- 17 May, 2021 40 commits
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Yejune Deng authored
Every protocol has the 'netns_ok' member and it is euqal to 1. The 'if (!prot->netns_ok)' always false in inet_add_protocol(). Signed-off-by:
Yejune Deng <yejunedeng@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:
David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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David S. Miller authored
Ido Schimmel says: ==================== mlxsw: Various updates This patchset contains various updates to the mlxsw driver and related selftests. Patches #1-#5 contain various updates to mlxsw selftests. The most significant change is the conversion of the DCB selftests to use the new iproute2 DCB support. Patches #6-#9 contain mostly trivial changes to the driver itself. No user facing changes. Patches #10-#11 remove support for SwitchX-2 and SwitchIB ASICs that did not see any updates in the last 4-5 years and will not see any in the future. See individual commit messages for detailed explanation as to why it is OK to remove these drivers from the kernel. ==================== Signed-off-by: -
Amit Cohen authored
Initial support for the Mellanox SwitchX-2 ASIC was added in July 2015. Since then all development efforts shifted towards the Mellanox Spectrum ASICs and development of this driver stopped beside trivial fixes and refactoring. Therefore, the driver does not support any switch offloads and simply traps all traffic to the CPU, rendering it irrelevant for deployment. In addition, support for this ASIC was dropped by Mellanox a few years ago. Given the driver is not used by any users and that there is no intention of investing in its development, remove it from the kernel. Signed-off-by:
Amit Cohen <amcohen@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by:
Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by:
Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by:
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Amit Cohen authored
Initial support for the Mellanox SwitchIB and SwitchIB-2 ASICs was added in October 2016, but since then development of this driver stopped. Therefore, the driver does not support any offloads and simply registers devlink ports for its front panel ports, rendering it irrelevant for deployment. Given the driver is not used by any users and that there is no intention of investing in its development, remove it from the kernel. Signed-off-by:
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Ido Schimmel authored
Explicitly set the error code to zero before the goto statement to avoid the following smatch warning: drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c:3598 mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group_refresh() warn: missing error code 'err' The warning is a false positive, but the change both suppresses the warning and makes it clear to future readers that this is not an error path. The original report and discussion can be found here [1]. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202105141823.Td2h3Mbi-lkp@intel.com/ Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Suggested-by:
Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Signed-off-by:
Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by:
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Ido Schimmel authored
mlxsw_emad_transmit() takes care of sending EMAD transactions to the device. Since these transactions can time out, the driver performs up to 5 retransmissions, each time copying the skb with the original request. The data of the skb does not change throughout the process, so there is no need to copy it each time. Instead, only the skb itself can be copied. Therefore, use skb_clone() instead of skb_copy(). This reduces the latency of the function by about 16%. Signed-off-by:
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Danielle Ratson authored
There are few cases in which an array index queried from a fw register, is accessed without any validation that it doesn't exceed the array length. Add a proper length validation, so accessing memory past the end of an array will be forbidden. Signed-off-by:
Danielle Ratson <danieller@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by:
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Danielle Ratson authored
In the call path: mlxsw_sp_hdroom_bufs_reset_sizes() mlxsw_sp_hdroom_int_buf_size_get() ->int_buf_size_get() The 'speed' and 'mtu' arguments were mistakenly switched twice. The two bugs thus canceled each other. Clean this up by switching the arguments in both call sites, so that they are passed in the right order. Found during manual code inspection. Signed-off-by: -
Petr Machata authored
Now that the two users of this helper have been converted to iproute2 dcb, it is not necessary anymore. Drop it. Signed-off-by:
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Petr Machata authored
