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2010-04-03icmp: Account for ICMP out errorsEric Dumazet
When ip_append() fails because of socket limit or memory shortage, increment ICMP_MIB_OUTERRORS counter, so that "netstat -s" can report these errors. LANG=C netstat -s | grep "ICMP messages failed" 0 ICMP messages failed For IPV6, implement ICMP6_MIB_OUTERRORS counter as well. # grep Icmp6OutErrors /proc/net/dev_snmp6/* /proc/net/dev_snmp6/eth0:Icmp6OutErrors 0 /proc/net/dev_snmp6/lo:Icmp6OutErrors 0 Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-03l2tp: Add netlink control API for L2TPJames Chapman
In L2TPv3, we need to create/delete/modify/query L2TP tunnel and session contexts. The number of parameters is significant. So let's use netlink. Userspace uses this API to control L2TP tunnel/session contexts in the kernel. The previous pppol2tp driver was managed using [gs]etsockopt(). This API is retained for backwards compatibility. Unlike L2TPv2 which carries only PPP frames, L2TPv3 can carry raw ethernet frames or other frame types and these do not always have an associated socket family. Therefore, we need a way to use L2TP sessions that doesn't require a socket type for each supported frame type. Hence netlink is used. Signed-off-by: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-03netlink: Export genl_lock() API for use by modulesJames Chapman
This lets kernel modules which use genl netlink APIs serialize netlink processing. Signed-off-by: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-03l2tp: Add L2TPv3 IP encapsulation (no UDP) supportJames Chapman
This patch adds a new L2TPIP socket family and modifies the core to handle the case where there is no UDP header in the L2TP packet. L2TP/IP uses IP protocol 115. Since L2TP/UDP and L2TP/IP packets differ in layout, the datapath packet handling code needs changes too. Userspace uses an L2TPIP socket instead of a UDP socket when IP encapsulation is required. We can't use raw sockets for this because the semantics of raw sockets don't lend themselves to the socket-per-tunnel model - we need to Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-03l2tp: Update PPP-over-L2TP driver to work over L2TPv3James Chapman
This patch makes changes to the L2TP PPP code for L2TPv3. The existing code has some assumptions about the L2TP header which are broken by L2TPv3. Also the sockaddr_pppol2tp structure of the original code is too small to support the increased size of the L2TPv3 tunnel and session id, so a new sockaddr_pppol2tpv3 structure is needed. In the socket calls, the size of this structure is used to tell if the operation is for L2TPv2 or L2TPv3. Signed-off-by: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-03ppp: Add ppp_dev_name() exported functionJames Chapman
ppp_dev_name() gives PPP users visibility of a ppp channel's device name. This can be used by L2TP drivers to dump the assigned PPP interface name. Signed-off-by: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-03l2tp: Split pppol2tp patch into separate l2tp and ppp partsJames Chapman
This patch splits the pppol2tp driver into separate L2TP and PPP parts to prepare for L2TPv3 support. In L2TPv3, protocols other than PPP can be carried, so this split creates a common L2TP core that will handle the common L2TP bits which protocol support modules such as PPP will use. Note that the existing pppol2tp module is split into l2tp_core and l2tp_ppp by this change. There are no feature changes here. Internally, however, there are significant changes, mostly to handle the separation of PPP-specific data from the L2TP session and to provide hooks in the core for modules like PPP to access. Signed-off-by: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-03net: convert multicast list to list_headJiri Pirko
Converts the list and the core manipulating with it to be the same as uc_list. +uses two functions for adding/removing mc address (normal and "global" variant) instead of a function parameter. +removes dev_mcast.c completely. +exposes netdev_hw_addr_list_* macros along with __hw_addr_* functions for manipulation with lists on a sandbox (used in bonding and 80211 drivers) Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-03net: move address list functions to a separate fileJiri Pirko
+little renaming of unicast functions to be smooth with multicast ones Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-02phylib: Support phy module autoloadingDavid Woodhouse
