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# 272461 02-Oct-2014 gjb

Copy stable/10@r272459 to releng/10.1 as part of
the 10.1-RELEASE process.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

# 256281 10-Oct-2013 gjb

Copy head (r256279) to stable/10 as part of the 10.0-RELEASE cycle.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation


# 249925 26-Apr-2013 glebius

Add const qualifier to the dst parameter of the ifnet if_output method.


# 243882 05-Dec-2012 glebius

Mechanically substitute flags from historic mbuf allocator with
malloc(9) flags within sys.

Exceptions:

- sys/contrib not touched
- sys/mbuf.h edited manually


# 241686 18-Oct-2012 andre

Mechanically remove the last stray remains of spl* calls from net*/*.
They have been Noop's for a long time now.


# 207554 03-May-2010 sobomax

Add new tunable 'net.link.ifqmaxlen' to set default send interface
queue length. The default value for this parameter is 50, which is
quite low for many of today's uses and the only way to modify this
parameter right now is to edit if_var.h file. Also add read-only
sysctl with the same name, so that it's possible to retrieve the
current value.

MFC after: 1 month


# 198988 06-Nov-2009 jhb

Take a step towards removing if_watchdog/if_timer. Don't explicitly set
if_watchdog/if_timer to NULL/0 when initializing an ifnet. if_alloc()
sets those members to NULL/0 already.


# 196482 23-Aug-2009 rwatson

Rather than using IFNET_RLOCK() when iterating over (and modifying) the
ifnet list during if_ef load, directly acquire the ifnet_sxlock
exclusively. That way when if_alloc() recurses the lock, it's a write
recursion rather than a read->write recursion.

This code structure is arguably a bug, so add a comment indicating that
this is the case. Post-8.0, we should fix this, but this commit
resolves panic-on-load for if_ef.

Discussed with: bz, julian
Reported by: phk
MFC after: 3 days


# 196019 01-Aug-2009 rwatson

Merge the remainder of kern_vimage.c and vimage.h into vnet.c and
vnet.h, we now use jails (rather than vimages) as the abstraction
for virtualization management, and what remained was specific to
virtual network stacks. Minor cleanups are done in the process,
and comments updated to reflect these changes.

Reviewed by: bz
Approved by: re (vimage blanket)


# 195699 14-Jul-2009 rwatson

Build on Jeff Roberson's linker-set based dynamic per-CPU allocator
(DPCPU), as suggested by Peter Wemm, and implement a new per-virtual
network stack memory allocator. Modify vnet to use the allocator
instead of monolithic global container structures (vinet, ...). This
change solves many binary compatibility problems associated with
VIMAGE, and restores ELF symbols for virtualized global variables.

Each virtualized global variable exists as a "reference copy", and also
once per virtual network stack. Virtualized global variables are
tagged at compile-time, placing the in a special linker set, which is
loaded into a contiguous region of kernel memory. Virtualized global
variables in the base kernel are linked as normal, but those in modules
are copied and relocated to a reserved portion of the kernel's vnet
region with the help of a the kernel linker.

Virtualized global variables exist in per-vnet memory set up when the
network stack instance is created, and are initialized statically from
the reference copy. Run-time access occurs via an accessor macro, which
converts from the current vnet and requested symbol to a per-vnet
address. When "options VIMAGE" is not compiled into the kernel, normal
global ELF symbols will be used instead and indirection is avoided.

This change restores static initialization for network stack global
variables, restores support for non-global symbols and types, eliminates
the need for many subsystem constructors, eliminates large per-subsystem
structures that caused many binary compatibility issues both for
monitoring applications (netstat) and kernel modules, removes the
per-function INIT_VNET_*() macros throughout the stack, eliminates the
need for vnet_symmap ksym(2) munging, and eliminates duplicate
definitions of virtualized globals under VIMAGE_GLOBALS.

Bump __FreeBSD_version and update UPDATING.

