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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/can.rst | 70 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/3com/vortex.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2.rst | 50 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/devlink/netdevsim.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/framerelay.rst | 44 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/index.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/j1939.rst | 46 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/kapi.rst | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/mptcp-sysctl.rst | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/phy.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.rst | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/tipc.rst | 100 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/x25.rst | 12 |
18 files changed, 381 insertions, 102 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/can.rst b/Documentation/networking/can.rst index ff05cbd05e0d..f8dae662e454 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/can.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/can.rst @@ -228,20 +228,36 @@ send(2), sendto(2), sendmsg(2) and the recv* counterpart operations on the socket as usual. There are also CAN specific socket options described below. -The basic CAN frame structure and the sockaddr structure are defined -in include/linux/can.h: +The Classical CAN frame structure (aka CAN 2.0B), the CAN FD frame structure +and the sockaddr structure are defined in include/linux/can.h: .. code-block:: C struct can_frame { canid_t can_id; /* 32 bit CAN_ID + EFF/RTR/ERR flags */ - __u8 can_dlc; /* frame payload length in byte (0 .. 8) */ + union { + /* CAN frame payload length in byte (0 .. CAN_MAX_DLEN) + * was previously named can_dlc so we need to carry that + * name for legacy support + */ + __u8 len; + __u8 can_dlc; /* deprecated */ + }; __u8 __pad; /* padding */ __u8 __res0; /* reserved / padding */ - __u8 __res1; /* reserved / padding */ + __u8 len8_dlc; /* optional DLC for 8 byte payload length (9 .. 15) */ __u8 data[8] __attribute__((aligned(8))); }; +Remark: The len element contains the payload length in bytes and should be +used instead of can_dlc. The deprecated can_dlc was misleadingly named as +it always contained the plain payload length in bytes and not the so called +'data length code' (DLC). + +To pass the raw DLC from/to a Classical CAN network device the len8_dlc +element can contain values 9 .. 15 when the len element is 8 (the real +payload length for all DLC values greater or equal to 8). + The alignment of the (linear) payload data[] to a 64bit boundary allows the user to define their own structs and unions to easily access the CAN payload. There is no given byteorder on the CAN bus by @@ -260,6 +276,23 @@ PF_PACKET socket, that also binds to a specific interface: /* transport protocol class address info (e.g. ISOTP) */ struct { canid_t rx_id, tx_id; } tp; + /* J1939 address information */ + struct { + /* 8 byte name when using dynamic addressing */ + __u64 name; + + /* pgn: + * 8 bit: PS in PDU2 case, else 0 + * 8 bit: PF + * 1 bit: DP + * 1 bit: reserved + */ + __u32 pgn; + + /* 1 byte address */ + __u8 addr; + } j1939; + /* reserved for future CAN protocols address information */ } can_addr; }; @@ -371,7 +404,7 @@ kernel interfaces (ABI) which heavily rely on the CAN frame with fixed eight bytes of payload (struct can_frame) like the CAN_RAW socket. Therefore e.g. the CAN_RAW socket supports a new socket option CAN_RAW_FD_FRAMES that switches the socket into a mode that allows the handling of CAN FD frames -and (legacy) CAN frames simultaneously (see :ref:`socketcan-rawfd`). +and Classical CAN frames simultaneously (see :ref:`socketcan-rawfd`). The struct canfd_frame is defined in include/linux/can.h: @@ -397,7 +430,7 @@ code (DLC) of the struct can_frame was used as a length information as the length and the DLC has a 1:1 mapping in the range of 0 .. 8. To preserve the easy handling of the length information the canfd_frame.len element contains a plain length value from 0 .. 