linux/net
David S. Miller 6431cbc25f inet: Create a mechanism for upward inetpeer propagation into routes.
If we didn't have a routing cache, we would not be able to properly
propagate certain kinds of dynamic path attributes, for example
PMTU information and redirects.

The reason is that if we didn't have a routing cache, then there would
be no way to lookup all of the active cached routes hanging off of
sockets, tunnels, IPSEC bundles, etc.

Consider the case where we created a cached route, but no inetpeer
entry existed and also we were not asked to pre-COW the route metrics
and therefore did not force the creation a new inetpeer entry.

If we later get a PMTU message, or a redirect, and store this
information in a new inetpeer entry, there is no way to teach that
cached route about the newly existing inetpeer entry.

The facilities implemented here handle this problem.

First we create a generation ID.  When we create a cached route of any
kind, we remember the generation ID at the time of attachment.  Any
time we force-create an inetpeer entry in response to new path
information, we bump that generation ID.

The dst_ops->check() callback is where the knowledge of this event
is propagated.  If the global generation ID does not equal the one
stored in the cached route, and the cached route has not attached
to an inetpeer yet, we look it up and attach if one is found.  Now
that we've updated the cached route's information, we update the
route's generation ID too.

This clears the way for implementing PMTU and redirects directly in
the inetpeer cache.  There is absolutely no need to consult cached
route information in order to maintain this information.

At this point nothing bumps the inetpeer genids, that comes in the
later changes which handle PMTUs and redirects using inetpeers.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-02-10 13:33:41 -08:00
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9p net: cleanup unused macros in net directory 2011-01-19 23:20:04 -08:00
802
8021q net: change netdev->features to u32 2011-01-24 15:32:47 -08:00
appletalk
atm Merge branch 'for-2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2011-01-07 16:58:04 -08:00
ax25 net: ax25: fix information leak to userland harder 2011-01-12 00:34:49 -08:00
batman-adv Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2011-02-08 17:19:01 -08:00
bluetooth Bluetooth: Fix race condition with conn->sec_level 2011-01-19 14:43:11 -02:00
bridge Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2011-02-04 14:28:58 -08:00
caif Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2011-02-08 17:19:01 -08:00
can can: test size of struct sockaddr in sendmsg 2011-01-15 20:56:42 -08:00
ceph Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client 2011-01-13 10:25:24 -08:00
core net: rename group sysfs entry to netdev_group 2011-02-09 19:16:15 -08:00
dcb dcbnl: make get_app handling symmetric for IEEE and CEE DCBx 2011-01-24 15:19:55 -08:00
dccp tcp: Increase the initial congestion window to 10. 2011-02-02 20:48:47 -08:00
decnet net: Implement read-only protection and COW'ing of metrics. 2011-01-26 20:51:05 -08:00
dns_resolver
dsa module: fix missing semicolons in MODULE macro usage 2011-01-24 14:32:54 +10:30
econet econet: remove compiler warnings 2011-01-27 14:15:54 -08:00
ethernet eth: fix new kernel-doc warning 2011-01-12 19:00:40 -08:00
ieee802154
ipv4 inet: Create a mechanism for upward inetpeer propagation into routes. 2011-02-10 13:33:41 -08:00
ipv6 inet: Create a mechanism for upward inetpeer propagation into routes. 2011-02-10 13:33:41 -08:00
ipx
irda Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-12-26 22:37:05 -08:00
iucv [S390] irq: have detailed statistics for interrupt types 2011-01-05 12:47:25 +01:00
key
l2tp
lapb
llc
mac80211 Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2011-02-08 17:19:01 -08:00
netfilter Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kaber/nf-next-2.6 2011-02-09 12:39:12 -08:00
netlabel net: kill unused macros 2010-12-19 21:59:35 -08:00
netlink Revert "netlink: test for all flags of the NLM_F_DUMP composite" 2011-01-19 13:34:20 -08:00
netrom
packet net: cleanup unused macros in net directory 2011-01-19 23:20:04 -08:00
phonet phonet: some signedness bugs 2011-01-10 13:33:17 -08:00
rds net: cleanup unused macros in net directory 2011-01-19 23:20:04 -08:00
rfkill kconfig: rename CONFIG_EMBEDDED to CONFIG_EXPERT 2011-01-20 17:02:05 -08:00
rose
rxrpc rxrpc: rxrpc_workqueue isn't used during memory reclaim 2011-01-14 09:25:11 -08:00
sched sch_choke: Need linux/vmalloc.h 2011-02-02 23:06:31 -08:00
sctp sctp: user perfect name for Delayed SACK Timer option 2011-01-19 16:51:29 -08:00
sunrpc Merge branch 'for-2.6.38' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux 2011-01-14 13:17:26 -08:00
tipc tipc: update log.h re-include protection to reflect new name 2011-01-01 14:56:18 -08:00
unix af_unix: coding style: remove one level of indentation in unix_shutdown() 2011-01-19 23:31:11 -08:00
wanrouter net: cleanup unused macros in net directory 2011-01-19 23:20:04 -08:00
wimax
wireless Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 2011-02-08 13:52:31 -08:00
x25 x25: possible skb leak on bad facilities 2011-02-07 13:41:38 -08:00
xfrm Revert "netlink: test for all flags of the NLM_F_DUMP composite" 2011-01-19 13:34:20 -08:00
compat.c
Kconfig net: RPS: Enable hardware acceleration of RFS 2011-01-24 14:53:01 -08:00
Makefile net: Add batman-adv meshing protocol 2010-12-16 13:44:24 -08:00
nonet.c
socket.c pass default dentry_operations to mount_pseudo() 2011-01-12 20:03:43 -05:00
sysctl_net.c
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