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Linus Torvalds 35a9ad8af0 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next
Pull networking updates from David Miller:
 "Most notable changes in here:

   1) By far the biggest accomplishment, thanks to a large range of
      contributors, is the addition of multi-send for transmit.  This is
      the result of discussions back in Chicago, and the hard work of
      several individuals.

      Now, when the ->ndo_start_xmit() method of a driver sees
      skb->xmit_more as true, it can choose to defer the doorbell
      telling the driver to start processing the new TX queue entires.

      skb->xmit_more means that the generic networking is guaranteed to
      call the driver immediately with another SKB to send.

      There is logic added to the qdisc layer to dequeue multiple
      packets at a time, and the handling mis-predicted offloads in
      software is now done with no locks held.

      Finally, pktgen is extended to have a "burst" parameter that can
      be used to test a multi-send implementation.

      Several drivers have xmit_more support: i40e, igb, ixgbe, mlx4,
      virtio_net

      Adding support is almost trivial, so export more drivers to
      support this optimization soon.

      I want to thank, in no particular or implied order, Jesper
      Dangaard Brouer, Eric Dumazet, Alexander Duyck, Tom Herbert, Jamal
      Hadi Salim, John Fastabend, Florian Westphal, Daniel Borkmann,
      David Tat, Hannes Frederic Sowa, and Rusty Russell.

   2) PTP and timestamping support in bnx2x, from Michal Kalderon.

   3) Allow adjusting the rx_copybreak threshold for a driver via
      ethtool, and add rx_copybreak support to enic driver.  From
      Govindarajulu Varadarajan.

   4) Significant enhancements to the generic PHY layer and the bcm7xxx
      driver in particular (EEE support, auto power down, etc.) from
      Florian Fainelli.

   5) Allow raw buffers to be used for flow dissection, allowing drivers
      to determine the optimal "linear pull" size for devices that DMA
      into pools of pages.  The objective is to get exactly the
      necessary amount of headers into the linear SKB area pre-pulled,
      but no more.  The new interface drivers use is eth_get_headlen().
      From WANG Cong, with driver conversions (several had their own
      by-hand duplicated implementations) by Alexander Duyck and Eric
      Dumazet.

   6) Support checksumming more smoothly and efficiently for
      encapsulations, and add "foo over UDP" facility.  From Tom
      Herbert.

   7) Add Broadcom SF2 switch driver to DSA layer, from Florian
      Fainelli.

   8) eBPF now can load programs via a system call and has an extensive
      testsuite.  Alexei Starovoitov and Daniel Borkmann.

   9) Major overhaul of the packet scheduler to use RCU in several major
      areas such as the classifiers and rate estimators.  From John
      Fastabend.

  10) Add driver for Intel FM10000 Ethernet Switch, from Alexander
      Duyck.

  11) Rearrange TCP_SKB_CB() to reduce cache line misses, from Eric
      Dumazet.

  12) Add Datacenter TCP congestion control algorithm support, From
      Florian Westphal.

  13) Reorganize sk_buff so that __copy_skb_header() is significantly
      faster.  From Eric Dumazet"