64. So both canfd_frame.len and -can_frame.can_dlc are equal and contain a length information and no DLC. +can_frame.len are equal and contain a length information and no DLC. For details about the distinction of CAN and CAN FD capable devices and the mapping to the bus-relevant data length code (DLC), see :ref:`socketcan-can-fd-driver`. @@ -407,7 +440,7 @@ definitions are specified for CAN specific MTUs in include/linux/can.h: .. code-block:: C - #define CAN_MTU (sizeof(struct can_frame)) == 16 => 'legacy' CAN frame + #define CAN_MTU (sizeof(struct can_frame)) == 16 => Classical CAN frame #define CANFD_MTU (sizeof(struct canfd_frame)) == 72 => CAN FD frame @@ -609,7 +642,7 @@ Example: printf("got CAN FD frame with length %d\n", cfd.len); /* cfd.flags contains valid data */ } else if (nbytes == CAN_MTU) { - printf("got legacy CAN frame with length %d\n", cfd.len); + printf("got Classical CAN frame with length %d\n", cfd.len); /* cfd.flags is undefined */ } else { fprintf(stderr, "read: invalid CAN(FD) frame\n"); @@ -623,7 +656,7 @@ Example: printf("%02X ", cfd.data[i]); When reading with size CANFD_MTU only returns CAN_MTU bytes that have -been received from the socket a legacy CAN frame has been read into the +been received from the socket a Classical CAN frame has been read into the provided CAN FD structure. Note that the canfd_frame.flags data field is not specified in the struct can_frame and therefore it is only valid in CANFD_MTU sized CAN FD frames. @@ -633,7 +666,7 @@ Implementation hint for new CAN applications: To build a CAN FD aware application use struct canfd_frame as basic CAN data structure for CAN_RAW based applications. When the application is executed on an older Linux kernel and switching the CAN_RAW_FD_FRAMES -socket option returns an error: No problem. You'll get legacy CAN frames +socket option returns an error: No problem. You'll get Classical CAN frames or CAN FD frames and can process them the same way. When sending to CAN devices make sure that the device is capable to handle @@ -842,6 +875,8 @@ TX_RESET_MULTI_IDX: RX_RTR_FRAME: Send reply for RTR-request (placed in op->frames[0]). +CAN_FD_FRAME: + The CAN frames following the bcm_msg_head are struct canfd_frame's Broadcast Manager Transmission Timers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -1026,7 +1061,7 @@ Additional procfs files in /proc/net/can:: stats - SocketCAN core statistics (rx/tx frames, match ratios, ...) reset_stats - manual statistic reset - version - prints the SocketCAN core version and the ABI version + version - prints SocketCAN core and ABI version (removed in Linux 5.10) Writing Own CAN Protocol Modules @@ -1070,7 +1105,7 @@ General Settings dev->type = ARPHRD_CAN; /* the netdevice hardware type */ dev->flags = IFF_NOARP; /* CAN has no arp */ - dev->mtu = CAN_MTU; /* sizeof(struct can_frame) -> legacy CAN interface */ + dev->mtu = CAN_MTU; /* sizeof(struct can_frame) -> Classical CAN interface */ or alternative, when the controller supports CAN with flexible data rate: dev->mtu = CANFD_MTU; /* sizeof(struct canfd_frame) -> CAN FD interface */ @@ -1184,6 +1219,7 @@ Setting CAN device properties:: [ fd { on | off } ] [ fd-non-iso { on | off } ] [ presume-ack { on | off } ] + [ cc-len8-dlc { on | off } ] [ restart-ms TIME-MS ] [ restart ] @@ -1326,22 +1362,22 @@ arbitration phase and the payload phase of the CAN FD frame. Therefore a second bit timing has to be specified in order to enable the CAN FD bitrate. Additionally CAN FD capable CAN controllers support up to 64 bytes of -payload. The representation of this length in can_frame.can_dlc and +payload. The representation of this length in can_frame.len and canfd_frame.len for userspace applications and inside the Linux network layer is a plain value from 0 .. 64 instead of the CAN 'data length code'. -The data length code was a 1:1 mapping to the payload length in the legacy +The data length code was a 1:1 mapping to the payload length in the Classical CAN frames anyway. The payload length to the bus-relevant DLC mapping is only performed inside the CAN drivers, preferably with the helper -functions can_dlc2len() and can_len2dlc(). +functions can_fd_dlc2len() and can_fd_len2dlc(). The CAN netdevice driver capabilities can be distinguished by the network devices maximum transfer unit (MTU):: - MTU = 16 (CAN_MTU) => sizeof(struct can_frame) => 'legacy' CAN device + MTU = 16 (CAN_MTU) => sizeof(struct can_frame) => Classical CAN device MTU = 72 (CANFD_MTU) => sizeof(struct canfd_frame) => CAN FD capable device The CAN device MTU can be retrieved e.g. with a SIOCGIFMTU ioctl() syscall. -N.B. CAN FD capable devices can also handle and send legacy CAN frames. +N.B. CAN FD capable devices can also handle and send Classical CAN frames. When configuring CAN FD capable CAN controllers an additional 'data' bitrate has to be set. This bitrate for the data phase of the CAN FD frame has to be diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/3com/vortex.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/3com/vortex.rst index eab10fc6da5c..e89e4192af88 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/3com/vortex.