BMC/Intel-BMC/linux.git/net/tipc/bcast.c, branch dev-4.6

tipc: remove pre-allocated message header in link struct

2016-03-07T04:01:20+00:00

Until now, we have kept a pre-allocated protocol message header aggregated into struct tipc_link. Apart from adding unnecessary footprint to the link instances, this requires extra code both to initialize and re-initialize it. We now remove this sub-optimization. This change also makes it possible to clean up the function tipc_build_proto_msg() and remove a couple of small functions that were accessing the mentioned header. In particular, we can replace all occurrences of the local function call link_own_addr(link) with the generic tipc_own_addr(net). Acked-by: Ying Xue Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: narrow down interface towards struct tipc_link

2015-11-20T19:06:10+00:00

We move the definition of struct tipc_link from link.h to link.c in order to minimize its exposure to the rest of the code. When needed, we define new functions to make it possible for external entities to access and set data in the link. Apart from the above, there are no functional changes. Reviewed-by: Ying Xue Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: clean up unused code and structures

2015-10-24T13:56:47+00:00

After the previous changes in this series, we can now remove some unused code and structures, both in the broadcast, link aggregation and link code. There are no functional changes in this commit. Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Reviewed-by: Ying Xue Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: eliminate link's reference to owner node

2015-10-24T13:56:45+00:00

With the recent commit series, we have established a one-way dependency between the link aggregation (struct tipc_node) instances and their pertaining tipc_link instances. This has enabled quite significant code and structure simplifications. In this commit, we eliminate the field 'owner', which points to an instance of struct tipc_node, from struct tipc_link, and replace it with a pointer to struct net, which is the only external reference now needed by a link instance. Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Reviewed-by: Ying Xue Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: introduce jumbo frame support for broadcast

2015-10-24T13:56:40+00:00

Until now, we have only been supporting a fix MTU size of 1500 bytes for all broadcast media, irrespective of their actual capability. We now make the broadcast MTU adaptable to the carrying media, i.e., we use the smallest MTU supported by any of the interfaces attached to TIPC. Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Reviewed-by: Ying Xue Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: simplify bearer level broadcast

2015-10-24T13:56:39+00:00

Until now, we have been keeping track of the exact set of broadcast destinations though the help structure tipc_node_map. This leads us to have to maintain a whole infrastructure for supporting this, including a pseudo-bearer and a number of functions to manipulate both the bearers and the node map correctly. Apart from the complexity, this approach is also limiting, as struct tipc_node_map only can support cluster local broadcast if we want to avoid it becoming excessively large. We want to eliminate this limitation, in order to enable introduction of scoped multicast in the future. A closer analysis reveals that it is unnecessary maintaining this "full set" overview; it is sufficient to keep a counter per bearer, indicating how many nodes can be reached via this bearer at the moment. The protocol is now robust enough to handle transitional discrepancies between the nominal number of reachable destinations, as expected by the broadcast protocol itself, and the number which is actually reachable at the moment. The initial broadcast synchronization, in conjunction with the retransmission mechanism, ensures that all packets will eventually be acknowledged by the correct set of destinations. This commit introduces these changes. Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Reviewed-by: Ying Xue Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: let broadcast packet reception use new link receive function

2015-10-24T13:56:37+00:00

The code path for receiving broadcast packets is currently distinct from the unicast path. This leads to unnecessary code and data duplication, something that can be avoided with some effort. We now introduce separate per-peer tipc_link instances for handling broadcast packet reception. Each receive link keeps a pointer to the common, single, broadcast link instance, and can hence handle release and retransmission of send buffers as if they belonged to the own instance. Furthermore, we let each unicast link instance keep a reference to both the pertaining broadcast receive link, and to the common send link. This makes it possible for the unicast links to easily access data for broadcast link synchronization, as well as for carrying acknowledges for received broadcast packets. Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Reviewed-by: Ying Xue Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: introduce capability bit for broadcast synchronization

2015-10-24T13:56:35+00:00

Until now, we have tried to support both the newer, dedicated broadcast synchronization mechanism along with the older, less safe, RESET_MSG/ ACTIVATE_MSG based one. The latter method has turned out to be a hazard in a highly dynamic cluster, so we find it safer to disable it completely when we find that the former mechanism is supported by the peer node. For this purpose, we now introduce a new capabability bit, TIPC_BCAST_SYNCH, to inform any peer nodes that dedicated broadcast syncronization is supported by the present node. The new bit is conveyed between peers in the 'capabilities' field of neighbor discovery messages. Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Reviewed-by: Ying Xue Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: let broadcast transmission use new link transmit function

2015-10-24T13:56:32+00:00

This commit simplifies the broadcast link transmission function, by leveraging previous changes to the link transmission function and the broadcast transmission link life cycle. Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Reviewed-by: Ying Xue Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

tipc: use explicit allocation of broadcast send link

2015-10-24T13:56:30+00:00

The broadcast link instance (struct tipc_link) used for sending is currently aggregated into struct tipc_bclink. This means that we cannot use the regular tipc_link_create() function for initiating the link, but do instead have to initiate numerous fields directly from the bcast_init() function. We want to reduce dependencies between the broadcast functionality and the inner workings of tipc_link. In this commit, we introduce a new function tipc_bclink_create() to link.c, and allocate the instance of the link separately using this function. Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy Reviewed-by: Ying Xue Signed-off-by: David S. Miller