<feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom'>
<title>user/sven/linux.git/net/tipc/node.h, branch v4.4.159</title>
<subtitle>Linux Kernel
</subtitle>
<id>https://git.stealer.net/cgit.cgi/user/sven/linux.git/atom?h=v4.4.159</id>
<link rel='self' href='https://git.stealer.net/cgit.cgi/user/sven/linux.git/atom?h=v4.4.159'/>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.stealer.net/cgit.cgi/user/sven/linux.git/'/>
<updated>2015-10-24T13:56:47Z</updated>
<entry>
<title>tipc: clean up unused code and structures</title>
<updated>2015-10-24T13:56:47Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jon Paul Maloy</name>
<email>jon.maloy@ericsson.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-10-22T12:51:48Z</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.stealer.net/cgit.cgi/user/sven/linux.git/commit/?id=2af5ae372a4b6d6e2d3314af0e9c865d6d64f8d3'/>
<id>urn:sha1:2af5ae372a4b6d6e2d3314af0e9c865d6d64f8d3</id>
<content type='text'>
After the previous changes in this series, we can now remove some
unused code and structures, both in the broadcast, link aggregation
and link code.

There are no functional changes in this commit.

Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ying Xue &lt;ying.xue@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tipc: let broadcast packet reception use new link receive function</title>
<updated>2015-10-24T13:56:37Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jon Paul Maloy</name>
<email>jon.maloy@ericsson.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-10-22T12:51:41Z</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.stealer.net/cgit.cgi/user/sven/linux.git/commit/?id=5266698661401afc5e4a1a521cf9ba10724d10dd'/>
<id>urn:sha1:5266698661401afc5e4a1a521cf9ba10724d10dd</id>
<content type='text'>
The code path for receiving broadcast packets is currently distinct
from the unicast path. This leads to unnecessary code and data
duplication, something that can be avoided with some effort.

We now introduce separate per-peer tipc_link instances for handling
broadcast packet reception. Each receive link keeps a pointer to the
common, single, broadcast link instance, and can hence handle release
and retransmission of send buffers as if they belonged to the own
instance.

Furthermore, we let each unicast link instance keep a reference to both
the pertaining broadcast receive link, and to the common send link.
This makes it possible for the unicast links to easily access data for
broadcast link synchronization, as well as for carrying acknowledges for
received broadcast packets.

Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ying Xue &lt;ying.xue@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tipc: introduce capability bit for broadcast synchronization</title>
<updated>2015-10-24T13:56:35Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jon Paul Maloy</name>
<email>jon.maloy@ericsson.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-10-22T12:51:40Z</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.stealer.net/cgit.cgi/user/sven/linux.git/commit/?id=fd556f209af53b9cdc45df8c467feb235376c4df'/>
<id>urn:sha1:fd556f209af53b9cdc45df8c467feb235376c4df</id>
<content type='text'>
Until now, we have tried to support both the newer, dedicated broadcast
synchronization mechanism along with the older, less safe, RESET_MSG/
ACTIVATE_MSG based one. The latter method has turned out to be a hazard
in a highly dynamic cluster, so we find it safer to disable it completely
when we find that the former mechanism is supported by the peer node.

For this purpose, we now introduce a new capabability bit,
TIPC_BCAST_SYNCH, to inform any peer nodes that dedicated broadcast
syncronization is supported by the present node. The new bit is conveyed
between peers in the 'capabilities' field of neighbor discovery messages.

Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ying Xue &lt;ying.xue@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tipc: remove implicit message delivery in node_unlock()</title>
<updated>2015-07-31T00:25:14Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jon Paul Maloy</name>
<email>jon.maloy@ericsson.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-07-30T22:24:24Z</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.stealer.net/cgit.cgi/user/sven/linux.git/commit/?id=23d8335d786472021b5c733f228c7074208dcfa0'/>
<id>urn:sha1:23d8335d786472021b5c733f228c7074208dcfa0</id>
<content type='text'>
After the most recent changes, all access calls to a link which
may entail addition of messages to the link's input queue are
postpended by an explicit call to tipc_sk_rcv(), using a reference
to the correct queue.

This means that the potentially hazardous implicit delivery, using
tipc_node_unlock() in combination with a binary flag and a cached
queue pointer, now has become redundant.

This commit removes this implicit delivery mechanism both for regular
data messages and for binding table update messages.

Tested-by: Ying Xue &lt;ying.xue@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tipc: move received discovery data evaluation inside node.c</title>
<updated>2015-07-31T00:25:14Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jon Paul Maloy</name>
<email>jon.maloy@ericsson.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-07-30T22:24:22Z</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.stealer.net/cgit.cgi/user/sven/linux.git/commit/?id=cf148816acb6def45474001302368eb472995e62'/>
<id>urn:sha1:cf148816acb6def45474001302368eb472995e62</id>
<content type='text'>
The node lock is currently grabbed and and released in the function
tipc_disc_rcv() in the file discover.c. As a preparation for the next
commits, we need to move this node lock handling, along with the code
area it is covering, to node.c.

This commit introduces this change.

Tested-by: Ying Xue &lt;ying.xue@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tipc: move link synch and failover to link aggregation level</title>
<updated>2015-07-31T00:25:14Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jon Paul Maloy</name>
<email>jon.maloy@ericsson.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-07-30T22:24:19Z</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.stealer.net/cgit.cgi/user/sven/linux.git/commit/?id=6e498158a827fd515b514842e9a06bdf0f75ab86'/>
<id>urn:sha1:6e498158a827fd515b514842e9a06bdf0f75ab86</id>
<content type='text'>
Link failover and synchronization have until now been handled by the
links themselves, forcing them to have knowledge about and to access
parallel links in order to make the two algorithms work correctly.

In this commit, we move the control part of this functionality to the
link aggregation level in node.c, which is the right location for this.
As a result, the two algorithms become easier to follow, and the link
implementation becomes simpler.

Tested-by: Ying Xue &lt;ying.xue@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tipc: extend node FSM</title>
<updated>2015-07-31T00:25:13Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jon Paul Maloy</name>
<email>jon.maloy@ericsson.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-07-30T22:24:18Z</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.stealer.net/cgit.cgi/user/sven/linux.git/commit/?id=66996b6c47ed7f6bbb01a768e23fae262c7db8e0'/>
<id>urn:sha1:66996b6c47ed7f6bbb01a768e23fae262c7db8e0</id>
<content type='text'>
In the next commit, we will move link synch/failover orchestration to
the link aggregation level. In order to do this, we first need to extend
the node FSM with two more states, NODE_SYNCHING and NODE_FAILINGOVER,
plus four new events to enter and leave those states.

This commit introduces this change, without yet making use of it.
The node FSM now looks as follows:

                           +-----------------------------------------+
                           |                            PEER_DOWN_EVT|
                           |                                         |
  +------------------------+----------------+                        |
  |SELF_DOWN_EVT           |                |                        |
  |                        |                |                        |
  |              +-----------+          +-----------+                |
  |              |NODE_      |          |NODE_      |                |
  |   +----------|FAILINGOVER|&lt;---------|SYNCHING   |------------+   |
  |   |SELF_     +-----------+ FAILOVER_+-----------+    PEER_   |   |
  |   |DOWN_EVT   |         A  BEGIN_EVT A         |     DOWN_EVT|   |
  |   |           |         |            |         |             |   |
  |   |           |         |            |         |             |   |
  |   |           |FAILOVER_|FAILOVER_   |SYNCH_   |SYNCH_       |   |
  |   |           |END_EVT  |BEGIN_EVT   |BEGIN_EVT|END_EVT      |   |
  |   |           |         |            |         |             |   |
  |   |           |         |            |         |             |   |
  |   |           |        +--------------+        |             |   |
  |   |           +-------&gt;|   SELF_UP_   |&lt;-------+             |   |
  |   |   +----------------|   PEER_UP    |------------------+   |   |
  |   |   |SELF_DOWN_EVT   +--------------+     PEER_DOWN_EVT|   |   |
  |   |   |                   A          A                   |   |   |
  |   |   |                   |          |                   |   |   |
  |   |   |        PEER_UP_EVT|          |SELF_UP_EVT        |   |   |
  |   |   |                   |          |                   |   |   |
  V   V   V                   |          |                   V   V   V
+------------+       +-----------+    +-----------+       +------------+
|SELF_DOWN_  |       |SELF_UP_   |    |PEER_UP_   |       |PEER_DOWN   |
|PEER_LEAVING|&lt;------|PEER_COMING|    |SELF_COMING|------&gt;|SELF_LEAVING|
+------------+ SELF_ +-----------+    +-----------+ PEER_ +------------+
       |       DOWN_EVT       A          A          DOWN_EVT     |
       |                      |          |                       |
       |                      |          |                       |
       |           SELF_UP_EVT|          |PEER_UP_EVT            |
       |                      |          |                       |
       |                      |          |                       |
       |PEER_DOWN_EVT       +--------------+        SELF_DOWN_EVT|
       +-------------------&gt;|  SELF_DOWN_  |&lt;--------------------+
                            |  PEER_DOWN   |
                            +--------------+

Tested-by: Ying Xue &lt;ying.xue@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tipc: move all link_reset() calls to link aggregation level</title>
<updated>2015-07-31T00:25:13Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jon Paul Maloy</name>
<email>jon.maloy@ericsson.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-07-30T22:24:16Z</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.stealer.net/cgit.cgi/user/sven/linux.git/commit/?id=6144a996a65199480eed7521c1c50590c282e78e'/>
<id>urn:sha1:6144a996a65199480eed7521c1c50590c282e78e</id>
<content type='text'>
In line with our effort to let the node level have full control over
its links, we want to move all link reset calls from link.c to node.c.
Some of the calls can be moved by simply moving the calling function,
when this is the right thing to do. For the remaining calls we use
the now established technique of returning a TIPC_LINK_DOWN_EVT
flag from tipc_link_rcv(), whereafter we perform the reset call when
the call returns.