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/3com/vortex.rst @@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ steps you should take: email address will be in the driver source or in the MAINTAINERS file. - The contents of your report will vary a lot depending upon the - problem. If it's a kernel crash then you should refer to the - admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst file. + problem. If it's a kernel crash then you should refer to + 'Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst'. But for most problems it is useful to provide the following: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2.rst index 88f508338c5f..d3fcf536d14e 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2.rst @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Contents - `Overview`_ - `Drivers`_ - `Basic packet flow`_ +- `Devlink health reporters`_ Overview ======== @@ -157,3 +158,52 @@ Egress 3. The SQ descriptor ring is maintained in buffers allocated from SQ mapped pool of NPA block LF. 4. NIX block transmits the pkt on the designated channel. 5. NPC MCAM entries can be installed to divert pkt onto a different channel. + +Devlink health reporters +======================== + +NPA Reporters +------------- +The NPA reporters are responsible for reporting and recovering the following group of errors +1. GENERAL events + - Error due to operation of unmapped PF. + - Error due to disabled alloc/free for other HW blocks (NIX, SSO, TIM, DPI and AURA). +2. ERROR events + - Fault due to NPA_AQ_INST_S read or NPA_AQ_RES_S write. + - AQ Doorbell Error. +3. RAS events + - RAS Error Reporting for NPA_AQ_INST_S/NPA_AQ_RES_S. +4. RVU events + - Error due to unmapped slot. + +Sample Output +------------- +~# devlink health +pci/0002:01:00.0: + reporter hw_npa_intr + state healthy error 2872 recover 2872 last_dump_date 2020-12-10 last_dump_time 09:39:09 grace_period 0 auto_recover true auto_dump true + reporter hw_npa_gen + state healthy error 2872 recover 2872 last_dump_date 2020-12-11 last_dump_time 04:43:04 grace_period 0 auto_recover true auto_dump true + reporter hw_npa_err + state healthy error 2871 recover 2871 last_dump_date 2020-12-10 last_dump_time 09:39:17 grace_period 0 auto_recover true auto_dump true + reporter hw_npa_ras + state healthy error 0 recover 0 last_dump_date 2020-12-10 last_dump_time 09:32:40 grace_period 0 auto_recover true auto_dump true + +Each reporter dumps the + - Error Type + - Error Register value + - Reason in words + +For eg: +~# devlink health dump show pci/0002:01:00.0 reporter hw_npa_gen + NPA_AF_GENERAL: + NPA General Interrupt Reg : 1 + NIX0: free disabled RX +~# devlink health dump show pci/0002:01:00.0 reporter hw_npa_intr + NPA_AF_RVU: + NPA RVU Interrupt Reg : 1 + Unmap Slot Error +~# devlink health dump show pci/0002:01:00.0 reporter hw_npa_err + NPA_AF_ERR: + NPA Error Interrupt Reg : 4096 + AQ Doorbell Error diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst index ef719ceac299..d875f3e1e9cf 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-trap.rst @@ -476,6 +476,10 @@ be added to the following table: * - ``esp_parsing`` - ``drop`` - Traps packets dropped due to an error in the ESP header parsing + * - ``blackhole_nexthop`` + - ``drop`` + - Traps packets that the device decided to drop in case they hit a + blackhole nexthop Driver-specific Packet Traps ============================ diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/netdevsim.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/netdevsim.rst index 2a266b7e7b38..02c2d20dc673 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/netdevsim.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/netdevsim.rst @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Resources ========= The ``netdevsim`` driver exposes resources to control the number of FIB -entries and FIB rule entries that the driver will allow. +entries, FIB rule entries and nexthops that the driver will allow. .. code:: shell @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ entries and FIB rule entries that the driver will allow. $ devlink resource set netdevsim/netdevsim0 path /IPv4/fib-rules size 16 $ devlink resource set netdevsim/netdevsim0 path /IPv6/fib size 64 $ devlink resource set netdevsim/netdevsim0 path /IPv6/fib-rules size 16 + $ devlink resource set netdevsim/netdevsim0 path /nexthops size 16 $ devlink dev reload netdevsim/netdevsim0 Driver-specific Traps diff --git a/Documentation/networking/framerelay.rst b/Documentation/networking/framerelay.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 6d904399ec6d..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/networking/framerelay.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,44 +0,0 @@ -.