Portions submitted by: bz
Reviewed by: bz, zec
Discussed with: gnn, jamie, jeff, jhb, julian, sam
Suggested by: peter
Approved by: re (kensmith)


# 194739 23-Jun-2009 bz

After cleaning up rt_tables from vnet.h and cleaning up opt_route.h
a lot of files no longer need route.h either. Garbage collect them.
While here remove now unneeded vnet.h #includes as well.


# 193744 08-Jun-2009 bz

After r193232 rt_tables in vnet.h are no longer indirectly dependent on
the ROUTETABLES kernel option thus there is no need to include opt_route.h
anymore in all consumers of vnet.h and no longer depend on it for module
builds.

Remove the hidden include in flowtable.h as well and leave the two
explicit #includes in ip_input.c and ip_output.c.


# 191607 27-Apr-2009 kmacy

replace IFQ_HANDOFF with if_transmit


# 189106 27-Feb-2009 bz

For all files including net/vnet.h directly include opt_route.h and
net/route.h.

Remove the hidden include of opt_route.h and net/route.h from net/vnet.h.

We need to make sure that both opt_route.h and net/route.h are included
before net/vnet.h because of the way MRT figures out the number of FIBs
from the kernel option. If we do not, we end up with the default number
of 1 when including net/vnet.h and array sizes are wrong.

This does not change the list of files which depend on opt_route.h
but we can identify them now more easily.


# 185571 02-Dec-2008 bz

Rather than using hidden includes (with cicular dependencies),
directly include only the header files needed. This reduces the
unneeded spamming of various headers into lots of files.

For now, this leaves us with very few modules including vnet.h
and thus needing to depend on opt_route.h.

Reviewed by: brooks, gnn, des, zec, imp
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation


# 183550 02-Oct-2008 zec

Step 1.5 of importing the network stack virtualization infrastructure
from the vimage project, as per plan established at devsummit 08/08:
http://wiki.freebsd.org/Image/Notes200808DevSummit

Introduce INIT_VNET_*() initializer macros, VNET_FOREACH() iterator
macros, and CURVNET_SET() context setting macros, all currently
resolving to NOPs.

Prepare for virtualization of selected SYSCTL objects by introducing a
family of SYSCTL_V_*() macros, currently resolving to their global
counterparts, i.e. SYSCTL_V_INT() == SYSCTL_INT().

Move selected #defines from sys/sys/vimage.h to newly introduced header
files specific to virtualized subsystems (sys/net/vnet.h,
sys/netinet/vinet.h etc.).

All the changes are verified to have zero functional impact at this
point in time by doing MD5 comparision between pre- and post-change
object files(*).

(*) netipsec/keysock.c did not validate depending on compile time options.

Implemented by: julian, bz, brooks, zec
Reviewed by: julian, bz, brooks, kris, rwatson, ...
Approved by: julian (mentor)
Obtained from: //depot/projects/vimage-commit2/...
X-MFC after: never
Sponsored by: NLnet Foundation, The FreeBSD Foundation


# 181803 17-Aug-2008 bz

Commit step 1 of the vimage project, (network stack)
virtualization work done by Marko Zec (zec@).

This is the first in a series of commits over the course
of the next few weeks.

Mark all uses of global variables to be virtualized
with a V_ prefix.
Use macros to map them back to their global names for
now, so this is a NOP change only.

We hope to have caught at least 85-90% of what is needed
so we do not invalidate a lot of outstanding patches again.

Obtained from: //depot/projects/vimage-commit2/...
Reviewed by: brooks, des, ed, mav, julian,
jamie, kris, rwatson, zec, ...
(various people I forgot, different versions)
md5 (with a bit of help)
Sponsored by: NLnet Foundation, The FreeBSD Foundation
X-MFC after: never
V_Commit_Message_Reviewed_By: more people than the patch


# 177599 25-Mar-2008 ru

Replaced the misleading uses of a historical artefact M_TRYWAIT with M_WAIT.
Removed dead code that assumed that M_TRYWAIT can return NULL; it's not true
since the advent of MBUMA.