We don't use the normal hotplug mechanism because it doesn't work. It will load the module some time after the device appears, but that's not good enough for us -- we need the driver loaded _immediately_ because otherwise the NIC driver may just abort and then the phy 'device' goes away. [bwh: s/phy/mdio/ in module alias, kerneldoc for struct mdio_device_id] Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> Acked-by: Andy Fleming <afleming@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-01ipv6 fib: Make rt6_info{} more cache-line aware.YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
The head element of rt6_info{} is dst_entry{}, and IPv6 specific elements follow. Because elements at the end of dst_entry{} are frequently updated, it is not good to put frequently-used static elements, such as rt6i_idev, rt6i_dst or rt6i_flags in the same cache line. On the other hand, fib6_table, rt6i_node or rt6i_gateway are rarely used, so it is okay to stay in the same cache line. Let's rearrange rt6_info{}. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-01gen_estimator: deadlock fixEric Dumazet
One of my test machine got a deadlock during "tc" sessions, adding/deleting classes & filters, using traffic estimators. After some analysis, I believe we have a potential use after free case in est_timer() : spin_lock(e->stats_lock); << HERE >> read_lock(&est_lock); if (e->bstats == NULL) << TEST >> goto skip; Test is done a bit late, because after estimator is killed, and before rcu grace period elapsed, we might already have freed/reuse memory where e->stats_locks points to (some qdisc->q.lock) A possible fix is to respect a rcu grace period at Qdisc dismantle time. On 64bit, sizeof(struct Qdisc) is exactly 192 bytes. Adding 16 bytes to it (for struct rcu_head) is a problem because it might change performance, given QDISC_ALIGNTO is 32 bytes. This is why I also change QDISC_ALIGNTO to 64 bytes, to satisfy most current alignment requirements. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-30Add hotplug support to mcp251x driverMarc Zyngier
Chip model can now be selected directly by matching the modalias name (instead of filling the .model field in platform_data), and allows the module to be auto-loaded. Previous behaviour is of course still supported. Convert the two in-tree users to this feature (icontrol & zeus). Tested on an Zeus platform (mcp2515). Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@misterjones.org> Acked-by: Christian Pellegrin <chripell@fsfe.org> Cc: Edwin Peer <epeer@tmtservices.co.za> Acked-by: Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@grandegger.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-30netdev: ethtool RXHASH flagstephen hemminger
This adds ethtool and device feature flag to allow control of receive hashing offload. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-30ipv6: Use __fls() instead of fls() in __ipv6_addr_diff().YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明
Because we have ensured that the argument is non-zero, it is better to use __fls() and generate better code. Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-30net-caif-driver: add CAIF serial driver (ldisc)Sjur Braendeland
Add CAIF Serial driver. This driver is implemented as a line discipline. caif_serial uses the following module parameters: ser_use_stx - specifies if STart of frame eXtension is in use. ser_loop - sets the interface in loopback mode. Signed-off-by: Sjur Braendeland <sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-30net-caif: add CAIF Link layer device header filesSjur Braendeland
Header files for CAIF Link layer net-device, and link-layer registration. Signed-off-by: Sjur Braendeland <sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-30net-caif: add CAIF core protocol stack header filesSjur Braendeland
Add include files for the CAIF Core protocol stack. caif_layer.h - Defines the structure of the CAIF protocol layers cfcnfg.h - CAIF Configuration Module for services and link layers cfctrl.h - CAIF Control Protocol Layer cffrml.h - CAIF Framing Layer cfmuxl.h - CAIF Muxing Layer cfpkt.h - CAIF Packet layer (skb helper functions) cfserl.h - CAIF Serial Layer cfsrvl.h - CAIF Service Layer Signed-off-by: Sjur Braendeland <sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-30net-caif: add CAIF socket and configuration headersSjur Braendeland
Add CAIF types for Socket Address, Socket Options, and configuration parameters for the GPRS IP network interface. Signed-off-by: Sjur Braendeland <sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-30net-caif: add CAIF protocol definitionsSjur Braendeland