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 - -================ -Frame Relay (FR) -================ - -Frame Relay (FR) support for linux is built into a two tiered system of device -drivers. The upper layer implements RFC1490 FR specification, and uses the -Data Link Connection Identifier (DLCI) as its hardware address. Usually these -are assigned by your network supplier, they give you the number/numbers of -the Virtual Connections (VC) assigned to you. - -Each DLCI is a point-to-point link between your machine and a remote one. -As such, a separate device is needed to accommodate the routing. Within the -net-tools archives is 'dlcicfg'. This program will communicate with the -base "DLCI" device, and create new net devices named 'dlci00', 'dlci01'... -The configuration script will ask you how many DLCIs you need, as well as -how many DLCIs you want to assign to each Frame Relay Access Device (FRAD). - -The DLCI uses a number of function calls to communicate with the FRAD, all -of which are stored in the FRAD's private data area. assoc/deassoc, -activate/deactivate and dlci_config. The DLCI supplies a receive function -to the FRAD to accept incoming packets. - -With this initial offering, only 1 FRAD driver is available. With many thanks -to Sangoma Technologies, David Mandelstam & Gene Kozin, the S502A, S502E & -S508 are supported. This driver is currently set up for only FR, but as -Sangoma makes more firmware modules available, it can be updated to provide -them as well. - -Configuration of the FRAD makes use of another net-tools program, 'fradcfg'. -This program makes use of a configuration file (which dlcicfg can also read) -to specify the types of boards to be configured as FRADs, as well as perform -any board specific configuration. The Sangoma module of fradcfg loads the -FR firmware into the card, sets the irq/port/memory information, and provides -an initial configuration. - -Additional FRAD device drivers can be added as hardware is available. - -At this time, the dlcicfg and fradcfg programs have not been incorporated into -the net-tools distribution. They can be found at ftp.invlogic.com, in -/pub/linux. Note that with OS/2 FTPD, you end up in /pub by default, so just -use 'cd linux'. v0.10 is for use on pre-2.0.3 and earlier, v0.15 is for -pre-2.0.4 and later. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/index.rst index 63ef386afd0a..b8a29997d433 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/index.rst @@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ Contents: eql fib_trie filter - framerelay generic-hdlc generic_netlink gen_stats @@ -70,6 +69,7 @@ Contents: lapb-module mac80211-injection mpls-sysctl + mptcp-sysctl multiqueue netconsole netdev-features @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ Contents: tcp-thin team timestamping + tipc tproxy tuntap udplite diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst index 25e6673a085a..dd2b12a32b73 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst @@ -1554,6 +1554,9 @@ igmpv3_unsolicited_report_interval - INTEGER Default: 1000 (1 seconds) +ignore_routes_with_linkdown - BOOLEAN + Ignore routes whose link is down when performing a FIB lookup. + promote_secondaries - BOOLEAN When a primary IP address is removed from this interface promote a corresponding secondary IP address instead of @@ -2642,6 +2645,37 @@ addr_scope_policy - INTEGER Default: 1 +udp_port - INTEGER + The listening port for the local UDP tunneling sock. Normally it's + using the IANA-assigned UDP port number 9899 (sctp-tunneling). + + This UDP sock is used for processing the incoming UDP-encapsulated + SCTP packets (from RFC6951), and shared by all applications in the + same net namespace. This UDP sock will be closed when the value is + set to 0. + + The value will also be used to set the src port of the UDP header + for the outgoing UDP-encapsulated SCTP packets. For the dest port, + please refer to 'encap_port' below. + + Default: 0 + +encap_port - INTEGER + The default remote UDP encapsulation port. + + This value is used to set the dest port of the UDP header for the + outgoing UDP-encapsulated SCTP packets by default. Users can also + change the value for each sock/asoc/transport by using setsockopt. + For further information, please refer to RFC6951. + + Note that when connecting to a remote server, the client should set + this to the port that the UDP tunneling sock on the peer server is + listening to and the local UDP tunneling sock on the client also + must be started. On the server, it would get the encap_port from + the incoming packet's source port. + + Default: 0 + ``/proc/sys/net/core/*`` ======================== diff --git a/Documentation/networking/j1939.rst b/Documentation/networking/j1939.rst index 0a4b73b03b99..b705d2801e9c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/j1939.