There is a dedicated tool for configuration of DCB in iproute2 now. Use it in the selftest instead of mlnx_qos. Signed-off-by:
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Petr Machata authored
There is a dedicated tool for configuration of DCB in iproute2 now. Use it in the selftest instead of mlnx_qos. Signed-off-by:
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Ido Schimmel authored
The test sometimes fails with an error message such as: TEST: tc sample (w/ flower) rate (egress) [FAIL] Expected 100 packets, got 70 packets, which is -30% off. Required accuracy is +-25% Make the test more robust by generating more packets, therefore increasing the number of expected samples. Decrease the transmission delay in order not to needlessly prolong the test. Signed-off-by:
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Danielle Ratson authored
Currently, the array of the ports that were split in the port_scale test is local, so the port_cleanup() unsplits an empty array. Make the array global so the cleanup will be preformed properly. Suggested-by:
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David S. Miller authored
Yang Shen says: ==================== Rid W=1 warnings in net This is a set to fully clean drivers/net. ==================== Signed-off-by: -
Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_mac.c:121: warning: expecting prototype for hns_mac_is_adjust_link(). Prototype was for hns_mac_need_adjust_link() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_mac.c:386: warning: expecting prototype for hns_mac_queue_config_bc_en(). Prototype was for hns_mac_port_config_bc_en() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_mac.c:607: warning: expecting prototype for hns_mac_set_autoneg(). Prototype was for hns_mac_set_pauseparam() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.c:236: warning: expecting prototype for hns_ppe_qid_cfg(). Prototype was for hns_dsaf_ppe_qid_cfg() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.c:623: warning: expecting prototype for dsaf_tbl_tcam_mcast_cfg(). Prototype was for hns_dsaf_tbl_tcam_mcast_cfg() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.c:1220: warning: expecting prototype for hns_dsaf_tbl_tcam_init(). Prototype was for hns_dsaf_comm_init() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.c:2121: warning: expecting prototype for dsaf_pfc_unit_cnt(). Prototype was for hns_dsaf_pfc_unit_cnt() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.c:2153: warning: expecting prototype for dsaf_port_work_rate_cfg(). Prototype was for hns_dsaf_port_work_rate_cfg() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.c:2745: warning: expecting prototype for hns_dsaf_get_sset_count(). Prototype was for hns_dsaf_get_regs_count() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.c:2957: warning: expecting prototype for dsaf_probe(). Prototype was for hns_dsaf_probe() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.c:3011: warning: expecting prototype for dsaf_remove(). Prototype was for hns_dsaf_remove() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_misc.c:366: warning: expecting prototype for hns_dsaf_srst_chns(). Prototype was for hns_dsaf_srst_chns_acpi() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_misc.c:509: warning: expecting prototype for hns_mac_get_sds_mode(). Prototype was for hns_mac_get_phy_if() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_ppe.c:303: warning: expecting prototype for ppe_init_hw(). Prototype was for hns_ppe_init_hw() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_ppe.c:350: warning: expecting prototype for ppe_uninit_hw(). Prototype was for hns_ppe_uninit_hw() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_ppe.c:391: warning: expecting prototype for hns_ppe_reset(). Prototype was for hns_ppe_reset_common() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_ppe.c:464: warning: expecting prototype for ppe_get_strings(). Prototype was for hns_ppe_get_strings() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_rcb.c:920: warning: expecting prototype for rcb_get_sset_count(). Prototype was for hns_rcb_get_ring_regs_count() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_xgmac.c:112: warning: expecting prototype for hns_xgmac_tx_lf_rf_insert(). Prototype was for hns_xgmac_lf_rf_insert() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_xgmac.c:122: warning: expecting prototype for hns_xgmac__lf_rf_control_init(). Prototype was for hns_xgmac_lf_rf_control_init() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c:777: warning: expecting prototype for hns_nic_adp_coalesce(). Prototype was for hns_nic_adpt_coalesce() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ethtool.c:202: warning: expecting prototype for hns_nic_set_link_settings(). Prototype was for hns_nic_set_link_ksettings() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ethtool.c:837: warning: expecting prototype for get_ethtool_stats(). Prototype was for hns_get_ethtool_stats() instead drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ethtool.c:894: warning: expecting prototype for get_strings(). Prototype was for hns_get_strings() instead Cc: Yisen Zhuang <yisen.zhuang@huawei.com> Cc: Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@huawei.com> Signed-off-by:
