Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next

Pull networking updates from David Miller:
 "Highlights:

   - Gustavo A. R. Silva keeps working on the implicit switch fallthru
     changes.

   - Support 802.11ax High-Efficiency wireless in cfg80211 et al, From
     Luca Coelho.

   - Re-enable ASPM in r8169, from Kai-Heng Feng.

   - Add virtual XFRM interfaces, which avoids all of the limitations of
     existing IPSEC tunnels. From Steffen Klassert.

   - Convert GRO over to use a hash table, so that when we have many
     flows active we don't traverse a long list during accumluation.

   - Many new self tests for routing, TC, tunnels, etc. Too many
     contributors to mention them all, but I'm really happy to keep
     seeing this stuff.

   - Hardware timestamping support for dpaa_eth/fsl-fman from Yangbo Lu.

   - Lots of cleanups and fixes in L2TP code from Guillaume Nault.

   - Add IPSEC offload support to netdevsim, from Shannon Nelson.

   - Add support for slotting with non-uniform distribution to netem
     packet scheduler, from Yousuk Seung.

   - Add UDP GSO support to mlx5e, from Boris Pismenny.

   - Support offloading of Team LAG in NFP, from John Hurley.

   - Allow to configure TX queue selection based upon RX queue, from
     Amritha Nambiar.

   - Support ethtool ring size configuration in aquantia, from Anton
     Mikaev.

   - Support DSCP and flowlabel per-transport in SCTP, from Xin Long.

   - Support list based batching and stack traversal of SKBs, this is
     very exciting work. From Edward Cree.

   - Busyloop optimizations in vhost_net, from Toshiaki Makita.

   - Introduce the ETF qdisc, which allows time based transmissions. IGB
     can offload this in hardware. From Vinicius Costa Gomes.

   - Add parameter support to devlink, from Moshe Shemesh.

   - Several multiplication and division optimizations for BPF JIT in
     nfp driver, from Jiong Wang.

   - Lots of prepatory work to make more of the packet scheduler layer
     lockless, when possible, from Vlad Buslov.

   - Add ACK filter and NAT awareness to sch_cake packet scheduler, from
     Toke Høiland-Jørgensen.

   - Support regions and region snapshots in devlink, from Alex Vesker.

   - Allow to attach XDP programs to both HW and SW at the same time on
     a given device, with initial support in nfp. From Jakub Kicinski.

   - Add TLS RX offload and support in mlx5, from Ilya Lesokhin.

   - Use PHYLIB in r8169 driver, from Heiner Kallweit.

   - All sorts of changes to support Spectrum 2 in mlxsw driver, from
     Ido Schimmel.

   - PTP support in mv88e6xxx DSA driver, from Andrew Lunn.

   - Make TCP_USER_TIMEOUT socket option more accurate, from Jon
     Maxwell.

   - Support for templates in packet scheduler classifier, from Jiri
     Pirko.

   - IPV6 support in RDS, from Ka-Cheong Poon.

   - Native tproxy support in nf_tables, from Máté Eckl.

   - Maintain IP fragment queue in an rbtree, but optimize properly for
     in-order frags. From Peter Oskolkov.

   - Improvde handling of ACKs on hole repairs, from Yuchung Cheng"

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1996 commits)
  bpf: test: fix spelling mistake "REUSEEPORT" -> "REUSEPORT"
  hv/netvsc: Fix NULL dereference at single queue mode fallback
  net: filter: mark expected switch fall-through
  xen-netfront: fix warn message as irq device name has '/'
  cxgb4: Add new T5 PCI device ids 0x50af and 0x50b0
  net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: missing unlock on error path
  rds: fix building with IPV6=m
  inet/connection_sock: prefer _THIS_IP_ to current_text_addr
  net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: bitwise vs logical bug
  net: sock_diag: Fix spectre v1 gadget in __sock_diag_cmd()
  ieee802154: hwsim: using right kind of iteration
  net: hns3: Add vlan filter setting by ethtool command -K
  net: hns3: Set tx ring' tc info when netdev is up
  net: hns3: Remove tx ring BD len register in hns3_enet
  net: hns3: Fix desc num set to default when setting channel
  net: hns3: Fix for phy link issue when using marvell phy driver
  net: hns3: Fix for information of phydev lost problem when down/up
  net: hns3: Fix for command format parsing error in hclge_is_all_function_id_zero
  net: hns3: Add support for serdes loopback selftest
  bnxt_en: take coredump_record structure off stack
  ...

