above, the driver needs to provide an object of type
-struct dim to the net_dim() function call. It is advised for each entity
-using Net DIM to hold a struct dim as part of its data structure and use it
-as the main Net DIM API object. The struct dim_sample should hold the latest
+:c:type:`struct dim <dim>` to the net_dim() function call. It is advised for
+each entity using Net DIM to hold a :c:type:`struct dim <dim>` as part of its
+data structure and use it as the main Net DIM API object.
+The :c:type:`struct dim_sample <dim_sample>` should hold the latest
 bytes, packets and interrupts count. No need to perform any calculations, just
 include the raw data.
 
@@ -124,19 +120,19 @@ the data flow. After the work is done, Net DIM algorithm needs to be set to
 the proper state in order to move to the next iteration.
 
 
-Part IV: Example
-=================
+Example
+=======
 
 The following code demonstrates how to register a driver to Net DIM. The actual
 usage is not complete but it should make the outline of the usage clear.
 
-my_driver.c:
+.. code-block:: c
 
-#include <linux/dim.h>
+  #include <linux/dim.h>
 
-/* Callback for net DIM to schedule on a decision to change moderation */
-void my_driver_do_dim_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
+  /* Callback for net DIM to schedule on a decision to change moderation */
+  void my_driver_do_dim_work(struct work_struct *work)
+  {
 	/* Get struct dim from struct work_struct */
 	struct dim *dim = container_of(work, struct dim,
 				       work);
@@ -145,11 +141,11 @@ void my_driver_do_dim_work(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	/* Signal net DIM work is done and it should move to next iteration */
 	dim->state = DIM_START_MEASURE;
-}
+  }
 
-/* My driver's interrupt handler */
-int my_driver_handle_interrupt(struct my_driver_entity *my_entity, ...)
-{
+  /* My driver's interrupt handler */
+  int my_driver_handle_interrupt(struct my_driver_entity *my_entity, ...)
+  {
 	...
 	/* A struct to hold current measured data */
 	struct dim_sample dim_sample;
@@ -162,13 +158,19 @@ int my_driver_handle_interrupt(struct my_driver_entity *my_entity, ...)
 	/* Call net DIM */
 	net_dim(&my_entity->dim, dim_sample);
 	...
-}
+  }
 
-/* My entity's initialization function (my_entity was already allocated) */
-int my_driver_init_my_entity(struct my_driver_entity *my_entity, ...)
-{
+  /* My entity's initialization function (my_entity was already allocated) */
+  int my_driver_init_my_entity(struct my_driver_entity *my_entity, ...)
+  {
 	...
 	/* Initiate struct work_struct with my driver's callback function */
 	INIT_WORK(&my_entity->dim.work, my_driver_do_dim_work);
 	...
-}
+  }
+
+Dynamic Interrupt Moderation (DIM) library API
+==============================================
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/dim.h
+    :internal: