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* rtnetlink: make rtnl_register accept a flags parameterFlorian Westphal2017-08-091-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | This change allows us to later indicate to rtnetlink core that certain doit functions should be called without acquiring rtnl_mutex. This change should have no effect, we simply replace the last (now unused) calcit argument with the new flag. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Reviewed-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcb: enforce minimum length on IEEE_APPS attributestephen hemminger2017-05-211-4/+7
| | | | | | | | | | | | Found by reviewing the warning about unused policy table. The code implies that it meant to check for size, but since it unrolled the loop for attribute validation that is never used. Instead do explicit check for attribute. Compile tested only. Needs review by original author. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net: rtnetlink: plumb extended ack to doit functionDavid Ahern2017-04-171-2/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | Add netlink_ext_ack arg to rtnl_doit_func. Pass extack arg to nlmsg_parse for doit functions that call it directly. This is the first step to using extended error reporting in rtnetlink. >From here individual subsystems can be updated to set netlink_ext_ack as needed. Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* netlink: pass extended ACK struct to parsing functionsJohannes Berg2017-04-131-30/+27
| | | | | | | | | Pass the new extended ACK reporting struct to all of the generic netlink parsing functions. For now, pass NULL in almost all callers (except for some in the core.) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net: dcb: set error code on failuresPan Bian2016-12-031-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | In function dcbnl_cee_fill(), returns the value of variable err on errors. However, on some error paths (e.g. nla put fails), its value may be 0. It may be better to explicitly set a negative errno to variable err before returning. Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188881 Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net/dcb: make dcbnl.c explicitly non-modularPaul Gortmaker2015-10-091-27/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Kconfig currently controlling compilation of this code is: net/dcb/Kconfig:config DCB net/dcb/Kconfig: bool "Data Center Bridging support" ...meaning that it currently is not being built as a module by anyone. Lets remove the modular code that is essentially orphaned, so that when reading the driver there is no doubt it is builtin-only. Since module_init translates to device_initcall in the non-modular case, the init ordering remains unchanged with this commit. We can change to one of the other priority initcalls (subsys?) at any later date, if desired. We also delete the MODULE_LICENSE tag etc. since all that information is (or is now) already contained at the top of the file in the comments. Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com> Cc: Anish Bhatt <anish@chelsio.com> Cc: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Cc: Shani Michaeli <shanim@mellanox.com> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net/dcb: Add IEEE QCN attributeShani Michaeli2015-03-061-3/+41
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | As specified in 802.1Qau spec. Add this optional attribute to the DCB netlink layer. To allow for application to use the new attribute, NIC drivers should implement and register the callbacks ieee_getqcn, ieee_setqcn and ieee_getqcnstats. The QCN attribute holds a set of parameters for management, and a set of statistics to provide informative data on Congestion-Control defined by this spec. Signed-off-by: Shani Michaeli <shanim@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Shachar Raindel <raindel@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com> Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl : Disable software interrupts before taking dcb_lockAnish Bhatt2014-11-161-18/+18
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Solves possible lockup issues that can be seen from firmware DCB agents calling into the DCB app api. DCB firmware event queues can be tied in with NAPI so that dcb events are generated in softIRQ context. This can results in calls to dcb_*app() functions which try to take the dcb_lock. If the the event triggers while we also have the dcb_lock because lldpad or some other agent happened to be issuing a get/set command we could see a cpu lockup. This code was not originally written with firmware agents in mind, hence grabbing dcb_lock from softIRQ context was not considered. Signed-off-by: Anish Bhatt <anish@chelsio.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl : Fix misleading dcb_app->priority explanationAnish Bhatt2014-07-301-2/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Current explanation of dcb_app->priority is wrong. It says priority is expected to be a 3-bit unsigned integer which is only true when working with DCBx-IEEE. Use of dcb_app->priority by DCBx-CEE expects it to be 802.1p user priority bitmap. Updated accordingly This affects the cxgb4 driver, but I will post those changes as part of a larger changeset shortly. Fixes: 3e29027af4372 ("dcbnl: add support for ieee8021Qaz attributes") Signed-off-by: Anish Bhatt <anish@chelsio.com> Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* Update setapp/getapp prototypes in dcbnl_rtnl_ops to return int instead of u8Anish Bhatt2014-07-171-1/+7