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1558 commits)
  netlabel: directly return netlbl_unlabel_genl_init()
  net: add netdev_txq_bql_{enqueue, complete}_prefetchw() helpers
  net: description of dma_cookie cause make xmldocs warning
  cxgb4: clean up a type issue
  cxgb4: potential shift wrapping bug
  i40e: skb->xmit_more support
  net: fs_enet: Add NAPI TX
  net: fs_enet: Remove non NAPI RX
  r8169:add support for RTL8168EP
  net_sched: copy exts->type in tcf_exts_change()
  wimax: convert printk to pr_foo()
  af_unix: remove 0 assignment on static
  ipv6: Do not warn for informational ICMP messages, regardless of type.
  Update Intel Ethernet Driver maintainers list
  bridge: Save frag_max_size between PRE_ROUTING and POST_ROUTING
  tipc: fix bug in multicast congestion handling
  net: better IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE support
  net/mlx4_en: remove NETDEV_TX_BUSY
  3c59x: fix bad split of cpu_to_le32(pci_map_single())
  net: bcmgenet: fix Tx ring priority programming
  ...
2014-10-08 21:40:54 -04:00
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ABI Merge tag 'f2fs-for-3.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs 2014-10-08 12:53:15 -04:00
accounting Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files 2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
acpi ACPI / documentation: Remove reference to acpi_platform_device_ids from enumeration.txt 2014-07-12 00:07:05 +02:00
aoe
arm ARM: SoC DT updates for 3.18 2014-10-08 17:22:23 -04:00
arm64 KVM/ARM New features for 3.17 include: 2014-08-05 09:47:45 +02:00
auxdisplay Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files 2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
backlight
blackfin Documentation: add makefiles for more targets 2014-09-26 11:02:56 +02:00
block doc: queue-sysfs: minor fixes 2014-08-28 14:47:22 +02:00
blockdev
bus-devices
cdrom
cgroups cpuset: PF_SPREAD_PAGE and PF_SPREAD_SLAB should be atomic flags 2014-09-24 22:16:06 -04:00
connector
console
cpu-freq intel_pstate: Update documentation of {max,min}_perf_pct sysfs files 2014-07-07 01:22:19 +02:00
cpuidle
cris
crypto
development-process
device-mapper dm switch: efficiently support repetitive patterns 2014-08-01 12:30:37 -04:00
devicetree Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-10-08 21:40:54 -04:00
DocBook USB patches for 3.18-rc1 2014-10-08 06:47:31 -04:00
driver-model devres: Improve devm_kasprintf()/kvasprintf() support 2014-09-23 23:32:50 -07:00
dvb [media] get_dvb_firmware: Add firmware extractor for si2165 2014-07-27 17:01:12 -03:00
early-userspace
EDID
extcon
fault-injection
fb
filesystems Merge tag 'f2fs-for-3.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jaegeuk/f2fs 2014-10-08 12:53:15 -04:00
firmware_class doc: fix minor typos in firmware_class README 2014-07-17 18:43:40 -07:00
fmc
frv
gpio Documentation: gpio: documentation for optional getters functions 2014-08-29 08:53:53 +02:00
hid HID: uhid: update documentation 2014-08-25 03:28:09 -05:00
hwmon hwmon: Add pwm-fan driver 2014-08-04 07:01:38 -07:00
i2c Documentation: i2c: rename variable "register" to "reg" 2014-09-07 15:21:13 -07:00
i2o
ia64 Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files 2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
ide
infiniband IB/mad: add new ioctl to ABI to support new registration options 2014-08-10 20:36:00 -07:00
input Merge branch 'next' into for-linus 2014-08-06 23:36:12 -07:00
ioctl Documentation: add How to avoid botching up ioctls 2014-08-09 09:13:40 -07:00
isdn
ja_JP
kbuild Merge branch 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild 2014-08-14 11:14:29 -06:00
kdump Documentation/kdump/kdump.txt: add ARM description 2014-08-29 16:28:17 -07:00
ko_KR
laptops Documentation: update .gitignore files 2014-09-26 11:02:59 +02:00
leds
m68k
memory-devices
metag
mic Documentation: update include path for mpssd 2014-10-03 15:48:20 +02:00
mips Documentation: au1xxx-ide.c has moved 2014-08-26 09:35:53 +02:00
misc-devices Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files 2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
mmc
mn10300
mtd MTD updates for 3.16: 2014-06-11 08:35:34 -07:00
namespaces
netlabel
networking Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-10-08 21:40:54 -04:00
nfc
parisc
PCI doc: replace "practise" with "practice" in Documentation 2014-06-19 15:28:56 +02:00
pcmcia Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files 2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
phy
platform Documentation: Add list of laptop models supported by the Compal driver 2014-06-10 19:11:06 -04:00
power regulator: Proofread documentation 2014-08-27 22:04:36 +01:00
powerpc KVM: PPC: Remove 440 support 2014-07-28 15:23:15 +02:00
pps
prctl Documentation: update .gitignore files 2014-09-26 11:02:59 +02:00
pti
ptp Documentation: update .gitignore files 2014-09-26 11:02:59 +02:00
rapidio rapidio/tsi721_dma: rework scatter-gather list handling 2014-08-08 15:57:24 -07:00
RCU list: fix order of arguments for hlist_add_after(_rcu) 2014-08-06 18:01:24 -07:00
s390 Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial into next 2014-06-04 08:50:34 -07:00
scheduler
scsi megaraid_sas: Version and Changelog update 2014-09-16 09:09:54 -07:00
security Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2014-08-06 21:03:53 -07:00
serial TTY/Serial driver patches for 3.18-rc1 2014-10-08 06:52:11 -04:00
sh
sound ALSA: virtuoso: add Xonar Essence STX II support 2014-08-04 15:20:48 +02:00
spi Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/doc 2014-10-07 21:14:57 -04:00
sysctl tipc: add name distributor resiliency queue 2014-09-01 17:51:48 -07:00
target
thermal drm/nouveau/doc: update the thermal documentation 2014-06-17 14:50:17 +10:00
timers Documentation: update .gitignore files 2014-09-26 11:02:59 +02:00
tpm
trace mm: trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl: report the number of file/anon pages respectively 2014-08-06 18:01:20 -07:00
usb usb: hub: rename khubd to hub_wq in documentation and comments 2014-09-23 22:33:19 -07:00
vDSO Documentation: disable vdso_test to avoid breakage with old glibc 2014-09-26 11:03:00 +02:00
video4linux Documentation: update .gitignore files 2014-09-26 11:02:59 +02:00
virtual Changes for KVM for arm/arm64 for 3.18 2014-09-27 11:03:33 +02:00
vm mm: mark remap_file_pages() syscall as deprecated 2014-06-06 16:08:17 -07:00
w1 w1: new w1_ds2406 driver 2014-06-19 17:45:14 -07:00
watchdog Documentation: use subdir-y to avoid unnecessary built-in.o files 2014-09-26 11:02:55 +02:00
wimax
x86 x86/doc: Fix the 'tlb_single_page_flush_ceiling' sysconfig path 2014-08-10 09:09:26 +02:00
xtensa
zh_CN Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2014-08-06 21:03:53 -07:00
00-INDEX
applying-patches.txt Documentation: change "&" to "and" in Documentation/applying-patches.txt 2014-09-26 11:10:11 +02:00
assoc_array.txt
atomic_ops.txt
bad_memory.txt
basic_profiling.txt
bcache.txt
binfmt_misc.txt
braille-console.txt
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt
BUG-HUNTING
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
cachetlb.txt
Changes Documentation: remove obsolete pcmcia-cs from Changes 2014-09-09 10:35:58 +02:00
circular-buffers.txt
clk.txt
coccinelle.txt
CodingStyle CodingStyle: fix a minor typo 2014-08-26 09:35:54 +02:00
cpu-hotplug.txt
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt
crc32.txt
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt
dell_rbu.txt
devices.txt
digsig.txt