Yang Shen <shenyang39@huawei.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/phy/adin.c:3: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst drivers/net/phy/rockchip.c:3: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com> Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk> Signed-off-by:
Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c:1908: warning: expecting prototype for tx_srv(). Prototype was for velocity_tx_srv() instead drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c:2466: warning: expecting prototype for velocity_get_status(). Prototype was for velocity_get_stats() instead drivers/net/ethernet/via/via-velocity.c:3734: warning: expecting prototype for velocity_cleanup(). Prototype was for velocity_cleanup_module() instead Cc: Francois Romieu <romieu@fr.zoreil.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_ale.c:88: warning: expecting prototype for struct ale_dev_id. Prototype was for struct cpsw_ale_dev_id instead Cc: Cyril Chemparathy <cyril@ti.com> Cc: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@ti.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/socionext/sni_ave.c:28: warning: expecting prototype for sni_ave.c(). Prototype was for AVE_IDR() instead Signed-off-by:
Kunihiko Hayashi <hayashi.kunihiko@socionext.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_main.c:797: warning: expecting prototype for sxgbe_tx_clean(). Prototype was for sxgbe_tx_all_clean() instead drivers/net/ethernet/samsung/sxgbe/sxgbe_main.c:1026: warning: expecting prototype for sxgbe_init_tx_coalesce(). Prototype was for sxgbe_tx_init_coalesce() instead Cc: Byungho An <bh74.an@samsung.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c:761: warning: expecting prototype for qlcnic_83xx_idc_cold_state(). Prototype was for qlcnic_83xx_idc_cold_state_handler() instead drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_vnic.c:192: warning: expecting prototype for qlcnic_83xx_vnic_opmode(). Prototype was for qlcnic_83xx_config_vnic_opmode() instead Cc: Shahed Shaikh <shshaikh@marvell.com> Cc: Manish Chopra <manishc@marvell.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/ccm_mbox.c:52: warning: expecting prototype for struct nfp_ccm_mbox_skb_cb. Prototype was for struct nfp_ccm_mbox_cmsg_cb instead drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/tunnel_conf.c:35: warning: expecting prototype for struct nfp_tun_pre_run_rule. Prototype was for struct nfp_tun_pre_tun_rule instead drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_nffw.c:38: warning: expecting prototype for NFFW_INFO_VERSION history(). Prototype was for NFFW_INFO_VERSION_CURRENT() instead Cc: Simon Horman <simon.horman@netronome.com> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Simon Horman <simon.horman@netronome.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-config.c:4895: warning: expecting prototype for vxge_hw_vpath_rx_doorbell_post(). Prototype was for vxge_hw_vpath_rx_doorbell_init() instead drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c:1814: warning: expecting prototype for vxge_poll(). Prototype was for vxge_poll_msix() instead drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/vxge/vxge-main.c:4761: warning: expecting prototype for vxge_rem_nic(). Prototype was for vxge_remove() instead Cc: Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/s2io.c:2759: warning: expecting prototype for s2io_poll(). Prototype was for s2io_poll_msix() instead drivers/net/ethernet/neterion/s2io.c:5304: warning: expecting prototype for s2io_ethtol_get_link_ksettings(). Prototype was for s2io_ethtool_get_link_ksettings() instead Cc: Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/encx24j600.c:3: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst Cc: Jon Ringle <jringle@gridpoint.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ksz884x.c:2163: warning: expecting prototype for sw_get_board_storm(). Prototype was for sw_get_broad_storm() instead drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ksz884x.c:2985: warning: expecting prototype for port_w_phy(). Prototype was for hw_w_phy() instead drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ksz884x.c:4792: warning: expecting prototype for transmit_done(). Prototype was for tx_done() instead Cc: Tristram Ha <Tristram.Ha@micrel.