Add CAIF definitions to existing header files. Files: if_arp.h, if_ether.h, socket.h. Types: ARPHRD_CAIF, ETH_P_CAIF, AF_CAIF, PF_CAIF, SOL_CAIF, N_CAIF Signed-off-by: Sjur Braendeland <sjur.brandeland@stericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-29Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6
2010-03-27decnet: Remove unused FIB metric macros.David S. Miller
Unlike the ipv4 side, these are completely unused. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-25rps: add CONFIG_RPSEric Dumazet
RPS currently depends on SMP and SYSFS Adding a CONFIG_RPS makes sense in case this requirement changes in the future. This patch saves about 1500 bytes of kernel text in case SMP is on but SYSFS is off. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-24cfg80211: Improve connection quality maintenance docs in nl80211.hJuuso Oikarinen
In nl80211.h, be a little more elaborate in the docs for the definitions NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_THOLD and NL80211_ATTR_CQM_RSSI_HYST. Reported-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-03-24mac80211: Add support for connection quality monitoringJuuso Oikarinen
Add support for the set_cqm_config op. This op function configures the requested connection quality monitor rssi threshold and rssi hysteresis values to the hardware if the hardware supports IEEE80211_HW_SUPPORTS_CQM. For unsupported hardware, currently -EOPNOTSUPP is returned, so the mac80211 is currently not doing connection quality monitoring on the host. This could be added later, if needed. Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-03-24cfg80211: Add connection quality monitoring support to nl80211Juuso Oikarinen
Add support for basic configuration of a connection quality monitoring to the nl80211 interface, and basic support for notifying about triggered monitoring events. Via this interface a user-space connection manager may configure and receive pre-warning events of deteriorating WLAN connection quality, and start preparing for roaming in advance, before the connection is already lost. An example usage of such a trigger is starting scanning for nearby AP's in an attempt to find one with better connection quality, and associate to it before the connection characteristics of the existing connection become too bad or the association is even lost, leading in a prolonged delay in connectivity. The interface currently supports only RSSI, but it could be later extended to include other parameters, such as signal-to-noise ratio, if need for that arises. Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-03-23mac80211: Add support for connection monitor in hardwareJuuso Oikarinen
This patch is based on a RFC patch by Kalle Valo. The wl1271 has a feature which handles the connection monitor logic in hardware, basically sending periodically nullfunc frames and reporting to the host if AP is lost, after attempting to recover by sending probe-requests to the AP. Add support to mac80211 by adding a new flag IEEE80211_HW_CONNECTION_MONITOR which prevents conn_mon_timer from triggering during idle periods, and prevents sending probe-requests to the AP if beacon-loss is indicated by the hardware. Cc: Kalle Valo <kalle.valo@nokia.com> Signed-off-by: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@nokia.com> Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-03-23wireless.h: Use SIOCIWFIRST not SIOCSIWCOMMIT for range checkJoe Perches
These two #defines use the same value, but SIOCIWFIRST makes more sense in this use. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-03-23include/linux/wireless.h: Add IW_HANDLER macro to initialize array entryJoe Perches
Copied the idea from orinoco Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
2010-03-22Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 Conflicts: Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/phy.c
2010-03-21net: snmp mib cleanupEric Dumazet
There is no point to align or pad mibs to cache lines, they are per cpu allocated with a 8 bytes alignment anyway. This wastes space for no gain. This patch removes __SNMP_MIB_ALIGN__ Since SNMP mibs contain "unsigned long" fields only, we can relax the allocation alignment from "unsigned long long" to "unsigned long" Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-21tcp: Add SNMP counter for DEFER_ACCEPTEric Dumazet
Its currently hard to diagnose when ACK frames are dropped because an application set TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT on its listening socket. See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15507 This patch adds a SNMP value, named TCPDeferAcceptDrop netstat -s | grep TCPDeferAcceptDrop TCPDeferAcceptDrop: 0 This counter is incremented every time we drop a pure ACK frame received by a socket in SYN_RECV state because its SYNACK retrans count is lower than defer_accept value. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-21bonding: flush unicast and multicast lists when changing typeJiri Pirko
