user/sven/linux.git/include/linux/inetdevice.h, branch v3.9.8

ipv4: introduce address lifetime

2013-01-29T18:59:57Z

There are some usecase when lifetime of ipv4 addresses might be helpful. For example: 1) initramfs networkmanager uses a DHCP daemon to learn network configuration parameters 2) initramfs networkmanager addresses, routes and DNS configuration 3) initramfs networkmanager is requested to stop 4) initramfs networkmanager stops all daemons including dhclient 5) there are addresses and routes configured but no daemon running. If the system doesn't start networkmanager for some reason, addresses and routes will be used forever, which violates RFC 2131. This patch is essentially a backport of ivp6 address lifetime mechanism for ipv4 addresses. Current "ip" tool supports this without any patch (since it does not distinguish between ipv4 and ipv6 addresses in this perspective. Also, this should be back-compatible with all current netlink users. Reported-by: Pavel Šimerda Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

netconf: advertise mc_forwarding status

2012-12-04T18:08:10Z

This patch advertise the MC_FORWARDING status for IPv4 and IPv6. This field is readonly, only multicast engine in the kernel updates it. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

ipv4: Introduce IN_DEV_NET_ROUTE_LOCALNET

2012-08-04T08:27:57Z

performance profiles show a high cost in the IN_DEV_ROUTE_LOCALNET() call done in ip_route_input_slow(), because of multiple dereferences, even if cache lines are clean and available in cpu caches. Since we already have the 'net' pointer, introduce IN_DEV_NET_ROUTE_LOCALNET() macro avoiding two dereferences (dev_net(in_dev->dev)) Also change the tests to use IN_DEV_NET_ROUTE_LOCALNET() only if saddr or/and daddr are loopback addresse. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

ipv4: Add interface option to enable routing of 127.0.0.0/8

2012-06-12T22:25:46Z

Routing of 127/8 is tradtionally forbidden, we consider packets from that address block martian when routing and do not process corresponding ARP requests. This is a sane default but renders a huge address space practically unuseable. The RFC states that no address within the 127/8 block should ever appear on any network anywhere but it does not forbid the use of such addresses outside of the loopback device in particular. For example to address a pool of virtual guests behind a load balancer. This patch adds a new interface option 'route_localnet' enabling routing of the 127/8 address block and processing of ARP requests on a specific interface. Note that for the feature to work, the default local route covering 127/8 dev lo needs to be removed. Example: $ sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.eth0.route_localnet=1 $ ip route del 127.0.0.0/8 dev lo table local $ ip addr add 127.1.0.1/16 dev eth0 $ ip route flush cache V2: Fix invalid check to auto flush cache (thanks davem) Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf Acked-by: Neil Horman Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

arp: allow arp processing to honor per interface arp_accept sysctl

2012-03-17T06:00:20Z

I found recently that the arp_process function which handles all of our received arp frames, is using IPV4_DEVCONF_ALL macro to check the state of the arp_process flag. This seems wrong, as it implies that either none or all of the network interfaces accept gratuitous arps. This patch corrects that, allowing per-interface arp_accept configuration to deviate from the all setting. Note this also brings us into line with the way the arp_filter setting is handled during arp_process execution. Tested this myself on my home network, and confirmed it works as expected. Signed-off-by: Neil Horman CC: "David S. Miller" Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

ipv4: Add hash table of interface addresses.

2011-02-18T20:42:28Z

This will be used to optimize __ip_dev_find() and friends. With help from Eric Dumazet. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

__in_dev_get_rtnl() can use rtnl_dereference()

2010-12-06T20:59:05Z

If caller holds RTNL, we dont need a memory barrier (smp_read_barrier_depends) included in rcu_dereference(). Just use rtnl_dereference() to properly document the assertions. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

inet: Define IPV4_DEVCONF_MAX

2010-11-17T19:28:25Z

Define IPV4_DEVCONF_MAX to get rid of MAX - 1 notation. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

igmp: RCU conversion of in_dev->mc_list

2010-11-12T21:18:57Z

in_dev->mc_list is protected by one rwlock (in_dev->mc_list_lock). This can easily be converted to a RCU protection. Writers hold RTNL, so mc_list_lock is removed, not replaced by a spinlock. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Cc: Cypher Wu Cc: Américo Wang Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

ipv4: introduce __ip_dev_find()

2010-10-01T04:16:05Z

ip_dev_find(net, addr) finds a device given an IPv4 source address and takes a reference on it. Introduce __ip_dev_find(), taking a third argument, to optionally take the device reference. Callers not asking the reference to be taken should be in an rcu_read_lock() protected section. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Signed-off-by: David S. Miller