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_cmdq.c:604: warning: expecting prototype for cmdq_arm_ceq_handler(). Prototype was for cmdq_sync_cmd_handler() instead drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_dev.c:59: warning: expecting prototype for get_capability(). Prototype was for parse_capability() instead drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_dev.c:101: warning: expecting prototype for get_cap_from_fw(). Prototype was for get_capability() instead drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_dev.c:355: warning: expecting prototype for clear_io_resource(). Prototype was for clear_io_resources() instead drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_dev.c:1100: warning: expecting prototype for hinic_hwdev_get_sq(). Prototype was for hinic_hwdev_get_rq() instead drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_if.c:341: warning: expecting prototype for dma_attr_table_init(). Prototype was for dma_attr_init() instead drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_qp.c:904: warning: expecting prototype for hinic_put_wqe(). Prototype was for hinic_rq_put_wqe() instead drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_main.c:241: warning: expecting prototype for create_txqs(). Prototype was for create_rxqs() instead drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_main.c:295: warning: expecting prototype for free_txqs(). Prototype was for free_rxqs() instead drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_tx.c:667: warning: expecting prototype for free_all_rx_skbs(). Prototype was for free_all_tx_skbs() instead Cc: Bin Luo <luobin9@huawei.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/sge.c:966: warning: expecting prototype for check_ring_tx_db(). Prototype was for ring_tx_db() instead Cc: Raju Rangoju <rajur@chelsio.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c:677: warning: expecting prototype for free_qset(). Prototype was for t3_free_qset() instead drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c:1266: warning: expecting prototype for eth_xmit(). Prototype was for t3_eth_xmit() instead Cc: Raju Rangoju <rajur@chelsio.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c:677: warning: expecting prototype for free_qset(). Prototype was for t3_free_qset() instead drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c:1266: warning: expecting prototype for eth_xmit(). Prototype was for t3_eth_xmit() instead Cc: Raju Rangoju <rajur@chelsio.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.c:720: warning: expecting prototype for init_xgmac_dma_desc_rings(). Prototype was for xgmac_dma_desc_rings_init() instead drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.c:867: warning: expecting prototype for xgmac_tx(). Prototype was for xgmac_tx_complete() instead drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.c:1049: warning: expecting prototype for xgmac_release(). Prototype was for xgmac_stop() instead drivers/net/ethernet/calxeda/xgmac.c:1822: warning: expecting prototype for xgmac_dvr_remove(). Prototype was for xgmac_remove() instead Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_pci.c:3: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_ptp.c:3: warning: This comment starts with '/**', but isn't a kernel-doc comment. Refer Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@microchip.com> Cc: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@microchip.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_cee.c:91: warning: expecting prototype for bfa_cee_get_attr_isr(). Prototype was for bfa_cee_get_stats_isr() instead Cc: Rasesh Mody <rmody@marvell.com> Cc: Sudarsana Kalluru <skalluru@marvell.com> Cc: GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@marvell.com Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c:13595: warning: expecting prototype for bnx2x_get_num_none_def_sbs(). Prototype was for bnx2x_get_num_non_def_sbs() instead drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c:4165: warning: expecting prototype for atomic_add_ifless(). Prototype was for __atomic_add_ifless() instead drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c:4193: warning: expecting prototype for atomic_dec_ifmoe(). Prototype was for __atomic_dec_ifmoe() instead Cc: Ariel Elior <aelior@marvell.com> Cc: Sudarsana Kalluru <skalluru@marvell.com> Cc: GR-everest-linux-l2@marvell.com Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl1.c:1020: warning: expecting prototype for atl1_setup_mem_resources(). Prototype was for atl1_setup_ring_resources() instead Cc: Chris Snook <chris.snook@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c:367: warning: expecting prototype for atl1e_set_mac(). Prototype was for atl1e_set_mac_addr() instead drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c:796: warning: expecting prototype for atl1e_setup_mem_resources(). Prototype was for atl1e_setup_ring_resources() instead Cc: Chris Snook <chris.snook@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c:442: warning: expecting prototype for atl1c_set_mac(). Prototype was for atl1c_set_mac_addr() instead drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c:969: warning: expecting prototype for atl1c_setup_mem_resources(). Prototype was for atl1c_setup_ring_resources() instead drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_main.c:1375: warning: expecting prototype for atl1c_configure(). Prototype was for atl1c_configure_mac() instead Cc: Chris Snook <chris.snook@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:
