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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-07-18 19:32:54 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-07-18 19:32:54 -0700
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Pull networking fixes from David Miller: "Lots of fixes, here goes: 1) NULL deref in qtnfmac, from Gustavo A. R. Silva. 2) Kernel oops when fw download fails in rtlwifi, from Ping-Ke Shih. 3) Lost completion messages in AF_XDP, from Magnus Karlsson. 4) Correct bogus self-assignment in rhashtable, from Rishabh Bhatnagar. 5) Fix regression in ipv6 route append handling, from David Ahern. 6) Fix masking in __set_phy_supported(), from Heiner Kallweit. 7) Missing module owner set in x_tables icmp, from Florian Westphal. 8) liquidio's timeouts are HZ dependent, fix from Nicholas Mc Guire. 9) Link setting fixes for sh_eth and ravb, from Vladimir Zapolskiy. 10) Fix NULL deref when using chains in act_csum, from Davide Caratti. 11) XDP_REDIRECT needs to check if the interface is up and whether the MTU is sufficient. From Toshiaki Makita. 12) Net diag can do a double free when killing TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV connections, from Lorenzo Colitti. 13) nf_defrag in ipv6 can unnecessarily hold onto dst entries for a full minute, delaying device unregister. From Eric Dumazet. 14) Update MAC entries in the correct order in ixgbe, from Alexander Duyck. 15) Don't leave partial mangles bpf program in jit_subprogs, from Daniel Borkmann. 16) Fix pfmemalloc SKB state propagation, from Stefano Brivio. 17) Fix ACK handling in DCTCP congestion control, from Yuchung Cheng. 18) Use after free in tun XDP_TX, from Toshiaki Makita. 19) Stale ipv6 header pointer in ipv6 gre code, from Prashant Bhole. 20) Don't reuse remainder of RX page when XDP is set in mlx4, from Saeed Mahameed. 21) Fix window probe handling of TCP rapair sockets, from Stefan Baranoff. 22) Missing socket locking in smc_ioctl(), from Ursula Braun. 23) IPV6_ILA needs DST_CACHE, from Arnd Bergmann. 24) Spectre v1 fix in cxgb3, from Gustavo A. R. Silva. 25) Two spots in ipv6 do a rol32() on a hash value but ignore the result. Fixes from Colin Ian King" * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net: (176 commits) tcp: identify cryptic messages as TCP seq # bugs ptp: fix missing break in switch hv_netvsc: Fix napi reschedule while receive completion is busy MAINTAINERS: Drop inactive Vitaly Bordug's email net: cavium: Add fine-granular dependencies on PCI net: qca_spi: Fix log level if probe fails net: qca_spi: Make sure the QCA7000 reset is triggered net: qca_spi: Avoid packet drop during initial sync ipv6: fix useless rol32 call on hash ipv6: sr: fix useless rol32 call on hash net: sched: Using NULL instead of plain integer net: usb: asix: replace mii_nway_restart in resume path net: cxgb3_main: fix potential Spectre v1 lib/rhashtable: consider param->min_size when setting initial table size net/smc: reset recv timeout after clc handshake net/smc: add error handling for get_user() net/smc: optimize consumer cursor updates net/nfc: Avoid stalls when nfc_alloc_send_skb() returned NULL. ipv6: ila: select CONFIG_DST_CACHE net: usb: rtl8150: demote allmulti message to dev_dbg() ...
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@@ -47,41 +47,45 @@ Driver Configuration Parameters
The default value for each parameter is generally the recommended setting,
unless otherwise noted.
-Rx Descriptors: Number of receive descriptors. A receive descriptor is a data
+Rx Descriptors:
+ Number of receive descriptors. A receive descriptor is a data
structure that describes a receive buffer and its attributes to the network
controller. The data in the descriptor is used by the controller to write
data from the controller to host memory. In the 3.x.x driver the valid range
for this parameter is 64-256. The default value is 256. This parameter can be
changed using the command::
- ethtool -G eth? rx n
+ ethtool -G eth? rx n
Where n is the number of desired Rx descriptors.
-Tx Descriptors: Number of transmit descriptors. A transmit descriptor is a data
+Tx Descriptors:
+ Number of transmit descriptors. A transmit descriptor is a data
structure that describes a transmit buffer and its attributes to the network
controller. The data in the descriptor is used by the controller to read
data from the host memory to the controller. In the 3.x.x driver the valid
range for this parameter is 64-256. The default value is 128. This parameter
can be changed using the command::
- ethtool -G eth? tx n
+ ethtool -G eth? tx n
Where n is the number of desired Tx descriptors.
-Speed/Duplex: The driver auto-negotiates the link speed and duplex settings by
+Speed/Duplex:
+ The driver auto-negotiates the link speed and duplex settings by
default. The ethtool utility can be used as follows to force speed/duplex.::
- ethtool -s eth? autoneg off speed {10|100} duplex {full|half}
+ ethtool -s eth? autoneg off speed {10|100} duplex {full|half}
NOTE: setting the speed/duplex to incorrect values will cause the link to
fail.
-Event Log Message Level: The driver uses the message level flag to log events
+Event Log Message Level:
+ The driver uses the message level flag to log events
to syslog. The message level can be set at driver load time. It can also be
set using the command::
- ethtool -s eth? msglvl n
+ ethtool -s eth? msglvl n
Additional Configurations
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ Configuring the Driver on Different Distributions
Configuring a network driver to load properly when the system is started
is distribution dependent. Typically, the configuration process involves
-adding an alias line to /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf as well as editing other
+adding an alias line to `/etc/modprobe.d/*.conf` as well as editing other
system startup scripts and/or configuration files. Many popular Linux
distributions ship with tools to make these changes for you. To learn
the proper way to configure a network device for your system, refer to
@@ -160,7 +164,10 @@ This results in unbalanced receive traffic.
If you have multiple interfaces in a server, either turn on ARP
filtering by
-(1) entering:: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/arp_filter
+(1) entering::
+
+ echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/arp_filter
+
(this only works if your kernel's version is higher than 2.4.5), or
(2) installing the interfaces in separate broadcast domains (either