This change serves as a preparation for the coming commits.

Tested-by: Ying Xue &lt;ying.xue@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tipc: reduce locking scope during packet reception</title>
<updated>2015-07-21T03:41:16Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jon Paul Maloy</name>
<email>jon.maloy@ericsson.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-07-16T20:54:31Z</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.stealer.net/cgit.cgi/user/sven/linux.git/commit/?id=d999297c3dbbe7fdd832f7fa4ec84301e170b3e6'/>
<id>urn:sha1:d999297c3dbbe7fdd832f7fa4ec84301e170b3e6</id>
<content type='text'>
We convert packet/message reception according to the same principle
we have been using for message sending and timeout handling:

We move the function tipc_rcv() to node.c, hence handling the initial
packet reception at the link aggregation level. The function grabs
the node lock, selects the receiving link, and accesses it via a new
call tipc_link_rcv(). This function appends buffers to the input
queue for delivery upwards, but it may also append outgoing packets
to the xmit queue, just as we do during regular message sending. The
latter will happen when buffers are forwarded from the link backlog,
or when retransmission is requested.

Upon return of this function, and after having released the node lock,
tipc_rcv() delivers/tranmsits the contents of those queues, but it may
also perform actions such as link activation or reset, as indicated by
the return flags from the link.

This reduces the number of cpu cycles spent inside the node spinlock,
and reduces contention on that lock.

Reviewed-by: Ying Xue &lt;ying.xue@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tipc: introduce node contact FSM</title>
<updated>2015-07-21T03:41:16Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jon Paul Maloy</name>
<email>jon.maloy@ericsson.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-07-16T20:54:30Z</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.stealer.net/cgit.cgi/user/sven/linux.git/commit/?id=1a20cc254e60e79929ef7edb5cf784df86b46e42'/>
<id>urn:sha1:1a20cc254e60e79929ef7edb5cf784df86b46e42</id>
<content type='text'>
The logics for determining when a node is permitted to establish
and maintain contact with its peer node becomes non-trivial in the
presence of multiple parallel links that may come and go independently.

A known failure scenario is that one endpoint registers both its links
to the peer lost, cleans up it binding table, and prepares for a table
update once contact is re-establihed, while the other endpoint may
see its links reset and re-established one by one, hence seeing
no need to re-synchronize the binding table. To avoid this, a node
must not allow re-establishing contact until it has confirmation that
even the peer has lost both links.

Currently, the mechanism for handling this consists of setting and
resetting two state flags from different locations in the code. This
solution is hard to understand and maintain. A closer analysis even
reveals that it is not completely safe.

In this commit we do instead introduce an FSM that keeps track of
the conditions for when the node can establish and maintain links.
It has six states and four events, and is strictly based on explicit
knowledge about the own node's and the peer node's contact states.
Only events leading to state change are shown as edges in the figure
below.

                             +--------------+
                             | SELF_UP/     |
           +----------------&gt;| PEER_COMING  |-----------------+
    SELF_  |                 +--------------+                 |PEER_
    ESTBL_ |                        |                         |ESTBL_
    CONTACT|      SELF_LOST_CONTACT |                         |CONTACT
           |                        v                         |
           |                 +--------------+                 |
           |      PEER_      | SELF_DOWN/   |     SELF_       |
           |      LOST_   +--| PEER_LEAVING |&lt;--+ LOST_       v
+-------------+   CONTACT |  +--------------+   | CONTACT  +-----------+
| SELF_DOWN/  |&lt;----------+                     +----------| SELF_UP/  |
| PEER_DOWN   |&lt;----------+                     +----------| PEER_UP   |
+-------------+   SELF_   |  +--------------+   | PEER_    +-----------+
           |      LOST_   +--| SELF_LEAVING/|&lt;--+ LOST_       A
           |      CONTACT    | PEER_DOWN    |     CONTACT     |
           |                 +--------------+                 |
           |                         A                        |
    PEER_  |       PEER_LOST_CONTACT |                        |SELF_
    ESTBL_ |                         |                        |ESTBL_
    CONTACT|                 +--------------+                 |CONTACT
           +----------------&gt;| PEER_UP/     |-----------------+
                             | SELF_COMING  |
                             +--------------+

Reviewed-by: Ying Xue &lt;ying.xue@windriver.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy &lt;jon.maloy@ericsson.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
</content>
</entry>
</feed>