| | | | | | | v2: fixed issue with checking return of dcbnl_rtnl_ops->getapp() Signed-off-by: Anish Bhatt <anish@chelsio.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net: Use netlink_ns_capable to verify the permisions of netlink messagesEric W. Biederman2014-04-241-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It is possible by passing a netlink socket to a more privileged executable and then to fool that executable into writing to the socket data that happens to be valid netlink message to do something that privileged executable did not intend to do. To keep this from happening replace bare capable and ns_capable calls with netlink_capable, netlink_net_calls and netlink_ns_capable calls. Which act the same as the previous calls except they verify that the opener of the socket had the desired permissions as well. Reported-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcb: use __dev_get_by_name instead of dev_get_by_name to find interfaceYing Xue2014-01-141-10/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The following call chain indicates that dcb_doit() is protected under rtnl_lock. So if we use __dev_get_by_name() instead of dev_get_by_name() to find interface handlers in it, this would help us avoid to change interface reference counter. rtnetlink_rcv() rtnl_lock() netlink_rcv_skb() dcb_doit() rtnl_unlock() Cc: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net/*: Fix FSF address in file headersJeff Kirsher2013-12-062-4/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Several files refer to an old address for the Free Software Foundation in the file header comment. Resolve by replacing the address with the URL <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> so that we do not have to keep updating the header comments anytime the address changes. CC: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> CC: Alex Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> CC: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org> CC: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo@padovan.org> CC: Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@gmail.com> CC: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* rtnetlink: Remove passing of attributes into rtnl_doit functionsThomas Graf2013-03-221-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | With decnet converted, we can finally get rid of rta_buf and its computations around it. It also gets rid of the minimal header length verification since all message handlers do that explicitly anyway. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/netDavid S. Miller2013-03-121-0/+8
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Conflicts: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c Minor conflict in e1000e, a line that got fixed in 'net' has been removed in 'net-next'. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
| * dcbnl: fix various netlink info leaksMathias Krause2013-03-101-0/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The dcb netlink interface leaks stack memory in various places: * perm_addr[] buffer is only filled at max with 12 of the 32 bytes but copied completely, * no in-kernel driver fills all fields of an IEEE 802.1Qaz subcommand, so we're leaking up to 58 bytes for ieee_ets structs, up to 136 bytes for ieee_pfc structs, etc., * the same is true for CEE -- no in-kernel driver fills the whole struct, Prevent all of the above stack info leaks by properly initializing the buffers/structures involved. Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* | dcb: fix sparse warningsstephen hemminger2013-03-091-0/+1
|/ | | | | | | Add header with function definitions to quiet warnings and avoid future errors. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net: Allow DCBnl to use other namespaces besides init_netJohn Fastabend2012-12-101-5/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | Allow DCB and net namespace to work together. This is useful if you have containers that are bound to 'phys' interfaces that want to also manage their DCB attributes. The net namespace is taken from sock_net(skb->sk) of the netlink skb. CC: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net: Push capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) into the rtnl methodsEric W. Biederman2012-11-181-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - In rtnetlink_rcv_msg convert the capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) check to ns_capable(net->user-ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN). Allowing unprivileged users to make netlink calls to modify their local network namespace. - In the rtnetlink doit methods add capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN) so that calls that are not safe for unprivileged users are still protected. Later patches will remove the extra capable calls from methods that are safe for unprivilged users. Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* netlink: Rename pid to portid to avoid confusionEric W. Biederman2012-09-101-9/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It is a frequent mistake to confuse the netlink port identifier with a process identifier. Try to reduce this confusion by renaming fields that hold port identifiers portid instead of pid. I have carefully avoided changing the structures exported to userspace to avoid changing the userspace API. I have successfully built an allyesconfig kernel with this change. Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net: Fix non-kernel-doc comments with kernel-doc start markerBen Hutchings2012-07-101-2/+1