Reviewed by: arch

There are ongoing disputes as to whether we want to switch to directly using
UMA flags M_WAITOK/M_NOWAIT for mbuf(9) allocation.


# 154518 18-Jan-2006 andre

Return mbuf pointer or NULL from ip_fastforward() as the mbuf pointer
may have changed by m_pullup() during fastforward processing.

While this is a bug it is actually never triggered in real world
situations and it is not remotely exploitable.

Found by: Coverity Prevent(tm)
Coverity ID: CID780
Sponsored by: TCP/IP Optimization Fundraise 2005


# 154318 13-Jan-2006 rwatson

Check the right ifnet pointer to see if if_alloc() failed or not in
ef_clone(); we were testing the original ifnet, not the one allocated.

When aborting ef_clone() due to if_alloc() failing, free the allocated
efnet structure rather than leaking it.

Noticed by: Coverity Prevent analysis tool
MFC after: 3 days


# 154317 13-Jan-2006 rwatson

When freeing the chain of if_ef devices on an aborted load, use
SLIST_FOREACH_SAFE() rather than SLIST_FOREACH(), as elements are
freed on each iteration of the loop. This prevents use-after-free.

Noticed by: Coverity Prevent analysis tool
MFC after: 3 days


# 152315 11-Nov-2005 ru

- Store pointer to the link-level address right in "struct ifnet"
rather than in ifindex_table[]; all (except one) accesses are
through ifp anyway. IF_LLADDR() works faster, and all (except
one) ifaddr_byindex() users were converted to use ifp->if_addr.

- Stop storing a (pointer to) Ethernet address in "struct arpcom",
and drop the IFP2ENADDR() macro; all users have been converted
to use IF_LLADDR() instead.


# 148887 09-Aug-2005 rwatson

Propagate rename of IFF_OACTIVE and IFF_RUNNING to IFF_DRV_OACTIVE and
IFF_DRV_RUNNING, as well as the move from ifnet.if_flags to
ifnet.if_drv_flags. Device drivers are now responsible for
synchronizing access to these flags, as they are in if_drv_flags. This
helps prevent races between the network stack and device driver in
maintaining the interface flags field.

Many __FreeBSD__ and __FreeBSD_version checks maintained and continued;
some less so.

Reviewed by: pjd, bz
MFC after: 7 days


# 147256 10-Jun-2005 brooks

Stop embedding struct ifnet at the top of driver softcs. Instead the
struct ifnet or the layer 2 common structure it was embedded in have
been replaced with a struct ifnet pointer to be filled by a call to the
new function, if_alloc(). The layer 2 common structure is also allocated
via if_alloc() based on the interface type. It is hung off the new
struct ifnet member, if_l2com.

This change removes the size of these structures from the kernel ABI and
will allow us to better manage them as interfaces come and go.

Other changes of note:
- Struct arpcom is no longer referenced in normal interface code.
Instead the Ethernet address is accessed via the IFP2ENADDR() macro.
To enforce this ac_enaddr has been renamed to _ac_enaddr.
- The second argument to ether_ifattach is now always the mac address
from driver private storage rather than sometimes being ac_enaddr.

Reviewed by: sobomax, sam


# 143196 06-Mar-2005 sobomax

When neither of supported frame type is enabled via kernel options enable
them all, otherwise the driver will be useless and will only confuse user
as manual page says nothing about the need to enable one of those frame
types explicitly in the kernel config.

PR: kern/47152
Submitted by: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>
MFC after: 3 days


# 132778 28-Jul-2004 kan

Initialize ; variable eraly to shut up GCC warning.


# 132199 15-Jul-2004 phk

Do a pass over all modules in the kernel and make them return EOPNOTSUPP
for unknown events.

A number of modules return EINVAL in this instance, and I have left
those alone for now and instead taught MOD_QUIESCE to accept this
as "didn't do anything".