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/j1939.rst @@ -69,18 +69,56 @@ J1939 concepts PGN --- +The J1939 protocol uses the 29-bit CAN identifier with the following structure: + + ============ ============== ==================== + 29 bit CAN-ID + -------------------------------------------------- + Bit positions within the CAN-ID + -------------------------------------------------- + 28 ... 26 25 ... 8 7 ... 0 + ============ ============== ==================== + Priority PGN SA (Source Address) + ============ ============== ==================== + The PGN (Parameter Group Number) is a number to identify a packet. The PGN is composed as follows: -1 bit : Reserved Bit -1 bit : Data Page -8 bits : PF (PDU Format) -8 bits : PS (PDU Specific) + + ============ ============== ================= ================= + PGN + ------------------------------------------------------------------ + Bit positions within the CAN-ID + ------------------------------------------------------------------ + 25 24 23 ... 16 15 ... 8 + ============ ============== ================= ================= + R (Reserved) DP (Data Page) PF (PDU Format) PS (PDU Specific) + ============ ============== ================= ================= In J1939-21 distinction is made between PDU1 format (where PF < 240) and PDU2 format (where PF >= 240). Furthermore, when using the PDU2 format, the PS-field contains a so-called Group Extension, which is part of the PGN. When using PDU2 format, the Group Extension is set in the PS-field. + ============== ======================== + PDU1 Format (specific) (peer to peer) + ---------------------------------------- + Bit positions within the CAN-ID + ---------------------------------------- + 23 ... 16 15 ... 8 + ============== ======================== + 00h ... EFh DA (Destination address) + ============== ======================== + + ============== ======================== + PDU2 Format (global) (broadcast) + ---------------------------------------- + Bit positions within the CAN-ID + ---------------------------------------- + 23 ... 16 15 ... 8 + ============== ======================== + F0h ... FFh GE (Group Extenstion) + ============== ======================== + On the other hand, when using PDU1 format, the PS-field contains a so-called Destination Address, which is _not_ part of the PGN. When communicating a PGN from user space to kernel (or vice versa) and PDU2 format is used, the PS-field diff --git a/Documentation/networking/kapi.rst b/Documentation/networking/kapi.rst index d198fa5eaacd..ea55f462cefa 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/kapi.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/kapi.rst @@ -83,27 +83,6 @@ SUN RPC subsystem .. kernel-doc:: net/sunrpc/clnt.c :export: -WiMAX ------ - -.. kernel-doc:: net/wimax/op-msg.c - :export: - -.. kernel-doc:: net/wimax/op-reset.c - :export: - -.. kernel-doc:: net/wimax/op-rfkill.c - :export: - -.. kernel-doc:: net/wimax/stack.c - :export: - -.. kernel-doc:: include/net/wimax.h - :internal: - -.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/wimax.h - :internal: - Network device support ====================== diff --git a/Documentation/networking/mptcp-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/mptcp-sysctl.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6af0196c4297 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/mptcp-sysctl.rst @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +===================== +MPTCP Sysfs variables +===================== + +/proc/sys/net/mptcp/* Variables +=============================== + +enabled - INTEGER + Control whether MPTCP sockets can be created. + + MPTCP sockets can be created if the value is nonzero. This is + a per-namespace sysctl. + + Default: 1 + +add_addr_timeout - INTEGER (seconds) + Set the timeout after which an ADD_ADDR control message will be + resent to an MPTCP peer that has not acknowledged a previous + ADD_ADDR message. + + The default value matches TCP_RTO_MAX. This is a per-namespace + sysctl. + + Default: 120 diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst index d5c9320901c3..4b9ed5874d5a 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Q: I sent a patch and I'm wondering what happened to it? Q: 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/ + https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/list/ The "State" field will tell you exactly where things are at with your patch. @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ 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=* + https://patchwork.kernel.org/bundle/netdev/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: @@ -254,6 +254,32 @@ 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: How do I post corresponding changes to user space components? +---------------------------------------------------------------- +A: User space code exercising kernel features should be posted +alongside kernel patches. This gives reviewers a chance to see +how any new interface is used and how well it works. + +When user space tools reside in the kernel repo itself all changes +should generally come as one series. If series becomes too large +or the user space project is not reviewed on netdev include a link +to a public repo where user space patches can be seen. + +In case user space tooling lives in a separate repository but is +reviewed on netdev (e.g. patches to `iproute2` tools) kernel and +user space patches should form separate series (threads) when posted +to the mailing list, e.g.:: + + [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: some feature cover letter + └─ [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: some feature prep + └─ [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: some feature do it + └─ [PATCH net-next 3/3] selftest: net: some feature + + [PATCH iproute2-next] ip: add support for some feature + +Posting as one thread is discouraged because it confuses patchwork +(as of patchwork 2.2.2). + 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 diff --git a/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst b/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst index 43088ddf95e4..a147591ce203 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/page_pool.rst @@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ a page will cause no race conditions is enough. * page_pool_get_dma_dir(): Retrieve the stored DMA direction. +* page_pool_put_page_bulk(): Tries to refill a number of pages into the + ptr_ring cache holding ptr_ring producer lock. If the ptr_ring is full, + page_pool_put_page_bulk() will release leftover pages to the page allocator. + page_pool_put_page_bulk() is suitable to be run inside the driver NAPI tx + completion loop for the XDP_REDIRECT use case. + Please note the caller must not use data area after running + page_pool_put_page_bulk(), as this function overwrites it. + Coding examples =============== diff --git a/Documentation/networking/phy.rst b/Documentation/networking/phy.rst index 256106054c8c..b2f7ec794bc8 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/phy.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/phy.rst @@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ Some of the interface modes are described below: speeds (see below.) ``PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_2500BASEX`` - This defines a variant of 1000BASE-X which is clocked 2.5 times faster, - than the 802.3 standard giving a fixed bit rate of 3.125Gbaud. + This defines a variant of 1000BASE-X which is clocked 2.5 times as fast + as the 802.3 standard, giving a fixed bit rate of 3.125Gbaud. ``PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII`` This is used for Cisco SGMII, which is a modification of 1000BASE-X diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.rst b/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.rst index e60504377900..5a10abce5964 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.rst @@ -314,6 +314,22 @@ channel are: it is connected to. It will return an EINVAL error if the channel is not connected to an interface. +* PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN bridges a channel with another. The argument should + point to an int containing the channel number of the channel to bridge + to. Once two channels are bridged, frames presented to one channel by + ppp_input() are passed to the bridge instance for onward transmission. + This allows frames to be switched from one channel into another: for + example, to pass PPPoE frames into a PPPoL2TP session. Since channel + bridging interrupts the normal ppp_input() path, a given channel may + not be part of a bridge at the same time as being part of a unit. + This ioctl will return an EALREADY error if the channel is already + part of a bridge or unit, or ENXIO if the requested channel does not + exist. + +* PPPIOCUNBRIDGECHAN performs the inverse of PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN, unbridging + a channel pair. This ioctl will return an EINVAL error if the channel + does not form part of a bridge. + * All other ioctl commands are passed to the channel ioctl() function. The ioctl calls that are available on an instance that is attached to diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tipc.rst b/Documentation/networking/tipc.