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2014-01-15packet: fix send path when running with proto == 0Daniel Borkmann
[ Upstream commit 66e56cd46b93ef407c60adcac62cf33b06119d50 ] Commit e40526cb20b5 introduced a cached dev pointer, that gets hooked into register_prot_hook(), __unregister_prot_hook() to update the device used for the send path. We need to fix this up, as otherwise this will not work with sockets created with protocol = 0, plus with sll_protocol = 0 passed via sockaddr_ll when doing the bind. So instead, assign the pointer directly. The compiler can inline these helper functions automagically. While at it, also assume the cached dev fast-path as likely(), and document this variant of socket creation as it seems it is not widely used (seems not even the author of TX_RING was aware of that in his reference example [1]). Tested with reproducer from e40526cb20b5. [1] http://wiki.ipxwarzone.com/index.php5?title=Linux_packet_mmap#Example Fixes: e40526cb20b5 ("packet: fix use after free race in send path when dev is released") Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com> Tested-by: Salam Noureddine <noureddine@aristanetworks.com> Tested-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2013-04-25packet: doc: update timestamping partDaniel Borkmann
Bring the timestamping section in sync with the implementation. Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com> Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-03-30doc: packet: add minimal TPACKET_V3 example codeDaniel Borkmann
Lost in space for a long time, but it finally came back to us from some ancient code tombs. This patch adds a minimal runnable example of Linux' packet mmap(2) from Chetan Loke's TPACKET_V3. Special thanks to David S. Miller, and also Eric Leblond and Victor Julien! Cc: Eric Leblond <eric@regit.org> Cc: Victor Julien <victor@inliniac.net> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-11-09doc: packet_mmap: update doc to implementation statusDaniel Borkmann
This improves the packet_mmap.txt document in the following ways: * Add initial information about different TPACKET versions * Add initial information about packet fanout * Add pointer to BPF document (since this also could be of interest) * 'Fix' minor, rather cosmetic things Information partially taken from related commit messages. Reported-by: Ronny Meeus <ronny.meeus@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel.borkmann@tik.ee.ethz.ch> Cc: Ulisses Alonso Camaró <uaca@alumni.uv.es> Cc: Johann Baudy <johann.baudy@gnu-log.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-11-07packet: tx_ring: allow the user to choose tx data offsetPaul Chavent
The tx data offset of packet mmap tx ring used to be : (TPACKET2_HDRLEN - sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll)) The problem is that, with SOCK_RAW socket, the payload (14 bytes after the beginning of the user data) is misaligned. This patch allows to let the user gives an offset for it's tx data if he desires. Set sock option PACKET_TX_HAS_OFF to 1, then specify in each frame of your tx ring tp_net for SOCK_DGRAM, or tp_mac for SOCK_RAW. Signed-off-by: Paul Chavent <paul.chavent@onera.fr> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-12-23packet: fix typo in packet_mmap.txtWei Yongjun
Just fixed typo of sample code in packet_mmap.txt Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-03-31Fix common misspellingsLucas De Marchi
Fixes generated by 'codespell' and manually reviewed. Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi>
2010-08-04Merge branch 'for-next' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial * 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (48 commits) Documentation: update broken web addresses. fix comment typo "choosed" -> "chosen" hostap:hostap_hw.c Fix typo in comment Fix spelling contorller -> controller in comments Kconfig.debug: FAIL_IO_TIMEOUT: typo Faul -> Fault fs/Kconfig: Fix typo Userpace -> Userspace Removing dead MACH_U300_BS26 drivers/infiniband: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data fs/ocfs2: Remove unnecessary casts of private_data libfc: use ARRAY_SIZE scsi: bfa: use ARRAY_SIZE drm: i915: use ARRAY_SIZE drm: drm_edid: use ARRAY_SIZE synclink: use ARRAY_SIZE block: cciss: use ARRAY_SIZE comment typo fixes: charater => character fix comment typos concerning "challenge" arm: plat-spear: fix typo in kerneldoc reiserfs: typo comment fix update email address ...