# 130549 15-Jun-2004 mlaier

Replace IF_HANDOFF with new IFQ_HANDOFF to enqueue with ALTQ once enabled on
the respective drivers.


# 129648 24-May-2004 mux

Remove another redundant if_output initialization.


# 123922 28-Dec-2003 sam

o eliminate widespread on-stack mbuf use for bpf by introducing
a new bpf_mtap2 routine that does the right thing for an mbuf
and a variable-length chunk of data that should be prepended.
o while we're sweeping the drivers, use u_int32_t uniformly when
when prepending the address family (several places were assuming
sizeof(int) was 4)
o return M_ASSERTVALID to BPF_MTAP* now that all stack-allocated
mbufs have been eliminated; this may better be moved to the bpf
routines

Reviewed by: arch@ and several others


# 122702 14-Nov-2003 andre

Introduce ip_fastforward and remove ip_flow.

Short description of ip_fastforward:

o adds full direct process-to-completion IPv4 forwarding code
o handles ip fragmentation incl. hw support (ip_flow did not)
o sends icmp needfrag to source if DF is set (ip_flow did not)
o supports ipfw and ipfilter (ip_flow did not)
o supports divert, ipfw fwd and ipfilter nat (ip_flow did not)
o returns anything it can't handle back to normal ip_input

Enable with sysctl -w net.inet.ip.fastforwarding=1

Reviewed by: sam (mentor)


# 121816 31-Oct-2003 brooks

Replace the if_name and if_unit members of struct ifnet with new members
if_xname, if_dname, and if_dunit. if_xname is the name of the interface
and if_dname/unit are the driver name and instance.

This change paves the way for interface renaming and enhanced pseudo
device creation and configuration symantics.

Approved By: re (in principle)
Reviewed By: njl, imp
Tested On: i386, amd64, sparc64
Obtained From: NetBSD (if_xname)


# 115534 31-May-2003 phk

Remove break after return.

Found by: FlexeLint


# 111888 04-Mar-2003 jlemon

Update netisr handling; Each SWI now registers its queue, and all queue
drain routines are done by swi_net, which allows for better queue control
at some future point. Packets may also be directly dispatched to a netisr
instead of queued, this may be of interest at some installations, but
currently defaults to off.

Reviewed by: hsu, silby, jayanth, sam
Sponsored by: DARPA, NAI Labs


# 111790 03-Mar-2003 mdodd

sizeof(struct llc) -> LLC_SNAPFRAMELEN
sizeof(struct ether_header) -> ETHER_HDR_LEN
sizeof(struct fddi_header) -> FDDI_HDR_LEN


# 111119 19-Feb-2003 imp

Back out M_* changes, per decision of the TRB.

Approved by: trb


# 109623 21-Jan-2003 alfred

Remove M_TRYWAIT/M_WAITOK/M_WAIT. Callers should use 0.
Merge M_NOWAIT/M_DONTWAIT into a single flag M_NOWAIT.


# 108172 22-Dec-2002 hsu

SMP locking for ifnet list.


# 106939 14-Nov-2002 sam

network interface and link layer changes:

o on input don't strip the Ethernet header from packets
o input packet handling is now done with if_input
o track changes to ether_ifattach/ether_ifdetach API
o track changes to bpf tapping
o call ether_ioctl for default handling of ioctl's
o use constants from net/ethernet.h where possible

Reviewed by: many
Approved by: re


# 97220 24-May-2002 peter

Fix warning; remove unused arg that was passed through uninitialized.


# 94385 10-Apr-2002 dwmalone

Swap a bzero for an M_ZERO. Borris approved this ages ago, but
the hard drive with the patch on it went south before I committed
it.

Approved by: bp


# 87599 10-Dec-2001 obrien

Update to C99, s/__FUNCTION__/__func__/,
also don't use ANSI string concatenation.


# 83130 06-Sep-2001 jlemon

Wrap array accesses in macros, which also happen to be lvalues:

ifnet_addrs[i - 1] -> ifaddr_byindex(i)
ifindex2ifnet[i] -> ifnet_byindex(i)

This is intended to ease the conversion to SMPng.


