linux/drivers/net/ppp
Eric Dumazet 0287587884 net: better IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE support
Testing xmit_more support with netperf and connected UDP sockets,
I found strange dst refcount false sharing.

Current handling of IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE is not optimal.

Dropping dst in validate_xmit_skb() is certainly too late in case
packet was queued by cpu X but dequeued by cpu Y

The logical point to take care of drop/force is in __dev_queue_xmit()
before even taking qdisc lock.

As Julian Anastasov pointed out, need for skb_dst() might come from some
packet schedulers or classifiers.

This patch adds new helper to cleanly express needs of various drivers
or qdiscs/classifiers.

Drivers that need skb_dst() in their ndo_start_xmit() should call
following helper in their setup instead of the prior :

	dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
->
	netif_keep_dst(dev);

Instead of using a single bit, we use two bits, one being
eventually rebuilt in bonding/team drivers.

The other one, is permanent and blocks IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE being
rebuilt in bonding/team. Eventually, we could add something
smarter later.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2014-10-07 13:22:11 -04:00
..
bsd_comp.c
Kconfig tty/serial patches for 3.9-rc1 2013-02-21 13:41:04 -08:00
Makefile
ppp_async.c tty: Fix recursive deadlock in tty_perform_flush() 2013-03-18 16:52:24 -07:00
ppp_deflate.c ppp: Change copyright notices from ANU to me 2012-03-04 20:41:38 -05:00
ppp_generic.c net: better IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE support 2014-10-07 13:22:11 -04:00
ppp_mppe.c drivers/net/*: Fix FSF address in file headers 2013-12-06 12:37:55 -05:00
ppp_mppe.h
ppp_synctty.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2013-05-01 14:08:52 -07:00
pppoe.c net: pppoe: use correct channel MTU when using Multilink PPP 2014-07-14 14:35:46 -07:00
pppox.c ppp: Replace uses of <linux/if_ppp.h> with <linux/ppp-ioctl.h> 2012-03-04 20:41:38 -05:00
pptp.c inetpeer: get rid of ip_id_count 2014-06-02 11:00:41 -07:00