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Pull networking updates from David Miller:
1) Add VF IPSEC offload support in ixgbe, from Shannon Nelson.
2) Add zero-copy AF_XDP support to i40e, from Björn Töpel.
3) All in-tree drivers are converted to {g,s}et_link_ksettings() so we
can get rid of the {g,s}et_settings ethtool callbacks, from Michal
Kubecek.
4) Add software timestamping to veth driver, from Michael Walle.
5) More work to make packet classifiers and actions lockless, from Vlad
Buslov.
6) Support sticky FDB entries in bridge, from Nikolay Aleksandrov.
7) Add ipv6 version of IP_MULTICAST_ALL sockopt, from Andre Naujoks.
8) Support batching of XDP buffers in vhost_net, from Jason Wang.
9) Add flow dissector BPF hook, from Petar Penkov.
10) i40e vf --> generic iavf conversion, from Jesse Brandeburg.
11) Add NLA_REJECT netlink attribute policy type, to signal when users
provide attributes in situations which don't make sense. From
Johannes Berg.
12) Switch TCP and fair-queue scheduler over to earliest departure time
model. From Eric Dumazet.
13) Improve guest receive performance by doing rx busy polling in tx
path of vhost networking driver, from Tonghao Zhang.
14) Add per-cgroup local storage to bpf
15) Add reference tracking to BPF, from Joe Stringer. The verifier can
now make sure that references taken to objects are properly released
by the program.
16) Support in-place encryption in TLS, from Vakul Garg.
17) Add new taprio packet scheduler, from Vinicius Costa Gomes.
18) Lots of selftests additions, too numerous to mention one by one here
but all of which are very much appreciated.
19) Support offloading of eBPF programs containing BPF to BPF calls in
nfp driver, frm Quentin Monnet.
20) Move dpaa2_ptp driver out of staging, from Yangbo Lu.
21) Lots of u32 classifier cleanups and simplifications, from Al Viro.
22) Add new strict versions of netlink message parsers, and enable them
for some situations. From David Ahern.
23) Evict neighbour entries on carrier down, also from David Ahern.
24) Support BPF sk_msg verdict programs with kTLS, from Daniel Borkmann
and John Fastabend.
25) Add support for filtering route dumps, from David Ahern.
26) New igc Intel driver for 2.5G parts, from Sasha Neftin et al.
27) Allow vxlan enslavement to bridges in mlxsw driver, from Ido
Schimmel.
28) Add queue and stack map types to eBPF, from Mauricio Vasquez B.
29) Add back byte-queue-limit support to r8169, with all the bug fixes
in other areas of the driver it works now! From Florian Westphal and
Heiner Kallweit.
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (2147 commits)
tcp: add tcp_reset_xmit_timer() helper
qed: Fix static checker warning
Revert "be2net: remove desc field from be_eq_obj"
Revert "net: simplify sock_poll_wait"
net: socionext: Reset tx queue in ndo_stop
net: socionext: Add dummy PHY register read in phy_write()
net: socionext: Stop PHY before resetting netsec
net: stmmac: Set OWN bit for jumbo frames
arm64: dts: stratix10: Support Ethernet Jumbo frame
tls: Add maintainers
net: ethernet: ti: cpsw: unsync mcast entries while switch promisc mode
octeontx2-af: Support for NIXLF's UCAST/PROMISC/ALLMULTI modes
octeontx2-af: Support for setting MAC address
octeontx2-af: Support for changing RSS algorithm
octeontx2-af: NIX Rx flowkey configuration for RSS
octeontx2-af: Install ucast and bcast pkt forwarding rules
octeontx2-af: Add LMAC channel info to NIXLF_ALLOC response
octeontx2-af: NPC MCAM and LDATA extract minimal configuration
octeontx2-af: Enable packet length and csum validation
octeontx2-af: Support for VTAG strip and capture
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This directory attempts to document the ABI between the Linux kernel and userspace, and the relative stability of these interfaces. Due to the everchanging nature of Linux, and the differing maturity levels, these interfaces should be used by userspace programs in different ways. We have four different levels of ABI stability, as shown by the four different subdirectories in this location. Interfaces may change levels of stability according to the rules described below. The different levels of stability are: stable/ This directory documents the interfaces that the developer has defined to be stable. Userspace programs are free to use these interfaces with no restrictions, and backward compatibility for them will be guaranteed for at least 2 years. Most interfaces (like syscalls) are expected to never change and always be available. testing/ This directory documents interfaces that are felt to be stable, as the main development of this interface has been completed. The interface can be changed to add new features, but the current interface will not break by doing this, unless grave errors or security problems are found in them. Userspace programs can start to rely on these interfaces, but they must be aware of changes that can occur before these interfaces move to be marked stable. Programs that use these interfaces are strongly encouraged to add their name to the description of these interfaces, so that the kernel developers can easily notify them if any changes occur (see the description of the layout of the files below for details on how to do this.) obsolete/ This directory documents interfaces that are still remaining in the kernel, but are marked to be removed at some later point in time. The description of the interface will document the reason why it is obsolete and when it can be expected to be removed. removed/ This directory contains a list of the old interfaces that have been removed from the kernel. Every file in these directories will contain the following information: What: Short description of the interface Date: Date created KernelVersion: Kernel version this feature first showed up in. Contact: Primary contact for this interface (may be a mailing list) Description: Long description of the interface and how to use it. Users: All users of this interface who wish to be notified when it changes. This is very important for interfaces in the "testing" stage, so that kernel developers can work with userspace developers to ensure that things do not break in ways that are unacceptable. It is also important to get feedback for these interfaces to make sure they are working in a proper way and do not need to be changed further. How things move between levels: Interfaces in stable may move to obsolete, as long as the proper notification is given. Interfaces may be removed from obsolete and the kernel as long as the documented amount of time has gone by. Interfaces in the testing state can move to the stable state when the developers feel they are finished. They cannot be removed from the kernel tree without going through the obsolete state first. It's up to the developer to place their interfaces in the category they wish for it to start out in. Notable bits of non-ABI, which should not under any circumstances be considered stable: - Kconfig. Userspace should not rely on the presence or absence of any particular Kconfig symbol, in /proc/config.gz, in the copy of .config commonly installed to /boot, or in any invocation of the kernel build process. - Kernel-internal symbols. Do not rely on the presence, absence, location, or type of any kernel symbol, either in System.map files or the kernel binary itself. See Documentation/process/stable-api-nonsense.rst.