After the type change, addresses in unicast and multicast lists wouldn't make sense, not to mention possible different lenghts. So flush both lists here. Note "dev_addr_discard" will be very soon replaced by "dev_mc_flush" (once mc_list conversion will be done). Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-21net: rtnetlink: ignore NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE in rtnetlink_event()Patrick McHardy
Ignore the new NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE event in rtnetlink_event() since there have been no changes userspace needs to be notified of. Also add a comment to the netdev notifier event definitions to remind people to update the exclusion list when adding new event types. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-20ipv6: convert idev_list to list macrosstephen hemminger
Convert to list macro's for the list of addresses per interface in IPv6. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-20IPv6: convert addrconf hash list to RCUstephen hemminger
Convert from reader/writer lock to RCU and spinlock for addrconf hash list. Adds an additional helper macro for hlist_for_each_entry_continue_rcu to handle the continue case. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-20ipv6: convert addrconf list to hliststephen hemminger
Using hash list macros, simplifies code and helps later RCU. This patch includes some initialization that is not strictly necessary, since an empty hlist node/list is all zero; and list is in BSS and node is allocated with kzalloc. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-20ipv6: convert temporary address list to list macrosstephen hemminger
Use list macros instead of open coded linked list. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-20Merge branch 'master' of ↵David S. Miller
master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
2010-03-20netfilter: ctnetlink: fix reliable event delivery if message building failsPablo Neira Ayuso
This patch fixes a bug that allows to lose events when reliable event delivery mode is used, ie. if NETLINK_BROADCAST_SEND_ERROR and NETLINK_RECV_NO_ENOBUFS socket options are set. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-20netlink: fix NETLINK_RECV_NO_ENOBUFS in netlink_set_err()Pablo Neira Ayuso
Currently, ENOBUFS errors are reported to the socket via netlink_set_err() even if NETLINK_RECV_NO_ENOBUFS is set. However, that should not happen. This fixes this problem and it changes the prototype of netlink_set_err() to return the number of sockets that have set the NETLINK_RECV_NO_ENOBUFS socket option. This return value is used in the next patch in these bugfix series. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-19netlink: fix unaligned access in nla_get_be64()Pablo Neira Ayuso
This patch fixes a unaligned access in nla_get_be64() that was introduced by myself in a17c859849402315613a0015ac8fbf101acf0cc1. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-18net: Potential null skb->dev dereferenceEric Dumazet
When doing "ifenslave -d bond0 eth0", there is chance to get NULL dereference in netif_receive_skb(), because dev->master suddenly becomes NULL after we tested it. We should use ACCESS_ONCE() to avoid this (or rcu_dereference()) Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-18bonding: check return value of nofitier when changing typeJiri Pirko
This patch adds the possibility to refuse the bonding type change for other subsystems (such as for example bridge, vlan, etc.) Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-18net: rename notifier defines for netdev type changeJiri Pirko
Since generally there could be more netdevices changing type other than bonding, making this event type name "bonding-unrelated" Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-18rps: Fixed build with CONFIG_SMP not enabled.Tom Herbert
Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-16NET: Support clause 45 MDIO commands at the MDIO bus levelJason Gunthorpe
