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Jakub Kicinski 389cb1ecc8 Merge branch 'add-notifications-when-route-hardware-flags-change'
Ido Schimmel says:

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Add notifications when route hardware flags change

Routes installed to the kernel can be programmed to capable devices, in
which case they are marked with one of two flags. RTM_F_OFFLOAD for
routes that offload traffic from the kernel and RTM_F_TRAP for routes
that trap packets to the kernel for processing (e.g., host routes).

These flags are of interest to routing daemons since they would like to
delay advertisement of routes until they are installed in hardware. This
allows them to avoid packet loss or misrouted packets. Currently,
routing daemons do not receive any notifications when these flags are
changed, requiring them to poll the kernel tables for changes which is
inefficient.

This series addresses the issue by having the kernel emit RTM_NEWROUTE
notifications whenever these flags change. The behavior is controlled by
two sysctls (net.ipv4.fib_notify_on_flag_change and
net.ipv6.fib_notify_on_flag_change) that default to 0 (no
notifications).

Note that even if route installation in hardware is improved to be more
synchronous, these notifications are still of interest. For example, a
multipath route can change from RTM_F_OFFLOAD to RTM_F_TRAP if its
neighbours become invalid. A routing daemon can choose to withdraw /
replace the route in that case. In addition, the deletion of a route
from the kernel can prompt the installation of an identical route
(already in kernel, with an higher metric) to hardware.

For testing purposes, netdevsim is aligned to simulate a "real" driver
that programs routes to hardware.

Series overview:

Patches #1-#2 align netdevsim to perform route programming in a
non-atomic context

Patches #3-#5 add sysctl to control IPv4 notifications

Patches #6-#8 add sysctl to control IPv6 notifications

Patch #9 extends existing fib tests to set sysctls before running tests

Patch #10 adds test for fib notifications over netdevsim
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Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210201194757.3463461-1-idosch@idosch.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2021-02-02 17:46:02 -08:00
arch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2021-02-02 14:21:31 -08:00
block block-5.11-2021-01-29 2021-01-29 13:50:06 -08:00
certs .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
crypto X.509: Fix crash caused by NULL pointer 2021-01-20 11:33:51 -08:00
Documentation net: ipv6: Emit notification when fib hardware flags are changed 2021-02-02 17:45:59 -08:00
drivers net: Do not call fib6_info_hw_flags_set() when IPv6 is disabled 2021-02-02 17:45:59 -08:00
fs Networking fixes for 5.11-rc7, including fixes from bpf and mac80211 2021-02-02 10:26:09 -08:00
include net: ipv6: Emit notification when fib hardware flags are changed 2021-02-02 17:45:59 -08:00
init Revert "init/console: Use ttynull as a fallback when there is no console" 2021-01-08 11:02:18 -08:00
ipc Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-12-15 12:53:37 -08:00
kernel Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2021-02-02 14:21:31 -08:00
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mm Revert "mm/slub: fix a memory leak in sysfs_slab_add()" 2021-01-28 09:05:44 -08:00
net net: ipv6: Emit notification when fib hardware flags are changed 2021-02-02 17:45:59 -08:00
samples bpf: Rename BPF_XADD and prepare to encode other atomics in .imm 2021-01-14 18:34:29 -08:00
scripts Kbuild fixes for v5.11 2021-01-10 13:24:55 -08:00
security dump_common_audit_data(): fix racy accesses to ->d_name 2021-01-16 15:11:35 -05:00
sound ALSA: hda/via: Apply the workaround generically for Clevo machines 2021-01-26 18:05:03 +01:00
tools selftests: netdevsim: Add fib_notifications test 2021-02-02 17:45:59 -08:00
usr Merge branch 'work.fdpic' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-08-07 13:29:39 -07:00
virt KVM/arm64 fixes for 5.11, take #2 2021-01-25 18:52:01 -05:00
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.mailmap mailmap: remove the "repo-abbrev" comment 2021-01-26 11:40:17 -08:00
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CREDITS MAINTAINERS: dccp: move Gerrit Renker to CREDITS 2021-01-14 10:53:49 -08:00
Kbuild kbuild: rename hostprogs-y/always to hostprogs/always-y 2020-02-04 01:53:07 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS net: dsa: add a second tagger for Ocelot switches based on tag_8021q 2021-01-29 21:25:27 -08:00
Makefile Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2021-02-02 14:21:31 -08:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.