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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-09-01 09:20:42 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-09-01 09:20:42 -0700
commit42e66b1cc3a070671001f8a1e933a80818a192bf (patch)
tree1ef087d8360c483ced4173cf443f55f2550b5cb4 /Documentation
parentd330076e1d4b0cbaec477e1214f6f8df27da2bb8 (diff)
parenta8424a9b4522a3ab9f32175ad6d848739079071f (diff)
Merge tag 'net-6.0-rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Pull networking fixes from Paolo Abeni: "Including fixes from bluetooth, bpf and wireless. Current release - regressions: - bpf: - fix wrong last sg check in sk_msg_recvmsg() - fix kernel BUG in purge_effective_progs() - mac80211: - fix possible leak in ieee80211_tx_control_port() - potential NULL dereference in ieee80211_tx_control_port() Current release - new code bugs: - nfp: fix the access to management firmware hanging Previous releases - regressions: - ip: fix triggering of 'icmp redirect' - sched: tbf: don't call qdisc_put() while holding tree lock - bpf: fix corrupted packets for XDP_SHARED_UMEM - bluetooth: hci_sync: fix suspend performance regression - micrel: fix probe failure Previous releases - always broken: - tcp: make global challenge ack rate limitation per net-ns and default disabled - tg3: fix potential hang-up on system reboot - mac802154: fix reception for no-daddr packets Misc: - r8152: add PID for the lenovo onelink+ dock" * tag 'net-6.0-rc4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (56 commits) net/smc: Remove redundant refcount increase Revert "sch_cake: Return __NET_XMIT_STOLEN when consuming enqueued skb" tcp: make global challenge ack rate limitation per net-ns and default disabled tcp: annotate data-race around challenge_timestamp net: dsa: hellcreek: Print warning only once ip: fix triggering of 'icmp redirect' sch_cake: Return __NET_XMIT_STOLEN when consuming enqueued skb selftests: net: sort .gitignore file Documentation: networking: correct possessive "its" kcm: fix strp_init() order and cleanup mlxbf_gige: compute MDIO period based on i1clk ethernet: rocker: fix sleep in atomic context bug in neigh_timer_handler net: lan966x: improve error handle in lan966x_fdma_rx_get_frame() nfp: fix the access to management firmware hanging net: phy: micrel: Make the GPIO to be non-exclusive net: virtio_net: fix notification coalescing comments net/sched: fix netdevice reference leaks in attach_default_qdiscs() net: sched: tbf: don't call qdisc_put() while holding tree lock net: Use u64_stats_fetch_begin_irq() for stats fetch. net: dsa: xrs700x: Use irqsave variant for u64 stats update ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/devlink/netdevsim.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/driver.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ipvlan.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/l2tp.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/switchdev.rst2
6 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/devlink/netdevsim.rst b/Documentation/networking/devlink/netdevsim.rst
index 8a292fb5aaea..ec5e6d79b2e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/devlink/netdevsim.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/devlink/netdevsim.rst
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ The ``netdevsim`` driver supports rate objects management, which includes:
- setting tx_share and tx_max rate values for any rate object type;
- setting parent node for any rate object type.
-Rate nodes and it's parameters are exposed in ``netdevsim`` debugfs in RO mode.
+Rate nodes and their parameters are exposed in ``netdevsim`` debugfs in RO mode.
For example created rate node with name ``some_group``:
.. code:: shell
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/driver.rst b/Documentation/networking/driver.rst
index c8f59dbda46f..64f7236ff10b 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/driver.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/driver.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Transmit path guidelines:
1) The ndo_start_xmit method must not return NETDEV_TX_BUSY under
any normal circumstances. It is considered a hard error unless
- there is no way your device can tell ahead of time when it's
+ there is no way your device can tell ahead of time when its
transmit function will become busy.
Instead it must maintain the queue properly. For example,
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
index 56cd4ea059b2..a759872a2883 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst
@@ -1035,7 +1035,10 @@ tcp_limit_output_bytes - INTEGER
tcp_challenge_ack_limit - INTEGER
Limits number of Challenge ACK sent per second, as recommended
in RFC 5961 (Improving TCP's Robustness to Blind In-Window Attacks)
- Default: 1000
+ Note that this per netns rate limit can allow some side channel
+ attacks and probably should not be enabled.
+ TCP stack implements per TCP socket limits anyway.
+ Default: INT_MAX (unlimited)
UDP variables
=============
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ipvlan.rst b/Documentation/networking/ipvlan.rst
index 694adcba36b0..0000c1d383bc 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ipvlan.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ipvlan.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Initial Release:
================
This is conceptually very similar to the macvlan driver with one major
exception of using L3 for mux-ing /demux-ing among slaves. This property makes
-the master device share the L2 with it's slave devices. I have developed this
+the master device share the L2 with its slave devices. I have developed this
driver in conjunction with network namespaces and not sure if there is use case
outside of it.
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/l2tp.rst b/Documentation/networking/l2tp.rst
index 498b382d25a0..7f383e99dbad 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/l2tp.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/l2tp.rst
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ its tunnel close actions. For L2TPIP sockets, the socket's close
handler initiates the same tunnel close actions. All sessions are
first closed. Each session drops its tunnel ref. When the tunnel ref
reaches zero, the tunnel puts its socket ref. When the socket is
-eventually destroyed, it's sk_destruct finally frees the L2TP tunnel
+eventually destroyed, its sk_destruct finally frees the L2TP tunnel
context.
Sessions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.rst b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.rst
index f1f4e6a85a29..bbf272e9d607 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/switchdev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/switchdev.rst
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ tools such as iproute2.
The switchdev driver can know a particular port's position in the topology by
monitoring NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER notifications. For example, a port moved into a
-bond will see it's upper master change. If that bond is moved into a bridge,
+bond will see its upper master change. If that bond is moved into a bridge,
the bond's upper master will change. And so on. The driver will track such
movements to know what position a port is in in the overall topology by
registering for netdevice events and acting on NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER.