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* netfilter: ebtables: enforce CAP_NET_ADMINFlorian Westphal2010-01-081-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | normal users are currently allowed to set/modify ebtables rules. Restrict it to processes with CAP_NET_ADMIN. Note that this cannot be reproduced with unmodified ebtables binary because it uses SOCK_RAW. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fwestphal@astaro.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
* Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6Linus Torvalds2009-12-086-19/+23
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6: (1815 commits) mac80211: fix reorder buffer release iwmc3200wifi: Enable wimax core through module parameter iwmc3200wifi: Add wifi-wimax coexistence mode as a module parameter iwmc3200wifi: Coex table command does not expect a response iwmc3200wifi: Update wiwi priority table iwlwifi: driver version track kernel version iwlwifi: indicate uCode type when fail dump error/event log iwl3945: remove duplicated event logging code b43: fix two warnings ipw2100: fix rebooting hang with driver loaded cfg80211: indent regulatory messages with spaces iwmc3200wifi: fix NULL pointer dereference in pmkid update mac80211: Fix TX status reporting for injected data frames ath9k: enable 2GHz band only if the device supports it airo: Fix integer overflow warning rt2x00: Fix padding bug on L2PAD devices. WE: Fix set events not propagated b43legacy: avoid PPC fault during resume b43: avoid PPC fault during resume tcp: fix a timewait refcnt race ... Fix up conflicts due to sysctl cleanups (dead sysctl_check code and CTL_UNNUMBERED removed) in kernel/sysctl_check.c net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c net/ipv6/addrconf.c net/sctp/sysctl.c
| * net: Move && and || to end of previous lineJoe Perches2009-11-293-7/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Not including net/atm/ Compiled tested x86 allyesconfig only Added a > 80 column line or two, which I ignored. Existing checkpatch plaints willfully, cheerfully ignored. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
| * cfg80211: disallow bridging managed/adhoc interfacesJohannes Berg2009-11-191-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A number of people have tried to add a wireless interface (in managed mode) to a bridge and then complained that it doesn't work. It cannot work, however, because in 802.11 networks all packets need to be acknowledged and as such need to be sent to the right address. Promiscuous doesn't help here. The wireless address format used for these links has only space for three addresses, the * transmitter, which must be equal to the sender (origin) * receiver (on the wireless medium), which is the AP in the case of managed mode * the recipient (destination), which is on the APs local network segment In an IBSS, it is similar, but the receiver and recipient must match and the third address is used as the BSSID. To avoid such mistakes in the future, disallow adding a wireless interface to a bridge. Felix has recently added a four-address mode to the AP and client side that can be used (after negotiating that it is possible, which must happen out-of-band by setting up both sides) for bridging, so allow that case. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
| * Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller2009-11-061-1/+5
| |\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c All CDC ethernet devices of type USB_CLASS_COMM need to use '&mbm_info'. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
| * | bridge: remove dev_put() in add_del_if()Eric Dumazet2009-11-051-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | add_del_if() is called with RTNL, we can use __dev_get_by_index() instead of [dev_get_by_index() + dev_put()] Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
| * | bridge: Optimize multiple unregistrationEric Dumazet2009-10-291-10/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Speedup module unloading by factorizing synchronize_rcu() calls Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
| * | bridge: Allow enable/disable UFO on bridge device via ethtoolSridhar Samudrala2009-10-071-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Allow enable/disable UFO on bridge device via ethtool Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sri@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | | Merge commit 'v2.6.32-rc7'Eric W. Biederman2009-11-171-1/+5
|\ \ \ | | |/ | |/| | | | | | | | | | Resolve the conflict between v2.6.32-rc7 where dn_def_dev_handler gets a small bug fix and the sysctl tree where I am removing all sysctl strategy routines.