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net: dcb: fix small regression in __dcbnl_pg_setcfg()John Fastabend2012-06-211-2/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A small regression was introduced in the reply command of dcbnl_pg_setcfg(). User space apps may be expecting the DCB_ATTR_PG_CFG attribute to be returned with the patch below TX or RX variants are returned. commit 7be994138b188387691322921c08e19bddf6d3c5 Author: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Date: Wed Jun 13 02:54:55 2012 +0000 dcbnl: Shorten all command handling functions This patch reverts this behavior and returns DCB_ATTR_PG_CFG Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Acked-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl: Use BUG_ON() instead of BUG()Thomas Graf2012-06-141-4/+1
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl: Silence harmless gcc warning about uninitialized reply_nlhThomas Graf2012-06-141-1/+1
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl: Use type safe nlmsg_data()Thomas Graf2012-06-131-1/+1
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl: Move dcb app allocation into dcb_app_add()Thomas Graf2012-06-131-25/+22
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl: Move dcb app lookup code into dcb_app_lookup()Thomas Graf2012-06-131-46/+35
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl: Return consistent error codesThomas Graf2012-06-131-135/+138
| | | | | | | | | | EMSGSIZE - ran out of space while constructing message EOPNOTSUPP - driver/hardware does not support operation ENODEV - network device not found EINVAL - invalid message Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl: Use dcbnl_newmsg() where possibleThomas Graf2012-06-131-14/+2
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl: Remove now unused dcbnl_reply()Thomas Graf2012-06-131-37/+0
| | | | | Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl: Shorten all command handling functionsThomas Graf2012-06-131-550/+172
| | | | | | | | | | | Allocating and sending the skb in dcb_doit() allows for much shorter and cleaner command handling functions. The huge switch statement is replaced with an array based definition of the handling function and reply message type. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl: Prepare framework to shorten handling functionsThomas Graf2012-06-131-0/+71
| | | | | | | | | There is no need to allocate and send the reply message in each handling function separately. Instead, the reply skb can be allocated and sent in dcb_doit() directly. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net: dcb: add CEE notify callsJohn Fastabend2012-04-251-0/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This adds code to trigger CEE events when an APP change or setall command is made from user space. This simplifies user space code significantly by creating a single interface to listen on that works with both firmware and userland agents. And if we end up with multiple agents this keeps every thing in sync userland agents, firmware agents, and kernel notifier consumers. For an example agent that listens for these events see: https://github.com/jrfastab/cgdcbxd cgdcbxd is a daemon used to monitor DCB netlink events and manage the net_prio control group sub-system. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Acked-by: Shmulik Ravid <shmulikr@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net/dcb: Add an optional max rate attributeAmir Vadai2012-04-051-0/+20
| | | | | | | | | | | | Although not specified in 8021Qaz spec, it could be useful to enable drivers whose HW supports setting a rate limit for an ETS TC. This patch adds this optional attribute to DCB netlink. To use it, drivers should implement and register the callbacks ieee_setmaxrate and ieee_getmaxrate. The units are 64 bits long and specified in Kbps to enable usage over both slow and very fast networks. Signed-off-by: Amir Vadai <amirv@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl: Stop using NLA_PUT*().David S. Miller2012-04-021-30/+42
| | | | | | | These macros contain a hidden goto, and are thus extremely error prone and make code hard to audit. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modulesPaul Gortmaker2011-10-311-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | These files are non modular, but need to export symbols using the macros now living in export.h -- call out the include so that things won't break when we remove the implicit presence of module.h from everywhere. Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
* net: Fix files explicitly needing to include module.hPaul Gortmaker2011-10-311-0/+1
| | | | | | | | | With calls to modular infrastructure, these files really needs the full module.h header. Call it out so some of the cleanups of implicit and unrequired includes elsewhere can be cleaned up. Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
* dcb: add DCBX mode to event notifier attributesJohn Fastabend2011-10-061-0/+6
| | | | | | | | Add DCBX mode to event notifiers so listeners can learn currently enabled mode. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcb: Use ifindex instead of ifnameMark Rustad2011-10-061-12/+12
| | | | | | | | | | Use ifindex instead of ifname in the DCB app ring. This makes for a smaller data structure and faster comparisons. It also avoids possible issues when a net device is renamed. Signed-off-by: Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl: unlock on an error path in dcbnl_cee_fill()Dan Carpenter2011-07-081-1/+1
| | | | | | | We need to release "dcb_lock" which we took on the previous line. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl: Add CEE notificationShmulik Ravid2011-07-051-190/+225
| | | | | | | | | | | | This patch add an unsolicited notification of the DCBX negotiated parameters for the CEE flavor of the DCBX protocol. The notification message is identical to the aggregated CEE get operation and holds all the pertinent local and peer information. The notification routine is exported so it can be invoked by drivers supporting an embedded DCBX stack. Signed-off-by: Shmulik Ravid <shmulikr@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcbnl: Aggregated CEE GET operationShmulik Ravid2011-07-051-7/+152