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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
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-
-Information you need to know about netdev
------------------------------------------
-
-Q: What is netdev?
-
-A: It is a mailing list for all network-related Linux stuff.  This includes
-   anything found under net/  (i.e. core code like IPv6) and drivers/net
-   (i.e. hardware specific drivers) in the Linux source tree.
-
-   Note that some subsystems (e.g. wireless drivers) which have a high volume
-   of traffic have their own specific mailing lists.
-
-   The netdev list is managed (like many other Linux mailing lists) through
-   VGER ( http://vger.kernel.org/ ) and archives can be found below:
-
-	http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev
-	http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/
-
-   Aside from subsystems like that mentioned above, all network-related Linux
-   development (i.e. RFC, review, comments, etc.) takes place on netdev.
-
-Q: How do the changes posted to netdev make their way into Linux?
-
-A: There are always two trees (git repositories) in play.  Both are driven
-   by David Miller, the main network maintainer.  There is the "net" tree,
-   and the "net-next" tree.  As you can probably guess from the names, the
-   net tree is for fixes to existing code already in the mainline tree from
-   Linus, and net-next is where the new code goes for the future release.
-   You can find the trees here:
-
-        https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git
-        https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git
-
-Q: How often do changes from these trees make it to the mainline Linus tree?
-
-A: To understand this, you need to know a bit of background information
-   on the cadence of Linux development.  Each new release starts off with
-   a two week "merge window" where the main maintainers feed their new
-   stuff to Linus for merging into the mainline tree.  After the two weeks,
-   the merge window is closed, and it is called/tagged "-rc1".  No new
-   features get mainlined after this -- only fixes to the rc1 content
-   are expected.  After roughly a week of collecting fixes to the rc1
-   content, rc2 is released.  This repeats on a roughly weekly basis
-   until rc7 (typically; sometimes rc6 if things are quiet, or rc8 if
-   things are in a state of churn), and a week after the last vX.Y-rcN
-   was done, the official "vX.Y" is released.
-
-   Relating that to netdev:  At the beginning of the 2-week merge window,
-   the net-next tree will be closed - no new changes/features.  The
-   accumulated new content of the past ~10 weeks will be passed onto
-   mainline/Linus via a pull request for vX.Y -- at the same time,
-   the "net" tree will start accumulating fixes for this pulled content
-   relating to vX.Y
-
-   An announcement indicating when net-next has been closed is usually
-   sent to netdev, but knowing the above, you can predict that in advance.
-
-   IMPORTANT:  Do not send new net-next content to netdev during the
-   period during which net-next tree is closed.
-
-   Shortly after the two weeks have passed (and vX.Y-rc1 is released), the
-   tree for net-next reopens to collect content for the next (vX.Y+1) release.
-
-   If you aren't subscribed to netdev and/or are simply unsure if net-next
-   has re-opened yet, simply check the net-next git repository link above for
-   any new networking-related commits.  You may also check the following
-   website for the current status:
-
-        http://vger.kernel.org/~davem/net-next.html
-
-   The "net" tree continues to collect fixes for the vX.Y content, and
-   is fed back to Linus at regular (~weekly) intervals.  Meaning that the
-   focus for "net" is on stabilization and bugfixes.
-
-   Finally, the vX.Y gets released, and the whole cycle starts over.
-
-Q: So where are we now in this cycle?
-
-A: Load the mainline (Linus) page here:
-
-	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
-
-   and note the top of the "tags" section.  If it is rc1, it is early
-   in the dev cycle.  If it was tagged rc7 a week ago, then a release
-   is probably imminent.
-
-Q: How do I indicate which tree (net vs. net-next) my patch should be in?
-
-A: Firstly, think whether you have a bug fix or new "next-like" content.
-   Then once decided, assuming that you use git, use the prefix flag, i.e.
-
-	git format-patch --subject-prefix='PATCH net-next' start..finish
-
-   Use "net" instead of "net-next" (always lower case) in the above for
-   bug-fix net content.  If you don't use git, then note the only magic in
-   the above is just the subject text of the outgoing e-mail, and you can
-   manually change it yourself with whatever MUA you are comfortable with.
-
-Q: I sent a patch and I'm wondering what happened to it.  How can I tell
-   whether it got merged?
-
-A: Start by looking at the main patchworks queue for netdev:
-
-	http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/list/
-
-   The "State" field will tell you exactly where things are at with
-   your patch.
-
-Q: The above only says "Under Review".  How can I find out more?
-
-A: Generally speaking, the patches get triaged quickly (in less than 48h).
-   So be patient.  Asking the maintainer for status updates on your
-   patch is a good way to ensure your patch is ignored or pushed to
-   the bottom of the priority list.
-
-Q: I submitted multiple versions of the patch series, should I directly update
-   patchwork for the previous versions of these patch series?
-
-A: No, please don't interfere with the patch status on patchwork, leave it to
-   the maintainer to figure out what is the most recent and current version that
-   should be applied. If there is any doubt, the maintainer will reply and ask
-   what should be done.
-
-Q: How can I tell what patches are queued up for backporting to the