# 72012 04-Feb-2001 phk

Another round of the <sys/queue.h> FOREACH transmogriffer.

Created with: sed(1)
Reviewed by: md5(1)


# 71999 04-Feb-2001 phk

Mechanical change to use <sys/queue.h> macro API instead of
fondling implementation details.

Created with: sed(1)
Reviewed by: md5(1)


# 71959 03-Feb-2001 phk

Use <sys/queue.h> macro api rather than fondle its implementation detals.

Created with: /usr/bin/sed
Reviewed by: /sbin/md5


# 71891 01-Feb-2001 bp

Fix breakage caused by incomplete transition to IF_HANDOFF().
Remove unused variable.


# 70254 21-Dec-2000 bmilekic

* Rename M_WAIT mbuf subsystem flag to M_TRYWAIT.
This is because calls with M_WAIT (now M_TRYWAIT) may not wait
forever when nothing is available for allocation, and may end up
returning NULL. Hopefully we now communicate more of the right thing
to developers and make it very clear that it's necessary to check whether
calls with M_(TRY)WAIT also resulted in a failed allocation.
M_TRYWAIT basically means "try harder, block if necessary, but don't
necessarily wait forever." The time spent blocking is tunable with
the kern.ipc.mbuf_wait sysctl.
M_WAIT is now deprecated but still defined for the next little while.

* Fix a typo in a comment in mbuf.h

* Fix some code that was actually passing the mbuf subsystem's M_WAIT to
malloc(). Made it pass M_WAITOK instead. If we were ever to redefine the
value of the M_WAIT flag, this could have became a big problem.


# 69781 08-Dec-2000 dwmalone

Convert more malloc+bzero to malloc+M_ZERO.

Submitted by: josh@zipperup.org
Submitted by: Robert Drehmel <robd@gmx.net>


# 69152 25-Nov-2000 jlemon

Lock down the network interface queues. The queue mutex must be obtained
before adding/removing packets from the queue. Also, the if_obytes and
if_omcasts fields should only be manipulated under protection of the mutex.

IF_ENQUEUE, IF_PREPEND, and IF_DEQUEUE perform all necessary locking on
the queue. An IF_LOCK macro is provided, as well as the old (mutex-less)
versions of the macros in the form _IF_ENQUEUE, _IF_QFULL, for code which
needs them, but their use is discouraged.

Two new macros are introduced: IF_DRAIN() to drain a queue, and IF_HANDOFF,
which takes care of locking/enqueue, and also statistics updating/start
if necessary.


# 66479 30-Sep-2000 bp

Properly setup link level header length for 802.2 and SNAP frames.


# 63090 13-Jul-2000 archie

Make all Ethernet drivers attach using ether_ifattach() and detach using
ether_ifdetach().

The former consolidates the operations of if_attach(), ng_ether_attach(),
and bpfattach(). The latter consolidates the corresponding detach operations.

Reviewed by: julian, freebsd-net


# 60938 26-May-2000 jake

Back out the previous change to the queue(3) interface.
It was not discussed and should probably not happen.

Requested by: msmith and others


# 60833 23-May-2000 jake

Change the way that the queue(3) structures are declared; don't assume that
the type argument to *_HEAD and *_ENTRY is a struct.

Suggested by: phk
Reviewed by: phk
Approved by: mdodd


# 59681 27-Apr-2000 bp

Fix support for 802.2 and SNAP frames. Bug was introduced during
initial import.

Tested by: Jorge P Vasquez <jorge@acron.ind.br>


# 56424 23-Jan-2000 bp

Allow if_ef driver to be compiled into kernel.


# 54558 13-Dec-1999 bp

Bring up an if_ef driver which allows support for four ethernet
frame types. Currently it supports only IPX protocol and doesn't
affect existing functionality when not loaded.

Reviewed by: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>