linux/net/core
Eric W. Biederman 9c62a68d13 netpoll: Remove dead packet receive code (CONFIG_NETPOLL_TRAP)
The netpoll packet receive code only becomes active if the netpoll
rx_skb_hook is implemented, and there is not a single implementation
of the netpoll rx_skb_hook in the kernel.

All of the out of tree implementations I have found all call
netpoll_poll which was removed from the kernel in 2011, so this
change should not add any additional breakage.

There are problems with the netpoll packet receive code.  __netpoll_rx
does not call dev_kfree_skb_irq or dev_kfree_skb_any in hard irq
context.  netpoll_neigh_reply leaks every skb it receives.  Reception
of packets does not work successfully on stacked devices (aka bonding,
team, bridge, and vlans).

Given that the netpoll packet receive code is buggy, there are no
out of tree users that will be merged soon, and the code has
not been used for in tree for a decade let's just remove it.

Reverting this commit can server as a starting point for anyone
who wants to resurrect netpoll packet reception support.

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2014-03-17 15:48:12 -04:00
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datagram.c net, datagram: fix the incorrect comment in zerocopy_sg_from_iovec() 2013-10-29 00:19:04 -04:00
dev_addr_lists.c net: Correctly sync addresses from multiple sources to single device 2014-01-23 13:06:34 -08:00
dev_ioctl.c net_tstamp: Add SIOCGHWTSTAMP ioctl to match SIOCSHWTSTAMP 2013-11-19 19:07:21 +00:00
dev.c netpoll: Remove dead packet receive code (CONFIG_NETPOLL_TRAP) 2014-03-17 15:48:12 -04:00
drop_monitor.c net: drop_monitor: fix the value of maxattr 2013-12-09 21:10:38 -05:00
dst.c net: pass info struct via netdevice notifier 2013-05-28 13:11:01 -07:00
ethtool.c net: Add layer 2 hardware acceleration operations for macvlan devices 2013-11-07 19:11:41 -05:00
fib_rules.c net: fix 'ip rule' iif/oif device rename 2014-02-09 19:02:52 -08:00
filter.c bpf: do not use reciprocal divide 2014-01-15 17:02:08 -08:00
flow_dissector.c net: Convert uses of __constant_<foo> to <foo> 2014-03-12 15:28:06 -04:00
flow.c flowcache: Fix resource leaks on namespace exit. 2014-03-12 15:31:18 -04:00
gen_estimator.c net_sched: add 64bit rate estimators 2013-06-11 02:51:03 -07:00
gen_stats.c net_sched: add 64bit rate estimators 2013-06-11 02:51:03 -07:00
iovec.c net: rework recvmsg handler msg_name and msg_namelen logic 2013-11-20 21:52:30 -05:00
link_watch.c net: make all team port device link events urgent 2013-06-13 02:31:41 -07:00
Makefile net: netprio: rename config to be more consistent with cgroup configs 2014-01-03 23:41:42 +01:00
neighbour.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-03-05 20:32:02 -05:00
net_namespace.c userns: Kill nsown_capable it makes the wrong thing easy 2013-08-30 23:44:11 -07:00
net-procfs.c rps: selective flow shedding during softnet overflow 2013-05-20 13:48:04 -07:00
net-sysfs.c net: Add sysfs file for port number 2014-02-26 15:38:06 -05:00
net-sysfs.h net: netdev_kobject_init: annotate with __init 2014-01-05 20:27:54 -05:00
net-traces.c net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
netclassid_cgroup.c net: net_cls: move cgroupfs classid handling into core 2014-01-03 23:41:41 +01:00
netevent.c net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
netpoll.c netpoll: Remove dead packet receive code (CONFIG_NETPOLL_TRAP) 2014-03-17 15:48:12 -04:00
netprio_cgroup.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2014-01-25 11:17:34 -08:00
pktgen.c pktgen: document all supported flags 2014-02-24 18:54:26 -05:00
request_sock.c net: remove unnecessary return's 2014-02-13 18:33:38 -05:00
rtnetlink.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-02-19 01:24:22 -05:00
scm.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2013-09-07 14:35:32 -07:00
secure_seq.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2013-10-23 16:49:34 -04:00
skbuff.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2014-03-14 22:31:55 -04:00
sock_diag.c sock_diag: fix filter code sent to userspace 2013-06-10 22:23:32 -07:00
sock.c tcp: tcp_release_cb() should release socket ownership 2014-03-11 16:45:59 -04:00
stream.c net: replace macros net_random and net_srandom with direct calls to prandom 2014-01-14 15:15:25 -08:00
sysctl_net_core.c rps: NUMA flow limit allocations 2013-12-19 19:00:07 -05:00
timestamping.c net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
user_dma.c net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
utils.c net: make net_get_random_once irq safe 2013-10-25 19:03:39 -04:00