2010-08-04Documentation: update broken web addresses.Justin P. Mattock
Below you will find an updated version from the original series bunching all patches into one big patch updating broken web addresses that are located in Documentation/* Some of the addresses date as far far back as 1995 etc... so searching became a bit difficult, the best way to deal with these is to use web.archive.org to locate these addresses that are outdated. Now there are also some addresses pointing to .spec files some are located, but some(after searching on the companies site)where still no where to be found. In this case I just changed the address to the company site this way the users can contact the company and they can locate them for the users. Signed-off-by: Justin P. Mattock <justinmattock@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Weber <weber@corscience.de> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com> Cc: Paulo Marques <pmarques@grupopie.com> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Cc: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2010-06-02packet_mmap: expose hw packet timestamps to network packet capture utilitiesScott McMillan
This patch adds a setting, PACKET_TIMESTAMP, to specify the packet timestamp source that is exported to capture utilities like tcpdump by packet_mmap. PACKET_TIMESTAMP accepts the same integer bit field as SO_TIMESTAMPING. However, only the SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SYS_HARDWARE and SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RAW_HARDWARE values are currently recognized by PACKET_TIMESTAMP. SOF_TIMESTAMPING_SYS_HARDWARE takes precedence over SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RAW_HARDWARE if both bits are set. If PACKET_TIMESTAMP is not set, a software timestamp generated inside the networking stack is used (the behavior before this setting was added). Signed-off-by: Scott McMillan <scott.a.mcmillan@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-23Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriateFrancis Galiegue
Fix obvious cases of "it's" being used when "its" was meant. Signed-off-by: Francis Galiegue <fgaliegue@gmail.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2010-02-05packet: Kill CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP.David S. Miller
Early on this was an experimental facility that few people other than Alexey Kuznetsov played with. Now it's a pretty fundamental thing and as people add more features to AF_PACKET sockets this config options creates ifdef spaghetti. So kill it off. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-05-18net: TX_RING and packet mmapJohann Baudy
New packet socket feature that makes packet socket more efficient for transmission. - It reduces number of system call through a PACKET_TX_RING mechanism, based on PACKET_RX_RING (Circular buffer allocated in kernel space which is mmapped from user space). - It minimizes CPU copy using fragmented SKB (almost zero copy). Signed-off-by: Johann Baudy <johann.baudy@gnu-log.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-07-26Documentation cleanup: trivial misspelling, punctuation, and grammar ↵Matt LaPlante
corrections. Cc: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-05-09documentation: convert the Documentation directory to UTF-8John Anthony Kazos Jr
Convert files within the Documentation directory to UTF-8. Adrian Bunk: small additional fixes Signed-off-by: John Anthony Kazos Jr. <jakj@j-a-k-j.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-11-30Fix typos in /Documentation : MiscMatt LaPlante
This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some misc words. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-10-03Fix typos in Documentation/: 'N'-'P'Matt LaPlante
This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some words starting with the letters 'N'-'P'. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-10-03Fix typos in Documentation/: 'H'-'M'Matt LaPlante
This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some words starting with the letters 'H'-'M'. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-10-03Fix typos in Documentation/: 'B'-'C'Matt LaPlante
This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. This patch addresses some words starting with the letters 'B'-'C'. There are also a few grammar fixes thrown in for Randy. ;) Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-10-03Fix some typos in Documentation/: 'A'Matt LaPlante
This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. This patch addresses some words starting with the letter 'A'. Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-04-01fix typo "Suposse" -> "Suppose"Uwe Zeisberger
Signed-off-by: Uwe Zeisberger <zeisberg@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-03-24fix typos "wich" -> "which"Uwe Zeisberger
Signed-off-by: Uwe Zeisberger <zeisberg@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2005-04-16Linux-2.6.12-rc2v2.6.12-rc2Linus Torvalds
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history, even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about 3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good infrastructure for it. Let it rip!
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