linux-kernel-test/include
Eric W. Biederman e09eff7fc1 macvtap: Fix the minor device number allocation
On systems that create and delete lots of dynamic devices the
31bit linux ifindex fails to fit in the 16bit macvtap minor,
resulting in unusable macvtap devices.  I have systems running
automated tests that that hit this condition in just a few days.

Use a linux idr allocator to track which mavtap minor numbers
are available and and to track the association between macvtap
minor numbers and macvtap network devices.

Remove the unnecessary unneccessary check to see if the network
device we have found is indeed a macvtap device.  With macvtap
specific data structures it is impossible to find any other
kind of networking device.

Increase the macvtap minor range from 65536 to the full 20 bits
that is supported by linux device numbers.  It doesn't solve the
original problem but there is no penalty for a larger minor
device range.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2011-10-21 02:53:07 -04:00
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acpi Merge branch 'apei-release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6 2011-08-03 21:53:27 -10:00
asm-generic All Arch: remove linkage for sys_nfsservctl system call 2011-08-26 15:09:58 -07:00
crypto
drm drm: Separate EDID Header Check from EDID Block Check 2011-08-04 14:39:35 +01:00
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linux macvtap: Fix the minor device number allocation 2011-10-21 02:53:07 -04:00
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media [media] V4L: initial driver for ov5642 CMOS sensor 2011-07-27 17:56:09 -03:00
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net net: constify skbuff and Qdisc elements 2011-10-20 17:45:43 -04:00
pcmcia pcmcia: add PCMCIA_DEVICE_MANF_CARD_PROD_ID3 2011-08-08 16:04:11 -04:00
rdma net: consolidate and fix ethtool_ops->get_settings calling 2011-09-15 17:32:26 -04:00
rxrpc atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
scsi Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.open-osd.org/linux-open-osd 2011-08-06 22:56:03 -07:00
sound ASoC: omap: Update e-mail address of Jarkko Nikula 2011-08-12 11:45:10 +09:00
target target: Make standard INQUIRY return 'not connected' for tpg_virt_lun0 2011-08-22 19:25:35 +00:00
trace writeback: show raw dirtied_when in trace writeback_single_inode 2011-08-31 08:48:15 +08:00
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xen xen/balloon: memory hotplug support for Xen balloon driver 2011-07-25 20:57:08 -07:00
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