kernel_optimize_test/net
Simon Kelley bd89efc532 [NEIGH]: Fix IP-over-ATM and ARP interaction.
The classical IP over ATM code maintains its own IPv4 <-> <ATM stuff>
ARP table, using the standard neighbour-table code. The
neigh_table_init function adds this neighbour table to a linked list
of all neighbor tables which is used by the functions neigh_delete()
neigh_add() and neightbl_set(), all called by the netlink code.

Once the ATM neighbour table is added to the list, there are two
tables with family == AF_INET there, and ARP entries sent via netlink
go into the first table with matching family. This is indeterminate
and often wrong.

To see the bug, on a kernel with CLIP enabled, create a standard IPv4
ARP entry by pinging an unused address on a local subnet. Then attempt
to complete that entry by doing

ip neigh replace <ip address> lladdr <some mac address> nud reachable

Looking at the ARP tables by using 

ip neigh show

will reveal two ARP entries for the same address. One of these can be
found in /proc/net/arp, and the other in /proc/net/atm/arp.

This patch adds a new function, neigh_table_init_no_netlink() which
does everything the neigh_table_init() does, except add the table to
the netlink all-arp-tables chain. In addition neigh_table_init() has a
check that all tables on the chain have a distinct address family.
The init call in clip.c is changed to call
neigh_table_init_no_netlink().

Since ATM ARP tables are rather more complicated than can currently be
handled by the available rtattrs in the netlink protocol, no
functionality is lost by this patch, and non-ATM ARP manipulation via
netlink is rescued. A more complete solution would involve a rtattr
for ATM ARP entries and some way for the netlink code to give
neigh_add and friends more information than just address family with
which to find the correct ARP table.

[ I've changed the assertion checking in neigh_table_init() to not
  use BUG_ON() while holding neigh_tbl_lock.  Instead we remember that
  we found an existing tbl with the same family, and after dropping
  the lock we'll give a diagnostic kernel log message and a stack dump.
  -DaveM ]

Signed-off-by: Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-05-12 14:56:08 -07:00
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802
8021q
appletalk
atm [NEIGH]: Fix IP-over-ATM and ARP interaction. 2006-05-12 14:56:08 -07:00
ax25 [AX.25]: Eleminate HZ from AX.25 kernel interfaces 2006-05-03 23:27:16 -07:00
bluetooth
bridge [BRIDGE]: Do sysfs registration inside rtnl. 2006-05-10 13:21:53 -07:00
core [NEIGH]: Fix IP-over-ATM and ARP interaction. 2006-05-12 14:56:08 -07:00
dccp [DCCP]: Fix sock_orphan dead lock 2006-05-05 17:09:13 -07:00
decnet [DECNET]: Fix level1 router hello 2006-05-03 23:36:23 -07:00
econet
ethernet
ieee80211 [PATCH] softmac: make non-operational after being stopped 2006-05-05 16:55:22 -04:00
ipv4 [IPV4]: ip_options_fragment() has no effect on fragmentation 2006-05-09 15:18:50 -07:00
ipv6 [IPV6]: skb leakage in inet6_csk_xmit 2006-05-10 13:24:38 -07:00
ipx
irda [IRDA]: Removing unused EXPORT_SYMBOLs 2006-05-09 15:25:25 -07:00
key
lapb
llc
netfilter
netlink
netrom [NETROM/ROSE]: Kill module init version kernel log messages. 2006-05-05 17:19:26 -07:00
packet
rose [NETROM/ROSE]: Kill module init version kernel log messages. 2006-05-05 17:19:26 -07:00
rxrpc
sched [NET_SCHED]: HFSC: fix thinko in hfsc_adjust_levels() 2006-05-11 12:22:03 -07:00
sctp [SCTP]: Fix state table entries for chunks received in CLOSED state. 2006-05-05 17:05:23 -07:00
sunrpc
tipc
unix
wanrouter
x25
xfrm
compat.c
Kconfig
Makefile
nonet.c
socket.c
sysctl_net.c
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