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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2023-02-27 14:05:08 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2023-02-27 14:05:08 -0800
commit5ca26d6039a6b42341f7f5cc8d10d30ca1561a7b (patch)
tree58ade31b75cea2f1a32b1dd0d3576017f1dd2a88 /Documentation
parent982818426a0ffaf93b0621826ed39a84be3d7d62 (diff)
parent580f98cc33a260bb8c6a39ae2921b29586b84fdf (diff)
Merge tag 'net-6.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Pull networking fixes from Jakub Kicinski: "Including fixes from wireless and netfilter. The notable fixes here are the EEE fix which restores boot for many embedded platforms (real and QEMU); WiFi warning suppression and the ICE Kconfig cleanup. Current release - regressions: - phy: multiple fixes for EEE rework - wifi: wext: warn about usage only once - wifi: ath11k: allow system suspend to survive ath11k Current release - new code bugs: - mlx5: Fix memory leak in IPsec RoCE creation - ibmvnic: assign XPS map to correct queue index Previous releases - regressions: - netfilter: ip6t_rpfilter: Fix regression with VRF interfaces - netfilter: ctnetlink: make event listener tracking global - nf_tables: allow to fetch set elements when table has an owner - mlx5: - fix skb leak while fifo resync and push - fix possible ptp queue fifo use-after-free Previous releases - always broken: - sched: fix action bind logic - ptp: vclock: use mutex to fix "sleep on atomic" bug if driver also uses a mutex - netfilter: conntrack: fix rmmod double-free race - netfilter: xt_length: use skb len to match in length_mt6, avoid issues with BIG TCP Misc: - ice: remove unnecessary CONFIG_ICE_GNSS - mlx5e: remove hairpin write debugfs files - sched: act_api: move TCA_EXT_WARN_MSG to the correct hierarchy" * tag 'net-6.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (53 commits) tcp: tcp_check_req() can be called from process context net: phy: c45: fix network interface initialization failures on xtensa, arm:cubieboard xen-netback: remove unused variables pending_idx and index net/sched: act_api: move TCA_EXT_WARN_MSG to the correct hierarchy net: dsa: ocelot_ext: remove unnecessary phylink.h include net: mscc: ocelot: fix duplicate driver name error net: dsa: felix: fix internal MDIO controller resource length net: dsa: seville: ignore mscc-miim read errors from Lynx PCS net/sched: act_sample: fix action bind logic net/sched: act_mpls: fix action bind logic net/sched: act_pedit: fix action bind logic wifi: wext: warn about usage only once wifi: mt76: usb: fix use-after-free in mt76u_free_rx_queue qede: avoid uninitialized entries in coal_entry array nfc: fix memory leak of se_io context in nfc_genl_se_io ice: remove unnecessary CONFIG_ICE_GNSS net/sched: cls_api: Move call to tcf_exts_miss_cookie_base_destroy() ibmvnic: Assign XPS map to correct queue index docs: net: fix inaccuracies in msg_zerocopy.rst tools: net: add __pycache__ to gitignore ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/msg_zerocopy.rst6
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml
index b4dcdae54ffd..cffef09729f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ definitions:
-
name: hw-offload
doc:
- This feature informs if netdev supports XDP hw oflloading.
+ This feature informs if netdev supports XDP hw offloading.
-
name: rx-sg
doc:
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/msg_zerocopy.rst b/Documentation/networking/msg_zerocopy.rst
index 15920db8d35d..b3ea96af9b49 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/msg_zerocopy.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/msg_zerocopy.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Opportunity and Caveats
Copying large buffers between user process and kernel can be
expensive. Linux supports various interfaces that eschew copying,
-such as sendpage and splice. The MSG_ZEROCOPY flag extends the
+such as sendfile and splice. The MSG_ZEROCOPY flag extends the
underlying copy avoidance mechanism to common socket send calls.
Copy avoidance is not a free lunch. As implemented, with page pinning,
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ Pass the new flag.
ret = send(fd, buf, sizeof(buf), MSG_ZEROCOPY);
A zerocopy failure will return -1 with errno ENOBUFS. This happens if
-the socket option was not set, the socket exceeds its optmem limit or
-the user exceeds its ulimit on locked pages.
+the socket exceeds its optmem limit or the user exceeds their ulimit on
+locked pages.
Mixing copy avoidance and copying