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The following couple of patches add dcbnl an unsolicited notification of the the DCB configuration for the CEE flavor of the DCBX protocol. This is useful when the user-mode DCB client is not responsible for conducting and resolving the DCBX negotiation (either because the DCBX stack is embedded in the HW or the negotiation is handled by another agent in the host), but still needs to get the negotiated parameters. This functionality already exists for the IEEE flavor of the DCBX protocol and these patches add it to the older CEE flavor. The first patch extends the CEE attribute GET operation to include not only the peer information, but also all the pertinent local configuration (negotiated parameters). The second patch adds and export a CEE specific notification routine. Signed-off-by: Shmulik Ravid <shmulikr@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcb: use nlmsg_free() instead of kfree()Dan Carpenter2011-06-231-2/+2
| | | | | | | | These sk_buff structs were allocated with nlmsg_new() so they should be freed with nlmsg_free(). Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcb: Add missing error check in dcb_ieee_set()John Fastabend2011-06-211-0/+3
| | | | | | | | Missing error checking before nla_parse_nested(). Reported-by: Mark Rustad <mark.d.rustad@intel.com> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcb: fix return type on dcb_setapp()John Fastabend2011-06-211-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | Incorrect return type on dcb_setapp() this routine returns negative error codes. All call sites of dcb_setapp() assign the return value to an int already so no need to update drivers. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcb: Add dcb_ieee_getapp_mask() for drivers to query APP settingsJohn Fastabend2011-06-211-0/+26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | With multiple APP entries per selector and protocol drivers or stacks may want to pick a specific value or stripe traffic across many priorities. Also if an APP entry in use is deleted the stack/driver may want to choose from the existing APP entries. To facilitate this and avoid having duplicate code to walk the APP ring provide a routine dcb_ieee_getapp_mask() to return a u8 bitmask of all priorities set for the specified selector and protocol. This routine and bitmask is a helper for DCB kernel users. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcb: Add ieee_dcb_delapp() and dcb op to delete app entryJohn Fastabend2011-06-211-2/+88
| | | | | | | | | | | | Now that we allow multiple IEEE App entries we need a way to remove specific entries. To do this add the ieee_dcb_delapp() routine. Additionaly drivers may need to remove the APP entry from their firmware tables. Add dcb ops routine to handle this. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcb: Add ieee_dcb_setapp() to be used for IEEE 802.1Qaz APP dataJohn Fastabend2011-06-211-4/+51
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This adds a setapp routine for IEEE802.1Qaz encoded APP data types. The IEEE 802.1Qaz spec encodes the priority bits differently and allows for multiple APP data entries of the same selector and protocol. Trying to force these to use the same set routines was becoming tedious. Furthermore, userspace could probably enforce the correct semantics, but expecting drivers to do this seems error prone in the firmware case. For these reasons add ieee_dcb_setapp() that understands the IEEE 802.1Qaz encoded form. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* net: dcbnl, add multicast group for DCBJohn Fastabend2011-06-211-83/+146
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Now that dcbnl is being used in many cases by more than a single agent it is beneficial to be notified when some entity either driver or user space has changed the DCB attributes. Today applications either end up polling the interface or relying on a user space database to maintain the DCB state and post events. Polling is a poor solution for obvious reasons. And relying on a user space database has its own downside. Namely it has created strange boot dependencies requiring the database be populated before any applications dependent on DCB attributes starts or the application goes into a polling loop. Populating the database requires negotiating link setting with the peer and can take anywhere from less than a second up to a few seconds depending on the switch implementation. Perhaps more importantly if another application or an embedded agent sets a DCB link attribute the database has no way of knowing other than polling the kernel. This prevents applications from responding quickly to changes in link events which at least in the FCoE case and probably any other protocols expecting a lossless link may result in IO errors. By adding a multicast group for DCB we have clean way to disseminate kernel DCB link attributes up to user space. Avoiding the need for user space to maintain a coherant database and disperse events that potentially do not reflect the current link state. Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
* dcb: Add DCBX capabilities bitmask to the get_ieee responseJohn Fastabend2011-06-211-0/+12
| | | | | | | | | | | | Adding the capabilities bitmask to the get_ieee response allows user space to determine the current DCBX mode. Either CEE or IEEE this is useful with devices that support switching between modes where knowing the current state is relevant. Derived from work by Mark Rustad Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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