| * | bridge: prevent bridging wrong deviceStephen Hemminger2009-11-051-1/+5
| |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The bridge code assumes ethernet addressing, so be more strict in the what is allowed. This showed up when GRE had a bug and was not using correct address format. Add some more comments for increased clarity. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* / sysctl net: Remove unused binary sysctl codeEric W. Biederman2009-11-121-3/+3
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Now that sys_sysctl is a compatiblity wrapper around /proc/sys all sysctl strategy routines, and all ctl_name and strategy entries in the sysctl tables are unused, and can be revmoed. In addition neigh_sysctl_register has been modified to no longer take a strategy argument and it's callers have been modified not to pass one. Cc: "David Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
* bridge: Fix double-free in br_add_if.Jeff Hansen2009-09-281-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | There is a potential double-kfree in net/bridge/br_if.c. If br_fdb_insert fails, then the kobject is put back (which calls kfree due to the kobject release), and then kfree is called again on the net_bridge_port. This patch fixes the crash. Thanks to Stephen Hemminger for the one-line fix. Signed-off-by: Jeff Hansen <x@jeffhansen.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* sysctl: remove "struct file *" argument of ->proc_handlerAlexey Dobriyan2009-09-241-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It's unused. It isn't needed -- read or write flag is already passed and sysctl shouldn't care about the rest. It _was_ used in two places at arch/frv for some reason. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* net: Add DEVTYPE support for Ethernet based devicesMarcel Holtmann2009-09-111-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Ethernet framing is used for a lot of devices these days. Most prominent are WiFi and WiMAX based devices. However for userspace application it is important to classify these devices correctly and not only see them as Ethernet devices. The daemons like HAL, DeviceKit or even NetworkManager with udev support tries to do the classification in userspace with a lot trickery and extra system calls. This is not good and actually reaches its limitations. Especially since the kernel does know the type of the Ethernet device it is pretty stupid. To solve this problem the underlying device type needs to be set and then the value will be exported as DEVTYPE via uevents and available within udev. # cat /sys/class/net/wlan0/uevent DEVTYPE=wlan INTERFACE=wlan0 IFINDEX=5 This is similar to subsystems like USB and SCSI that distinguish between hosts, devices, disks, partitions etc. The new SET_NETDEV_DEVTYPE() is a convenience helper to set the actual device type. All device types are free form, but for convenience the same strings as used with RFKILL are choosen. Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller2009-09-107-38/+24
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| * netfilter: ebt_ulog: fix checkentry return valuePatrick McHardy2009-09-011-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Commit 19eda87 (netfilter: change return types of check functions for Ebtables extensions) broke the ebtables ulog module by missing a return value conversion. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
| * netfilter: bridge: refcount fixEric Dumazet2009-08-241-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | commit f216f082b2b37c4943f1e7c393e2786648d48f6f ([NETFILTER]: bridge netfilter: deal with martians correctly) added a refcount leak on in_dev. Instead of using in_dev_get(), we can use __in_dev_get_rcu(), as netfilter hooks are running under rcu_read_lock(), as pointed by Patrick. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
| * netfilter: xtables: mark initial tables constantJan Engelhardt2009-08-243-8/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | The inputted table is never modified, so should be considered const. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
| * Merge branch 'master' of git://dev.medozas.de/linuxPatrick McHardy2009-08-102-6/+6
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| | * netfilter: xtables: switch hook PFs to nfprotoJan Engelhardt2009-08-102-6/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
| * | netfilter: ebtables: Use %pM conversion specifierTobias Klauser2009-08-101-22/+7
| |/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ebt_log uses its own implementation of print_mac to print MAC addresses. This patch converts it to use the %pM conversion specifier for printk. Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <klto@zhaw.ch> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
* | netdev: convert pseudo-devices to netdev_tx_tStephen Hemminger2009-09-012-2/+3
| | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | net/bridge: Add 'hairpin' port forwarding modeFischer, Anna2009-08-134-1/+23
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch adds a 'hairpin' (also called 'reflective relay') mode port configuration to the Linux Ethernet bridge kernel module. A bridge supporting hairpin forwarding mode can send frames back out through the port the frame was received on. Hairpin mode is required to support basic VEPA (Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator) capabilities. You can find additional information on VEPA here: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/evb/ http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2009/new-hudson-vepa_seminar-20090514d.pdf http://www.internet2.edu/presentations/jt2009jul/20090719-congdon.pdf An additional patch 'bridge-utils: Add 'hairpin' port forwarding mode' is provided to allow configuring hairpin mode from userspace tools. Signed-off-by: Paul Congdon <paul.congdon@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Anna Fischer <anna.fischer@hp.com> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net: mark read-only arrays as constJan Engelhardt2009-08-051-1/+1
