alistair23-linux/net
Jon Paul Maloy 5266698661 tipc: let broadcast packet reception use new link receive function
The code path for receiving broadcast packets is currently distinct
from the unicast path. This leads to unnecessary code and data
duplication, something that can be avoided with some effort.

We now introduce separate per-peer tipc_link instances for handling
broadcast packet reception. Each receive link keeps a pointer to the
common, single, broadcast link instance, and can hence handle release
and retransmission of send buffers as if they belonged to the own
instance.

Furthermore, we let each unicast link instance keep a reference to both
the pertaining broadcast receive link, and to the common send link.
This makes it possible for the unicast links to easily access data for
broadcast link synchronization, as well as for carrying acknowledges for
received broadcast packets.

Signed-off-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Reviewed-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-10-24 06:56:37 -07:00
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6lowpan 6lowpan: put mcast compression in an own function 2015-10-21 00:49:25 +02:00
9p net/9p: Remove ib_get_dma_mr calls 2015-08-30 18:12:36 -04:00
802 net: Kill dev_rebuild_header 2015-03-02 16:43:41 -05:00
8021q net: 8021q: convert to using IFF_NO_QUEUE 2015-08-18 11:55:06 -07:00
appletalk net: Pass kern from net_proto_family.create to sk_alloc 2015-05-11 10:50:17 -04:00
atm atm: deal with setting entry before mkip was called 2015-09-17 22:13:32 -07:00
ax25 NET: AX.25: Stop heartbeat timer on disconnect. 2015-07-15 15:59:58 -07:00
batman-adv batman-adv: turn batadv_neigh_node_get() into local function 2015-08-27 20:15:34 +02:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: Increase minor version of core module 2015-10-22 13:37:26 +03:00
bridge netlink: Rightsize IFLA_AF_SPEC size calculation 2015-10-21 19:15:20 -07:00
caif net: caif: convert to using IFF_NO_QUEUE 2015-08-18 11:55:07 -07:00
can can: avoid using timeval for uapi 2015-10-13 17:42:34 +02:00
ceph rbd: use writefull op for object size writes 2015-10-16 16:49:01 +02:00
core Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-10-24 06:54:12 -07:00
dcb net/dcb: make dcbnl.c explicitly non-modular 2015-10-09 07:52:27 -07:00
dccp tcp/dccp: fix hashdance race for passive sessions 2015-10-23 05:42:21 -07:00
decnet Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2015-10-17 14:28:03 +02:00
dns_resolver
dsa net: dsa: remove port_fdb_getnext 2015-10-22 07:38:45 -07:00
ethernet net: help compiler generate better code in eth_get_headlen 2015-09-28 22:51:15 -07:00
hsr net: hsr: convert to using IFF_NO_QUEUE 2015-08-18 11:55:07 -07:00
ieee802154 ieee802154: 6lowpan: fix memory leak 2015-10-22 12:24:42 +02:00
ipv4 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-10-24 06:54:12 -07:00
ipv6 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-10-24 06:54:12 -07:00
ipx net: Pass kern from net_proto_family.create to sk_alloc 2015-05-11 10:50:17 -04:00
irda irda: precedence bug in irlmp_seq_hb_idx() 2015-10-21 07:48:26 -07:00
iucv s390/iucv: do not use arrays as argument 2015-09-21 16:03:04 -07:00
key af_key: fix two typos 2015-10-23 03:05:19 -07:00
l2tp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-10-02 07:21:25 -07:00
l3mdev net: Add netif_is_l3_slave 2015-10-07 04:27:43 -07:00
lapb
llc tcp: fix recv with flags MSG_WAITALL | MSG_PEEK 2015-07-27 01:06:53 -07:00
mac80211 Here's another set of patches for the current cycle: 2015-10-22 07:28:41 -07:00
mac802154 mac802154: llsec: use kzfree 2015-10-21 00:49:24 +02:00
mpls mpls: flow-based multipath selection 2015-10-23 06:26:45 -07:00
netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-10-24 06:54:12 -07:00
netlabel netlink: implement nla_put_in_addr and nla_put_in6_addr 2015-03-31 13:58:35 -04:00
netlink Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-10-24 06:54:12 -07:00
netrom netfilter: Remove spurios included of netfilter.h 2015-06-18 21:14:32 +02:00
nfc nfc: netlink: Add capability to reply to vendor_cmd with data 2015-08-20 22:00:11 +02:00
openvswitch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-10-24 06:54:12 -07:00
packet ipv4: Pass struct net into ip_defrag and ip_check_defrag 2015-10-12 19:44:16 -07:00
phonet net: Pass kern from net_proto_family.create to sk_alloc 2015-05-11 10:50:17 -04:00
rds RDS: fix rds-ping deadlock over TCP transport 2015-10-18 22:45:55 -07:00
rfkill rfkill: Copy "all" global state to other types 2015-09-04 14:26:56 +02:00
rose Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-06-24 02:58:51 -07:00
rxrpc rxrpc: Replace get_seconds with ktime_get_seconds 2015-09-20 21:53:56 -07:00
sched Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-10-20 06:08:27 -07:00
sctp net: sctp: avoid incorrect time_t use 2015-10-05 03:16:48 -07:00
sunrpc Changes for 4.3-rc5 2015-10-15 13:44:35 -07:00
switchdev Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-10-20 06:08:27 -07:00
tipc tipc: let broadcast packet reception use new link receive function 2015-10-24 06:56:37 -07:00
unix net/unix: fix logic about sk_peek_offset 2015-10-05 06:33:09 -07:00
vmw_vsock VSOCK: Fix lockdep issue. 2015-10-22 18:26:29 -07:00
wimax net:wimax: Fix doucble word "the the" in networking.xml 2015-08-09 22:43:52 -07:00
wireless cfg80211: reg: fix reg_ignore_cell_hint return type 2015-10-16 09:15:45 +02:00
x25 net: Pass kern from net_proto_family.create to sk_alloc 2015-05-11 10:50:17 -04:00
xfrm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2015-10-24 06:54:12 -07:00
compat.c net: switch importing msghdr from userland to {compat_,}import_iovec() 2015-04-09 00:02:26 -04:00
Kconfig net: Introduce L3 Master device abstraction 2015-09-29 20:40:32 -07:00
Makefile net: Introduce L3 Master device abstraction 2015-09-29 20:40:32 -07:00
socket.c net: Add a struct net parameter to sock_create_kern 2015-05-11 10:50:17 -04:00
sysctl_net.c net: sysctl: fix a kmemleak warning 2015-10-23 06:22:08 -07:00