IEEE 802.3ae clause 45 specifies a somewhat modified MDIO protocol for use by 10GIGE phys. The main change is a 21 bit address split into a 5 bit device ID and a 16 bit register offset. The definition is designed so that normal and extended devices can run on the same MDIO bus. Extend mdio-bitbang to do the new protocol. At the MDIO bus level the protocol is requested by or'ing MII_ADDR_C45 into the register offset. Make phy_read/phy_write/etc pass a full 32 bit register offset. This does not attempt to make the phy layer support C45 style PHYs, just to provide the MDIO bus support. Tested against a Broadcom 10GE phy with ID 0x206034, and several Broadcom 10/100/1000 Phys in normal mode. Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-16net: core: add IFLA_STATS64 supportJan Engelhardt
`ip -s link` shows interface counters truncated to 32 bit. This is because interface statistics are transported only in 32-bit quantity to userspace. This commit adds a new IFLA_STATS64 attribute that exports them in full 64 bit. References: http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0307.3/0215.html Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-16rps: Receive Packet SteeringTom Herbert
This patch implements software receive side packet steering (RPS). RPS distributes the load of received packet processing across multiple CPUs. Problem statement: Protocol processing done in the NAPI context for received packets is serialized per device queue and becomes a bottleneck under high packet load. This substantially limits pps that can be achieved on a single queue NIC and provides no scaling with multiple cores. This solution queues packets early on in the receive path on the backlog queues of other CPUs. This allows protocol processing (e.g. IP and TCP) to be performed on packets in parallel. For each device (or each receive queue in a multi-queue device) a mask of CPUs is set to indicate the CPUs that can process packets. A CPU is selected on a per packet basis by hashing contents of the packet header (e.g. the TCP or UDP 4-tuple) and using the result to index into the CPU mask. The IPI mechanism is used to raise networking receive softirqs between CPUs. This effectively emulates in software what a multi-queue NIC can provide, but is generic requiring no device support. Many devices now provide a hash over the 4-tuple on a per packet basis (e.g. the Toeplitz hash). This patch allow drivers to set the HW reported hash in an skb field, and that value in turn is used to index into the RPS maps. Using the HW generated hash can avoid cache misses on the packet when steering it to a remote CPU. The CPU mask is set on a per device and per queue basis in the sysfs variable /sys/class/net/<device>/queues/rx-<n>/rps_cpus. This is a set of canonical bit maps for receive queues in the device (numbered by <n>). If a device does not support multi-queue, a single variable is used for the device (rx-0). Generally, we have found this technique increases pps capabilities of a single queue device with good CPU utilization. Optimal settings for the CPU mask seem to depend on architectures and cache hierarcy. Below are some results running 500 instances of netperf TCP_RR test with 1 byte req. and resp. Results show cumulative transaction rate and system CPU utilization. e1000e on 8 core Intel Without RPS: 108K tps at 33% CPU With RPS: 311K tps at 64% CPU forcedeth on 16 core AMD Without RPS: 156K tps at 15% CPU With RPS: 404K tps at 49% CPU bnx2x on 16 core AMD Without RPS 567K tps at 61% CPU (4 HW RX queues) Without RPS 738K tps at 96% CPU (8 HW RX queues) With RPS: 854K tps at 76% CPU (4 HW RX queues) Caveats: - The benefits of this patch are dependent on architecture and cache hierarchy. Tuning the masks to get best performance is probably necessary. - This patch adds overhead in the path for processing a single packet. In a lightly loaded server this overhead may eliminate the advantages of increased parallelism, and possibly cause some relative performance degradation. We have found that masks that are cache aware (share same caches with the interrupting CPU) mitigate much of this. - The RPS masks can be changed dynamically, however whenever the mask is changed this introduces the possibility of generating out of order packets. It's probably best not change the masks too frequently. Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com> include/linux/netdevice.h | 32 ++++- include/linux/skbuff.h | 3 + net/core/dev.c | 335 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- net/core/net-sysfs.c | 225 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- net/core/skbuff.c | 2 + 5 files changed, 538 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-03-14Merge branches 'battery-2.6.34', 'bugzilla-10805', 'bugzilla-14668', ↵Len Brown
'bugzilla-531916-power-state', 'ht-warn-2.6.34', 'pnp', 'processor-rename', 'sony-2.6.34', 'suse-bugzilla-531547', 'tz-check', 'video' and 'misc-2.6.34' into release