| | | | | | | | String literals are constant, and usually, we can also tag the array of pointers const too, moving it to the .rodata section. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller2009-07-301-1/+1
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-3945.h drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-tx.c drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945-base.c
| * net/bridge: use kobject_put to release kobject in br_add_if error pathXiaotian Feng2009-07-261-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | kobject_init_and_add will alloc memory for kobj->name, so in br_add_if error path, simply use kobject_del will not free memory for kobj->name. Fix by using kobject_put instead, kobject_put will internally calls kobject_del and frees memory for kobj->name. Signed-off-by: Xiaotian Feng <dfeng@redhat.com> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | net, bridge: align br_nf_ops assignmentCyrill Gorcunov2009-07-051-40/+56
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | No functional change -- just for easier reading. Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | net: use NETDEV_TX_OK instead of 0 in ndo_start_xmit() functionsPatrick McHardy2009-07-051-1/+1
|/ | | | | | | | | | | This patch is the result of an automatic spatch transformation to convert all ndo_start_xmit() return values of 0 to NETDEV_TX_OK. Some occurences are missed by the automatic conversion, those will be handled in a seperate patch. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* bridge: Use rcu_barrier() instead of syncronize_net() on unload.Jesper Dangaard Brouer2009-06-261-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | When unloading modules that uses call_rcu() callbacks, then we must use rcu_barrier(). This module uses syncronize_net() which is not enough to be sure that all callback has been completed. Acked-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@comx.dk> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* bridge: Simplify interface for ATM LANEMichał Mirosław2009-06-113-34/+31
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch changes FDB entry check for ATM LANE bridge integration. There's no point in holding a FDB entry around SKB building. br_fdb_get()/br_fdb_put() pair are changed into single br_fdb_test_addr() hook that checks if the addr has FDB entry pointing to other port to the one the request arrived on. FDB entry refcounting is removed as it's not used anywhere else. Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* Merge branch 'master' of ↵Patrick McHardy2009-06-112-16/+19
|\ | | | | | | git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6
| * net: skb->dst accessorsEric Dumazet2009-06-031-10/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Define three accessors to get/set dst attached to a skb struct dst_entry *skb_dst(const struct sk_buff *skb) void skb_dst_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst) void skb_dst_drop(struct sk_buff *skb) This one should replace occurrences of : dst_release(skb->dst) skb->dst = NULL; Delete skb->dst field Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
| * net: skb->rtable accessorEric Dumazet2009-06-031-10/+15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Define skb_rtable(const struct sk_buff *skb) accessor to get rtable from skb Delete skb->rtable field Setting rtable is not allowed, just set dst instead as rtable is an alias. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
| * bridge: avoid an extra space in br_fdb_update()Jiri Pirko2009-05-271-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | netfilter: x_tables: added hook number into match extension parameter structure.Evgeniy Polyakov2009-06-041-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
* | Merge branch 'master' of git://dev.medozas.de/linuxPatrick McHardy2009-06-021-6/+10
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| * netfilter: xtables: consolidate open-coded logicJan Engelhardt2009-05-081-6/+10
| | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
* | net: Fix bridgeing sysfs handling of rtnl_lockEric W. Biederman2009-05-182-2/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Holding rtnl_lock when we are unregistering the sysfs files can deadlock if we unconditionally take rtnl_lock in a sysfs file. So fix it with the now familiar patter of: rtnl_trylock and syscall_restart() Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@aristanetworks.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | bridge: fix initial packet flood if !STPStephen Hemminger2009-05-171-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | If bridge is configured with no STP and forwarding delay of 0 (which is typical for virtualization) then when link starts it will flood all packets for the first 20 seconds. This bug was introduced by a combination of earlier changes: * forwarding database uses hold time of zero to indicate user wants to always flood packets * optimzation of the case of forwarding delay of 0 avoids the initial timer tick The fix is to just skip all the topology change detection code if kernel STP is not being used. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | bridge: relay bridge multicast pkgs if !STPStephen Hemminger2009-05-171-0/+5
