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Ido Schimmel 2a4501ae18 neigh: Send a notification when DELAY_PROBE_TIME changes 
When the data plane is offloaded the traffic doesn't go through the
networking stack. Therefore, after first resolving a neighbour the NUD
state machine will transition it from REACHABLE to STALE until it's
finally deleted by the garbage collector.

To prevent such situations the offloading driver should notify the NUD
state machine on any neighbours that were recently used. The driver's
polling interval should be set so that the NUD state machine can
function as if the traffic wasn't offloaded.

Currently, there are no in-tree drivers that can report confirmation for
a neighbour, but only 'used' indication. Therefore, the polling interval
should be set according to DELAY_FIRST_PROBE_TIME, as a neighbour will
transition from REACHABLE state to DELAY (instead of STALE) if "a packet
was sent within the last DELAY_FIRST_PROBE_TIME seconds" (RFC 4861).

Send a netevent whenever the DELAY_FIRST_PROBE_TIME changes - either via
netlink or sysctl - so that offloading drivers can correctly set their
polling interval.

Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2016-07-05 09:06:29 -07:00
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6lowpan 6lowpan: add support for 802.15.4 short addr handling 2016-06-15 20:41:24 -07:00
9p remove lots of IS_ERR_VALUE abuses 2016-05-27 15:26:11 -07:00
802
8021q net: introduce default neigh_construct/destroy ndo calls for L2 upper devices 2016-07-05 09:06:28 -07:00
appletalk appletalk: fix erroneous return value 2016-02-18 14:59:34 -05:00
atm net: add dev arg to ndo_neigh_construct/destroy 2016-07-05 09:06:28 -07:00
ax25 AX.25: Close socket connection on session completion 2016-06-18 20:55:34 -07:00
batman-adv This feature patchset includes the following changes: 2016-07-04 23:33:59 -07:00
bluetooth net: add netdev_lockdep_set_classes() helper 2016-06-09 13:28:37 -07:00
bridge net: introduce default neigh_construct/destroy ndo calls for L2 upper devices 2016-07-05 09:06:28 -07:00
caif caif: Remove unneeded header file 2016-06-28 05:26:14 -04:00
can can: only call can_stat_update with procfs 2016-06-23 11:23:49 +02:00
ceph libceph: use %s instead of %pE in dout()s 2016-05-30 23:00:23 +02:00
core neigh: Send a notification when DELAY_PROBE_TIME changes 2016-07-05 09:06:29 -07:00
dcb
dccp dccp: do not assume DCCP code is non preemptible 2016-05-02 17:02:25 -04:00
decnet decnet: Do not build routes to devices without decnet private data. 2016-04-10 23:01:30 -04:00
dns_resolver KEYS: Add a facility to restrict new links into a keyring 2016-04-11 22:37:37 +01:00
dsa net: dsa: Initialize CPU port ethtool ops per tree 2016-06-08 11:23:42 -07:00
ethernet eth: Pull header from first fragment via eth_get_headlen 2016-02-24 13:58:05 -05:00
hsr net/hsr: Use setup_timer and mod_timer. 2016-05-16 14:00:43 -04:00
ieee802154 net: add dev arg to ndo_neigh_construct/destroy 2016-07-05 09:06:28 -07:00
ipv4 tcp: md5: use kmalloc() backed scratch areas 2016-07-01 04:02:55 -04:00
ipv6 tcp: md5: use kmalloc() backed scratch areas 2016-07-01 04:02:55 -04:00
ipx
irda TTY and Serial driver update for 4.7-rc1 2016-05-20 20:57:27 -07:00
iucv af_iucv: use paged SKBs for big inbound messages 2016-06-15 12:21:05 -07:00
kcm bpf: refactor bpf_prog_get and type check into helper 2016-07-01 16:00:47 -04:00
key af_key: fix two typos 2015-10-23 03:05:19 -07:00
l2tp ipv6: use TOS marks from sockets for routing decision 2016-06-11 15:33:26 -07:00
l3mdev net: vrf: Implement get_saddr for IPv6 2016-06-17 21:25:29 -07:00
lapb net/lapb: tuse %*ph to dump buffers 2016-05-29 22:33:25 -07:00
llc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2016-05-09 15:59:24 -04:00
mac80211 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2016-06-30 05:03:36 -04:00
mac802154 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2016-03-19 10:05:34 -07:00
mpls mpls: allow routes on ipgre devices 2016-06-16 17:12:07 -07:00
netfilter net: simplify and make pkt_type_ok() available for other users 2016-07-04 15:11:13 -07:00
netlabel netlabel: fix a problem with netlbl_secattr_catmap_setrng() 2016-04-05 16:10:47 -04:00
netlink net/netlink/af_netlink.h: Remove unused structure. 2016-06-09 22:26:24 -07:00
netrom
nfc nfc: nci: Add nci_nfcc_loopback to the nci core 2016-05-04 01:48:16 +02:00
openvswitch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2016-06-30 05:03:36 -04:00
packet bpf: refactor bpf_prog_get and type check into helper 2016-07-01 16:00:47 -04:00
phonet sock: struct proto hash function may error 2016-02-11 03:54:14 -05:00
qrtr Merge tag 'qcom-soc-for-4.7-2' into net-next 2016-05-17 14:11:19 -04:00
rds RDS: Do not send a pong to an incoming ping with 0 src port 2016-07-01 16:45:18 -04:00
rfkill rfkill: Use switch to demux userspace operations 2016-04-05 10:48:53 +02:00
rose
rxrpc rxrpc: Kill off the rxrpc_transport struct 2016-06-22 14:00:23 +01:00
sched net sched actions: skbedit convert to use more modern nla_put_xxx 2016-07-04 15:11:14 -07:00
sctp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2016-06-30 05:03:36 -04:00
sunrpc rpc: share one xps between all backchannels 2016-06-15 10:32:25 -04:00
switchdev switchdev: pass pointer to fib_info instead of copy 2016-05-17 13:58:49 -04:00
tipc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2016-06-30 05:03:36 -04:00
unix Merge branch 'overlayfs-af_unix-fix' into overlayfs-linus 2016-06-12 12:05:21 +02:00
vmw_vsock vsock: make listener child lock ordering explicit 2016-06-27 10:44:46 -04:00
wimax
wireless Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2016-06-30 05:03:36 -04:00
x25 net: fix a kernel infoleak in x25 module 2016-05-09 22:45:33 -04:00
xfrm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2016-05-09 15:59:24 -04:00
compat.c packet: compat support for sock_fprog 2016-06-09 23:41:03 -07:00
Kconfig bpf: add generic constant blinding for use in jits 2016-05-16 13:49:32 -04:00
Makefile net: Add Qualcomm IPC router 2016-05-08 23:46:14 -04:00
socket.c fs: poll/select/recvmmsg: use timespec64 for timeout events 2016-05-19 19:12:14 -07:00
sysctl_net.c net: sysctl: fix a kmemleak warning 2015-10-23 06:22:08 -07:00