linux/net
Eric W. Biederman 9c62a68d13 netpoll: Remove dead packet receive code (CONFIG_NETPOLL_TRAP)
The netpoll packet receive code only becomes active if the netpoll
rx_skb_hook is implemented, and there is not a single implementation
of the netpoll rx_skb_hook in the kernel.

All of the out of tree implementations I have found all call
netpoll_poll which was removed from the kernel in 2011, so this
change should not add any additional breakage.

There are problems with the netpoll packet receive code.  __netpoll_rx
does not call dev_kfree_skb_irq or dev_kfree_skb_any in hard irq
context.  netpoll_neigh_reply leaks every skb it receives.  Reception
of packets does not work successfully on stacked devices (aka bonding,
team, bridge, and vlans).

Given that the netpoll packet receive code is buggy, there are no
out of tree users that will be merged soon, and the code has
not been used for in tree for a decade let's just remove it.

Reverting this commit can server as a starting point for anyone
who wants to resurrect netpoll packet reception support.

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2014-03-17 15:48:12 -04:00
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9p 9p/trans_virtio.c: Fix broken zero-copy on vmalloc() buffers 2014-02-10 17:48:54 -08:00
802 neigh: use NEIGH_VAR_INIT in ndo_neigh_setup functions. 2014-01-16 11:31:58 -08:00
8021q net: Replace u64_stats_fetch_begin_bh to u64_stats_fetch_begin_irq 2014-03-14 22:41:36 -04:00
appletalk appletalk: fix checkpatch error with indent 2014-02-14 16:18:32 -05:00
atm net: Fix some fallout from the etner_addr_copy() changes. 2014-01-21 18:57:26 -08:00
ax25 net: add build-time checks for msg->msg_name size 2014-01-18 23:04:16 -08:00
batman-adv Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-02-19 01:24:22 -05:00
bluetooth Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem 2014-03-13 14:21:43 -04:00
bridge net: Replace u64_stats_fetch_begin_bh to u64_stats_fetch_begin_irq 2014-03-14 22:41:36 -04:00
caif net: Include appropriate header file in caif/cfsrvl.c 2014-02-09 17:32:49 -08:00
can can: remove CAN FD compatibility for CAN 2.0 sockets 2014-03-03 14:29:52 +01:00
ceph net: remove unnecessary return's 2014-02-13 18:33:38 -05:00
core netpoll: Remove dead packet receive code (CONFIG_NETPOLL_TRAP) 2014-03-17 15:48:12 -04:00
dcb dcb: use __dev_get_by_name instead of dev_get_by_name to find interface 2014-01-14 18:50:46 -08:00
dccp dccp: re-enable debug macro 2014-02-16 23:45:00 -05:00
decnet net: Move prototype declaration to header file include/net/dn.h from net/decnet/af_decnet.c 2014-02-09 17:32:49 -08:00
dns_resolver net/*: Fix FSF address in file headers 2013-12-06 12:37:57 -05:00
dsa dsa: Use ether_addr_copy 2014-01-21 18:13:05 -08:00
ethernet net: eth_type_trans() should use skb_header_pointer() 2014-01-16 15:30:31 -08:00
hsr Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-03-05 20:32:02 -05:00
ieee802154 ieee802154: add proper length checks to header creations 2014-03-14 22:15:26 -04:00
ipv4 Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf-next 2014-03-17 15:06:24 -04:00
ipv6 net: Replace u64_stats_fetch_begin_bh to u64_stats_fetch_begin_irq 2014-03-14 22:41:36 -04:00
ipx ipx: implement shutdown() 2014-02-12 19:26:32 -05:00
irda net: add build-time checks for msg->msg_name size 2014-01-18 23:04:16 -08:00
iucv net: rework recvmsg handler msg_name and msg_namelen logic 2013-11-20 21:52:30 -05:00
key pfkey: fix SADB_X_EXT_FILTER length check 2014-02-21 06:40:54 +01:00
l2tp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-03-14 22:31:55 -04:00
lapb
llc llc: remove noisy WARN from llc_mac_hdr_init 2014-01-28 18:01:32 -08:00
mac80211 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-03-14 22:31:55 -04:00
mac802154 ieee802154: add proper length checks to header creations 2014-03-14 22:15:26 -04:00
mpls ipip: add GSO/TSO support 2013-10-19 19:36:19 -04:00
netfilter Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf-next 2014-03-17 15:06:24 -04:00
netlabel netlabel: Fix FSF address in file headers 2013-12-06 12:37:56 -05:00
netlink netlink: autosize skb lengthes 2014-03-10 13:56:26 -04:00
netrom net: add build-time checks for msg->msg_name size 2014-01-18 23:04:16 -08:00
nfc NFC: NCI: Fix NULL pointer dereference 2014-02-23 23:14:45 +01:00
openvswitch net: Replace u64_stats_fetch_begin_bh to u64_stats_fetch_begin_irq 2014-03-14 22:41:36 -04:00
packet packet: allow to transmit +4 byte in TX_RING slot for VLAN case 2014-02-28 16:52:02 -05:00
phonet net: add build-time checks for msg->msg_name size 2014-01-18 23:04:16 -08:00
rds net: add build-time checks for msg->msg_name size 2014-01-18 23:04:16 -08:00
rfkill net: rfkill: move poll work to power efficient workqueue 2014-02-04 21:58:16 +01:00
rose net: add build-time checks for msg->msg_name size 2014-01-18 23:04:16 -08:00
rxrpc af_rxrpc: Keep rxrpc_call pointers in a hashtable 2014-03-04 10:36:53 +00:00
sched Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-03-14 22:31:55 -04:00
sctp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-03-14 22:31:55 -04:00
sunrpc NFS client bugfixes for Linux 3.14 2014-02-19 12:13:02 -08:00
tipc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-03-14 22:31:55 -04:00
unix net: unix socket code abuses csum_partial 2014-03-06 16:19:33 -05:00
vmw_vsock net: add build-time checks for msg->msg_name size 2014-01-18 23:04:16 -08:00
wimax wimax: remove dead code 2013-11-21 13:09:42 -05:00
wireless Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-03-14 22:31:55 -04:00
x25 net: add build-time checks for msg->msg_name size 2014-01-18 23:04:16 -08:00
xfrm flowcache: Fix resource leaks on namespace exit. 2014-03-12 15:31:18 -04:00
compat.c x86, x32: Correct invalid use of user timespec in the kernel 2014-01-30 18:44:13 -08:00
Kconfig net: netprio: rename config to be more consistent with cgroup configs 2014-01-03 23:41:42 +01:00
Makefile net: move 6lowpan compression code to separate module 2014-01-15 15:36:38 -08:00
nonet.c
socket.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-03-14 22:31:55 -04:00
sysctl_net.c