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Currently the bridge catches all STP packets; even if STP is turned off. This prevents other systems (which do have STP turned on) from being able to detect loops in the network. With this patch, if STP is off, then any packet sent to the STP multicast group address is forwarded to all ports. Based on earlier patch by Joakim Tjernlund with changes to go through forwarding (not local chain), and optimization that only last octet needs to be checked. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* netfilter: bridge: allow fragmentation of VLAN packets traversing a bridgehummerbliss@gmail.com2009-04-201-1/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | br_nf_dev_queue_xmit only checks for ETH_P_IP packets for fragmenting but not VLAN packets. This results in dropping of large VLAN packets. This can be observed when connection tracking is enabled. Connection tracking re-assembles fragmented packets, and these have to re-fragmented when transmitting out. Also, make sure only refragmented packets are defragmented as per suggestion from Patrick McHardy. Signed-off-by: Saikiran Madugula <hummerbliss@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
* Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller2009-03-261-1/+0
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| * bridge: bad error handling when adding invalid ether addressStephen Hemminger2009-03-251-1/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This fixes an crash when empty bond device is added to a bridge. If an interface with invalid ethernet address (all zero) is added to a bridge, then bridge code detects it when setting up the forward databas entry. But the error unwind is broken, the bridge port object can get freed twice: once when ref count went to zeo, and once by kfree. Since object is never really accessible, just free it. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | netfilter: fix nf_logger name in ebt_ulog.Eric Leblond2009-03-261-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch renames the ebt_ulog nf_logger from "ulog" to "ebt_ulog" to be in sync with other modules naming. As this name was currently only used for informational purpose, the renaming should be harmless. Signed-off-by: Eric Leblond <eric@inl.fr> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | netfilter: fix warning in ebt_ulog init function.Eric Leblond2009-03-261-5/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The ebt_ulog module does not follow the fixed convention about function return. Loading the module is triggering the following message: sys_init_module: 'ebt_ulog'->init suspiciously returned 1, it should follow 0/-E convention sys_init_module: loading module anyway... Pid: 2334, comm: modprobe Not tainted 2.6.29-rc5edenwall0-00883-g199e57b #146 Call Trace: [<c0441b81>] ? printk+0xf/0x16 [<c02311af>] sys_init_module+0x107/0x186 [<c0202cfa>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb The following patch fixes the return treatment in ebt_ulog_init() function. Signed-off-by: Eric Leblond <eric@inl.fr> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | netfilter: fix warning about invalid const usageEric Leblond2009-03-262-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch fixes the declaration of the logger structure in ebt_log and ebt_ulog: I forgot to remove the const option from their declaration in the commit ca735b3aaa945626ba65a3e51145bfe4ecd9e222 ("netfilter: use a linked list of loggers"). Pointed-out-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Signed-off-by: Eric Leblond <eric@inl.fr> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller2009-03-243-3/+0
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| * | netfilter: ebtables: remove unneeded initializationsStephen Hemminger2009-02-183-3/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The initialization of the lock element is not needed since the lock is always initialized in ebt_register_table. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
* | | netlink: change nlmsg_notify() return value logicPablo Neira Ayuso2009-02-241-1/+2
|/ / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This patch changes the return value of nlmsg_notify() as follows: If NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR is set by any of the listeners and an error in the delivery happened, return the broadcast error; else if there are no listeners apart from the socket that requested a change with the echo flag, return the result of the unicast notification. Thus, with this patch, the unicast notification is handled in the same way of a broadcast listener that has set the NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR socket flag. This patch is useful in case that the caller of nlmsg_notify() wants to know the result of the delivery of a netlink notification (including the broadcast delivery) and take any action in case that the delivery failed. For example, ctnetlink can drop packets if the event delivery failed to provide reliable logging and state-synchronization at the cost of dropping packets. This patch also modifies the rtnetlink code to ignore the return value of rtnl_notify() in all callers. The function rtnl_notify() (before this patch) returned the error of the unicast notification which makes rtnl_set_sk_err() reports errors to all listeners. This is not of any help since the origin of the change (the socket that requested the echoing) notices the ENOBUFS error if the notification fails and should resync itself. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller2009-02-091-1/+6
|\| | | | | | | | | | | | | master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 Conflicts: drivers/net/gianfar.c
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