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Yang Shen authored
Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s): drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_rockchip.c:18: warning: expecting prototype for emac(). Prototype was for DRV_NAME() instead Signed-off-by:
Heiko Stuebner <heiko@sntech.de> Signed-off-by:
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Heiner Kallweit authored
Remove own module name definition and use KBUILD_MODNAME instead. Signed-off-by:
Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com> Signed-off-by:
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David S. Miller authored
Seth David Schoen says: ==================== Treat IPv4 lowest address as ordinary unicast address Treat the lowest address in a subnet (the address within the subnet which contains all 0 bits) as an ordinary unicast address instead of as a potential second broadcast address. For example, in subnet 192.168.17.24/29, which contains 8 addresses, make address 192.168.17.24 usable as a normal unicast address (while continuing to support 192.168.17.31 as a broadcast address). Since EVERY network number or subnet formerly had its host number 0 reserved, this patchset adds 1 more usable host address to every network and subnet (i.e., 2^(32-n)-1 instead of 2^(32-n)-2 addresses available for assignment on each IPv4 /n subnet). For small subnets, this is a significant gain; instead of 6 usable host addresses, a /29 would now contain 7, a 16% increase. The reserving of host number 0 for broadcast came about in RFC 1122 from 1989 (page 31, "IP addresses are not permitted to have the value 0 or -1 for any of the <Host-number>, <Network-number>, or <Subnet-number> fields (except in the special cases listed above)" and page 66, "There is a class of hosts [4.2BSD Unix and its derivatives, but not 4.3BSD] that use non-standard broadcast address forms, substituting 0 for -1. All hosts SHOULD recognize and accept any of these non-standard broadcast addresses as the destination address of an incoming datagram."). This has been repeated in subsequent RFCs, always with backwards-compatibility rationales. Network troubles (broadcast storms) ensued when some early hosts on a LAN treated the lowest address as unicast and others treated it as broadcast. Multiple 1989 changes to IP successfully prevented these. The key was adding the layering violation rule requiring hosts to ignore all IP datagrams with unicast destination addresses that were received in low-level (Ethernet) broadcasts. That change is still in effect, and this patchset does not alter it. All operating systems since 4.3BSD, including all the current BSD OSes, now use the standard IP broadcast address. 4.2BSD has been obsolete for more than 30 years, and all modern hosts ignore hardware broadcasts containing unicast IP addresses, so there is no modern likelihood of broadcast storms even when hosts disagree on the unicast vs. broadcast status of a given address. Tests with this patchset show that other Linux hosts on the local segment simply ignore a host numbered with the lowest address, both for incoming and outgoing packet purposes. They don't interoperate with it, but they also don't cause broadcast storms or any other malfunction. If patched, they have no trouble interoperating with a host at the lowest address. Unmodified "distant" hosts that are not on the same segment successfully interoperate, as long as the gateway on the local segment, and the local host itself using the lowest address, have this patch. (Distant hosts have no way of knowing whether a given address is the lowest address in a faraway network segment, so they treat it no differently than any other unicast address.) This means that each local site can change this behavior locally, resulting immediately in global interoperability with the newly usable lowest local address. Modern software and documentation continues to use the definition of the directed, or "net-directed", broadcast address as "a host ID of all one bits". The Internet no longer gets any benefit from having two different broadcast addresses usable on every Ethernet segment. I have not been able to find any documentation that suggests that users or software should ever intentionally use the all-zero form, or that justifies it other than as a historic Berkeleyism. RFCs 1112, 1812, and 3021 state that hosts and routers need to maintain compatibility with the old form -- but they give no rationale other than the past existence of the 4.2BSD behavior. We're happy to provide more historical details or information about behavior of other systems in this regard by e-mail or as future patches to kernel documentation files. ==================== Signed-off-by:
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