linux-stable/include/linux/netpoll.h
Satyam Sharma 0bcc181618 [NET] netconsole: Support dynamic reconfiguration using configfs
Based upon initial work by Keiichi Kii <k-keiichi@bx.jp.nec.com>.

This patch introduces support for dynamic reconfiguration (adding, removing
and/or modifying parameters of netconsole targets at runtime) using a
userspace interface exported via configfs.  Documentation is also updated
accordingly.

Issues and brief design overview:

(1) Kernel-initiated creation / destruction of kernel objects is not
    possible with configfs -- the lifetimes of the "config items" is managed
    exclusively from userspace.  But netconsole must support boot/module
    params too, and these are parsed in kernel and hence netpolls must be
    setup from the kernel.  Joel Becker suggested to separately manage the
    lifetimes of the two kinds of netconsole_target objects -- those created
    via configfs mkdir(2) from userspace and those specified from the
    boot/module option string.  This adds complexity and some redundancy here
    and also means that boot/module param-created targets are not exposed
    through the configfs namespace (and hence cannot be updated / destroyed
    dynamically).  However, this saves us from locking / refcounting
    complexities that would need to be introduced in configfs to support
    kernel-initiated item creation / destroy there.

(2) In configfs, item creation takes place in the call chain of the
    mkdir(2) syscall in the driver subsystem.  If we used an ioctl(2) to
    create / destroy objects from userspace, the special userspace program is
    able to fill out the structure to be passed into the ioctl and hence
    specify attributes such as local interface that are required at the time
    we set up the netpoll.  For configfs, this information is not available at
    the time of mkdir(2).  So, we keep all newly-created targets (via
    configfs) disabled by default.  The user is expected to set various
    attributes appropriately (including the local network interface if
    required) and then write(2) "1" to the "enabled" attribute.  Thus,
    netpoll_setup() is then called on the set parameters in the context of
    _this_ write(2) on the "enabled" attribute itself.  This design enables
    the user to reconfigure existing netconsole targets at runtime to be
    attached to newly-come-up interfaces that may not have existed when
    netconsole was loaded or when the targets were actually created.  All this
    effectively enables us to get rid of custom ioctls.

(3) Ultra-paranoid configfs attribute show() and store() operations, with
    sanity and input range checking, using only safe string primitives, and
    compliant with the recommendations in Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt.

(4) A new function netpoll_print_options() is created in the netpoll API,
    that just prints out the configured parameters for a netpoll structure.
    netpoll_parse_options() is modified to use that and it is also exported to
    be used from netconsole.

Signed-off-by: Satyam Sharma <satyam@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Keiichi Kii <k-keiichi@bx.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2007-10-10 16:48:06 -07:00

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/*
* Common code for low-level network console, dump, and debugger code
*
* Derived from netconsole, kgdb-over-ethernet, and netdump patches
*/
#ifndef _LINUX_NETPOLL_H
#define _LINUX_NETPOLL_H
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/interrupt.h>
#include <linux/rcupdate.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
struct netpoll {
struct net_device *dev;
char dev_name[IFNAMSIZ];
const char *name;
void (*rx_hook)(struct netpoll *, int, char *, int);
u32 local_ip, remote_ip;
u16 local_port, remote_port;
u8 local_mac[ETH_ALEN], remote_mac[ETH_ALEN];
};
struct netpoll_info {
atomic_t refcnt;
int rx_flags;
spinlock_t rx_lock;
struct netpoll *rx_np; /* netpoll that registered an rx_hook */
struct sk_buff_head arp_tx; /* list of arp requests to reply to */
struct sk_buff_head txq;
struct delayed_work tx_work;
};
void netpoll_poll(struct netpoll *np);
void netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg, int len);
void netpoll_print_options(struct netpoll *np);
int netpoll_parse_options(struct netpoll *np, char *opt);
int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np);
int netpoll_trap(void);
void netpoll_set_trap(int trap);
void netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np);
int __netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb);
#ifdef CONFIG_NETPOLL
static inline int netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct netpoll_info *npinfo = skb->dev->npinfo;
unsigned long flags;
int ret = 0;
if (!npinfo || (!npinfo->rx_np && !npinfo->rx_flags))
return 0;
spin_lock_irqsave(&npinfo->rx_lock, flags);
/* check rx_flags again with the lock held */
if (npinfo->rx_flags && __netpoll_rx(skb))
ret = 1;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&npinfo->rx_lock, flags);
return ret;
}
static inline int netpoll_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
if (!list_empty(&skb->dev->napi_list))
return netpoll_rx(skb);
return 0;
}
static inline void *netpoll_poll_lock(struct napi_struct *napi)
{
struct net_device *dev = napi->dev;
rcu_read_lock(); /* deal with race on ->npinfo */
if (dev && dev->npinfo) {
spin_lock(&napi->poll_lock);
napi->poll_owner = smp_processor_id();
return napi;
}
return NULL;
}
static inline void netpoll_poll_unlock(void *have)
{
struct napi_struct *napi = have;
if (napi) {
napi->poll_owner = -1;
spin_unlock(&napi->poll_lock);
}
rcu_read_unlock();
}
static inline void netpoll_netdev_init(struct net_device *dev)
{
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->napi_list);
}
#else
static inline int netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
return 0;
}
static inline int netpoll_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
return 0;
}
static inline void *netpoll_poll_lock(struct napi_struct *napi)
{
return NULL;
}
static inline void netpoll_poll_unlock(void *have)
{
}
static inline void netpoll_netdev_init(struct net_device *dev)
{
}
#endif
#endif