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..76775f24cdc8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/tipc.rst @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================= +Linux Kernel TIPC +================= + +TIPC (Transparent Inter Process Communication) is a protocol that is +specially designed for intra-cluster communication. + +For more information about TIPC, see http://tipc.sourceforge.net. + +TIPC Base Types +--------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/subscr.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/bearer.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/name_table.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/name_distr.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/bcast.c + :internal: + +TIPC Bearer Interfaces +---------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/bearer.c + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/udp_media.c + :internal: + +TIPC Crypto Interfaces +---------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/crypto.c + :internal: + +TIPC Discoverer Interfaces +-------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/discover.c + :internal: + +TIPC Link Interfaces +-------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/link.c + :internal: + +TIPC msg Interfaces +------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/msg.c + :internal: + +TIPC Name Interfaces +-------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/name_table.c + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/name_distr.c + :internal: + +TIPC Node Management Interfaces +------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/node.c + :internal: + +TIPC Socket Interfaces +---------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/socket.c + :internal: + +TIPC Network Topology Interfaces +-------------------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/subscr.c + :internal: + +TIPC Server Interfaces +---------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/topsrv.c + :internal: + +TIPC Trace Interfaces +--------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: net/tipc/trace.c + :internal: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst b/Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst index 37773da2bee5..0f55c6d540f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/tls-offload.rst @@ -524,7 +524,13 @@ on TCP retransmissions to handle corner cases is not acceptable. TLS device features ------------------- -Drivers should ignore the changes to TLS the device feature flags. +Drivers should ignore the changes to the TLS device feature flags. These flags will be acted upon accordingly by the core ``ktls`` code. TLS device feature flags only control adding of new TLS connection offloads, old connections will remain active after flags are cleared. + +TLS encryption cannot be offloaded to devices without checksum calculation +offload. Hence, TLS TX device feature flag requires NETIF_F_HW_CSUM being set. +Disabling the latter implies clearing the former. Disabling TX checksum offload +should not affect old connections, and drivers should make sure checksum +calculation does not break for them. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/x25.rst b/Documentation/networking/x25.rst index 00e45d384ba0..e11d9ebdf9a3 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/x25.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/x25.rst @@ -19,13 +19,11 @@ implementation of LAPB. Therefore the LAPB modules would be called by unintelligent X.25 card drivers and not by intelligent ones, this would provide a uniform device driver interface, and simplify configuration. -To confuse matters a little, an 802.2 LLC implementation for Linux is being -written which will allow X.25 to be run over an Ethernet (or Token Ring) and -conform with the JNT "Pink Book", this will have a different interface to -the Packet Layer but there will be no confusion since the class of device -being served by the LLC will be completely separate from LAPB. The LLC -implementation is being done as part of another protocol project (SNA) and -by a different author. +To confuse matters a little, an 802.2 LLC implementation is also possible +which could allow X.25 to be run over an Ethernet (or Token Ring) and +conform with the JNT "Pink Book", this would have a different interface to +the Packet Layer but there would be no confusion since the class of device +being served by the LLC would be completely separate from LAPB. Just when you thought that it could not become more confusing, another option appeared, XOT. This allows X.25 Packet Layer frames to operate over |