-   various stable releases?
-
-A: Normally Greg Kroah-Hartman collects stable commits himself, but
-   for networking, Dave collects up patches he deems critical for the
-   networking subsystem, and then hands them off to Greg.
-
-   There is a patchworks queue that you can see here:
-	http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/bundle/davem/stable/?state=*
-
-   It contains the patches which Dave has selected, but not yet handed
-   off to Greg.  If Greg already has the patch, then it will be here:
-	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git
-
-   A quick way to find whether the patch is in this stable-queue is
-   to simply clone the repo, and then git grep the mainline commit ID, e.g.
-
-	stable-queue$ git grep -l 284041ef21fdf2e
-	releases/3.0.84/ipv6-fix-possible-crashes-in-ip6_cork_release.patch
-	releases/3.4.51/ipv6-fix-possible-crashes-in-ip6_cork_release.patch
-	releases/3.9.8/ipv6-fix-possible-crashes-in-ip6_cork_release.patch
-	stable/stable-queue$
-
-Q: I see a network patch and I think it should be backported to stable.
-   Should I request it via "stable@vger.kernel.org" like the references in
-   the kernel's Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst file say?
-
-A: No, not for networking.  Check the stable queues as per above 1st to see
-   if it is already queued.  If not, then send a mail to netdev, listing
-   the upstream commit ID and why you think it should be a stable candidate.
-
-   Before you jump to go do the above, do note that the normal stable rules
-   in Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst still apply.  So you need to
-   explicitly indicate why it is a critical fix and exactly what users are
-   impacted.  In addition, you need to convince yourself that you _really_
-   think it has been overlooked, vs. having been considered and rejected.
-
-   Generally speaking, the longer it has had a chance to "soak" in mainline,
-   the better the odds that it is an OK candidate for stable.  So scrambling
-   to request a commit be added the day after it appears should be avoided.
-
-Q: I have created a network patch and I think it should be backported to
-   stable.  Should I add a "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" like the references
-   in the kernel's Documentation/ directory say?
-
-A: No.  See above answer.  In short, if you think it really belongs in
-   stable, then ensure you write a decent commit log that describes who
-   gets impacted by the bugfix and how it manifests itself, and when the
-   bug was introduced.  If you do that properly, then the commit will
-   get handled appropriately and most likely get put in the patchworks
-   stable queue if it really warrants it.
-
-   If you think there is some valid information relating to it being in
-   stable that does _not_ belong in the commit log, then use the three
-   dash marker line as described in Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst to
-   temporarily embed that information into the patch that you send.
-
-Q: Are all networking bug fixes backported to all stable releases?
-
-A: Due to capacity, Dave could only take care of the backports for the last
-   2 stable releases. For earlier stable releases, each stable branch maintainer
-   is supposed to take care of them. If you find any patch is missing from an
-   earlier stable branch, please notify stable@vger.kernel.org with either a
-   commit ID or a formal patch backported, and CC Dave and other relevant
-   networking developers.
-
-Q: Someone said that the comment style and coding convention is different
-   for the networking content.  Is this true?
-
-A: Yes, in a largely trivial way.  Instead of this:
-
-	/*
-	 * foobar blah blah blah
-	 * another line of text
-	 */
-
-   it is requested that you make it look like this:
-
-	/* foobar blah blah blah
-	 * another line of text
-	 */
-
-Q: I am working in existing code that has the former comment style and not the
-   latter.  Should I submit new code in the former style or the latter?
-
-A: Make it the latter style, so that eventually all code in the domain of
-   netdev is of this format.
-
-Q: I found a bug that might have possible security implications or similar.
-   Should I mail the main netdev maintainer off-list?
-
-A: No. The current netdev maintainer has consistently requested that people
-   use the mailing lists and not reach out directly.  If you aren't OK with
-   that, then perhaps consider mailing "security@kernel.org" or reading about
-   http://oss-security.openwall.org/wiki/mailing-lists/distros
-   as possible alternative mechanisms.
-
-Q: What level of testing is expected before I submit my change?
-
-A: If your changes are against net-next, the expectation is that you
-   have tested by layering your changes on top of net-next.  Ideally you
-   will have done run-time testing specific to your change, but at a
-   minimum, your changes should survive an "allyesconfig" and an
-   "allmodconfig" build without new warnings or failures.
-
-Q: Any other tips to help ensure my net/net-next patch gets OK'd?
-
-A: Attention to detail.  Re-read your own work as if you were the
-   reviewer.  You can start with using checkpatch.pl, perhaps even
-   with the "--strict" flag.  But do not be mindlessly robotic in
-   doing so.  If your change is a bug-fix, make sure your commit log
-   indicates the end-user visible symptom, the underlying reason as
-   to why it happens, and then if necessary, explain why the fix proposed
-   is the best way to get things done.   Don't mangle whitespace, and as
-   is common, don't mis-indent function arguments that span multiple lines.
-   If it is your first patch, mail it to yourself so you can test apply
-   it to an unpatched tree to confirm infrastructure didn't mangle it.
-
-   Finally, go back and read Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst to be
-   sure you are not repeating some common mistake documented there.