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt Documentation: correct parameter error for dma_mapping_error 2014-09-26 11:22:29 +02:00
DMA-API.txt
DMA-attributes.txt
dma-buf-sharing.txt Documentation/dma-buf-sharing.txt: update API descriptions 2014-08-28 11:57:24 +05:30
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
dmaengine.txt dmaengine: Clarify device parameter for dma_sync_*_for_*() 2014-07-25 14:21:23 +05:30
dmatest.txt
dontdiff
dynamic-debug-howto.txt
edac.txt Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial into next 2014-06-04 08:50:34 -07:00
efi-stub.txt
eisa.txt
email-clients.txt Documentation: add section about git to email-clients.txt 2014-06-29 13:38:33 -07:00
flexible-arrays.txt
futex-requeue-pi.txt
gcov.txt
highuid.txt
HOWTO
hsi.txt
hw_random.txt
hwspinlock.txt
init.txt
initrd.txt
intel_txt.txt
Intel-IOMMU.txt
io_ordering.txt
io-mapping.txt
iostats.txt
IPMI.txt
IRQ-affinity.txt
IRQ-domain.txt
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt
isapnp.txt
java.txt
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
kernel-docs.txt
kernel-parameters.txt TTY/Serial driver patches for 3.18-rc1 2014-10-08 06:52:11 -04:00
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt
kmemcheck.txt
kmemleak.txt Documentation: kmemleak: correct spelling mistake 2014-08-26 09:35:53 +02:00
kobject.txt
kprobes.txt
kref.txt
ldm.txt
local_ops.txt
lockdep-design.txt
lockstat.txt
lockup-watchdogs.txt lockup-watchdogs: Fix a typo 2014-08-26 09:35:52 +02:00
logo.gif
logo.txt
lzo.txt Documentation: lzo: document part of the encoding 2014-09-28 11:08:00 +02:00
magic-number.txt
Makefile Documentation: add makefiles for more targets 2014-09-26 11:02:56 +02:00
ManagementStyle
md.txt
media-framework.txt
memory-barriers.txt documentation: Add acquire/release barriers to pairing rules 2014-07-08 08:32:51 -07:00
memory-hotplug.txt mm, hotplug: probe interface is available on several platforms 2014-06-23 16:47:43 -07:00
module-signing.txt
mono.txt
mutex-design.txt locking/mutexes: Documentation update/rewrite 2014-06-05 13:29:37 +02:00
nommu-mmap.txt
numastat.txt
oops-tracing.txt panic: add TAINT_SOFTLOCKUP 2014-08-08 15:57:24 -07:00
padata.txt
parport-lowlevel.txt
parport.txt
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
phy.txt phy: core: Let node ptr of PHY point to PHY and not of PHY provider 2014-07-22 12:46:11 +05:30
pi-futex.txt
pinctrl.txt pinctrl: clean up after enable refactoring 2014-09-04 10:05:07 +02:00
pnp.txt
preempt-locking.txt
printk-formats.txt
pwm.txt
ramoops.txt
rbtree.txt
remoteproc.txt
rfkill.txt
robust-futex-ABI.txt
robust-futexes.txt
rpmsg.txt
rt-mutex-design.txt
rt-mutex.txt
rtc.txt
SAK.txt
SecurityBugs
serial-console.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
SM501.txt
smsc_ece1099.txt
sparse.txt
spinlocks.txt
stable_api_nonsense.txt
stable_kernel_rules.txt stable_kernel_rules: Add pointer to netdev-FAQ for network patches 2014-07-09 15:54:27 -07:00
static-keys.txt
SubmitChecklist
SubmittingDrivers doc: SubmittingPatches: remove dead link, kerneltrap.org no longer works 2014-06-19 15:15:27 +02:00
SubmittingPatches Documentation: new page link in SubmittingPatches 2014-09-07 15:21:13 -07:00
svga.txt
sysfs-rules.txt Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt: Add device attribute error code documentation 2014-09-19 14:44:51 -07:00
sysrq.txt
this_cpu_ops.txt Docs: this_cpu_ops: remove redundant add forms 2014-09-26 11:03:00 +02:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt
unicode.txt
unshare.txt
vfio.txt drivers/vfio: EEH support for VFIO PCI device 2014-08-05 15:28:48 +10:00
VGA-softcursor.txt
vgaarbiter.txt
video-output.txt
vme_api.txt
volatile-considered-harmful.txt
workqueue.txt
ww-mutex-design.txt
xillybus.txt xillybus: Move out of staging 2014-09-23 23:44:16 -07:00
xz.txt
zorro.txt