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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-03-09 19:15:40 +0300 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-03-09 19:15:40 +0300 |
commit | df0b4a5080ca668636831b641a6356500fb5c637 (patch) | |
tree | aaab82b392b4e1fdc672ab55efb017c91fdc6616 /include | |
parent | 39a3478c1c0122640b1a0ead0d7cccd0804b1750 (diff) | |
parent | c0350024723b4a69e38655816484d934aca8eb30 (diff) | |
download | linux-df0b4a5080ca668636831b641a6356500fb5c637.tar.xz |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (29 commits)
p54: fix race condition in memory management
cfg80211: test before subtraction on unsigned
iwlwifi: fix error flow in iwl*_pci_probe
rt2x00 : more devices to rt73usb.c
rt2x00 : more devices to rt2500usb.c
bonding: Fix device passed into ->ndo_neigh_setup().
vlan: Fix vlan-in-vlan crashes.
net: Fix missing dev->neigh_setup in register_netdevice().
tmspci: fix request_irq race
pkt_sched: act_police: Fix a rate estimator test.
tg3: Fix 5906 link problems
SCTP: change sctp_ctl_sock_init() to try IPv4 if IPv6 fails
IPv6: add "disable" module parameter support to ipv6.ko
sungem: another error printed one too early
aoe: error printed 1 too early
net pcmcia: worklimit reaches -1
net: more timeouts that reach -1
net: fix tokenring license
dm9601: new vendor/product IDs
netlink: invert error code in netlink_set_err()
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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netdevice.h | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | include/net/net_namespace.h | 27 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index ec54785d34f9..659366734f3f 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -1079,6 +1079,7 @@ extern void synchronize_net(void); extern int register_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb); extern int unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb); extern int init_dummy_netdev(struct net_device *dev); +extern void netdev_resync_ops(struct net_device *dev); extern int call_netdevice_notifiers(unsigned long val, struct net_device *dev); extern struct net_device *dev_get_by_index(struct net *net, int ifindex); diff --git a/include/net/net_namespace.h b/include/net/net_namespace.h index 6fc13d905c5f..ded434b032a4 100644 --- a/include/net/net_namespace.h +++ b/include/net/net_namespace.h @@ -109,11 +109,6 @@ extern struct list_head net_namespace_list; #ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS extern void __put_net(struct net *net); -static inline int net_alive(struct net *net) -{ - return net && atomic_read(&net->count); -} - static inline struct net *get_net(struct net *net) { atomic_inc(&net->count); @@ -145,11 +140,6 @@ int net_eq(const struct net *net1, const struct net *net2) } #else -static inline int net_alive(struct net *net) -{ - return 1; -} - static inline struct net *get_net(struct net *net) { return net; @@ -234,6 +224,23 @@ struct pernet_operations { void (*exit)(struct net *net); }; +/* + * Use these carefully. If you implement a network device and it + * needs per network namespace operations use device pernet operations, + * otherwise use pernet subsys operations. + * + * This is critically important. Most of the network code cleanup + * runs with the assumption that dev_remove_pack has been called so no + * new packets will arrive during and after the cleanup functions have + * been called. dev_remove_pack is not per namespace so instead the + * guarantee of no more packets arriving in a network namespace is + * provided by ensuring that all network devices and all sockets have + * left the network namespace before the cleanup methods are called. + * + * For the longest time the ipv4 icmp code was registered as a pernet + * device which caused kernel oops, and panics during network + * namespace cleanup. So please don't get this wrong. + */ extern int register_pernet_subsys(struct pernet_operations *); extern void unregister_pernet_subsys(struct pernet_operations *); extern int register_pernet_gen_subsys(int *id, struct pernet_operations *); |