[Click] Linux 2.6.24 and later

[Stephen Pink]

Hi,

I'm now a bit confused, so please set me straight.  I just git pulled over the latest into my 
own click repository. Now, which kernel should I be trying to build the click kernel module for?

Thanks,

Steve

--- On Thu, 10/23/08, Eddie Kohler <kohler at cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
From: Eddie Kohler <kohler at cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: [Click] Linux 2.6.24 and later
To: "Sargun Dhillon" <xbmodder at gmail.com>, "Click" <click at pdos.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 4:10 AM

Sargun Dhillon wrote:
> Is there any plan to integrate click into the kernel?

No.

Eddie


> 
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Eddie Kohler <kohler at cs.ucla.edu>
wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've gone over and entered versions of most of Joonwoo and
Adam's Click
>> patch into mainline.  I've attached the remaining portions of the
patch.
>>  Adam, Joonwoo, can you please explain the parts of this patch to me? 
The
>> rtnl_lock() for example; is that required with *every* version of
Linux [and
>> we just got it wrong], or is it something new for 2.6.24?  Similarly
for
>> commenting out netif_wake_queue() in todevice?  Similarly for
KBUILD_CFLAGS
>> in the Makefile, and lock() and unlock() in the skbmgr?
>>
>> Progress...
>> Eddie
>>
>>
>> diff --git a/elements/linuxmodule/anydevice.cc
>> b/elements/linuxmodule/anydevice.cc
>> index c19ae22..8633be1 100644
>> --- a/elements/linuxmodule/anydevice.cc
>> +++ b/elements/linuxmodule/anydevice.cc
>> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ CLICK_CXX_PROTECT
>>  #include <linux/if_arp.h>
>>  #endif
>>  #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
>> +#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
>>  CLICK_CXX_UNPROTECT
>>  #include <click/cxxunprotect.h>
>>
>> @@ -107,8 +108,11 @@ AnyDevice::find_device(AnyDeviceMap *adm,
ErrorHandler
>> *errh)
>>        _dev = 0;
>>     }
>>
>> -    if (_dev && _promisc)
>> +    if (_dev && _promisc) {
>> +       rtnl_lock();
>>        dev_set_promiscuity(_dev, 1);
>> +       rtnl_unlock();
>> +    }
>>  #if HAVE_NET_ENABLE_TIMESTAMP
>>     if (_dev && _timestamp)
>>        net_enable_timestamp();
>> @@ -143,8 +147,11 @@ AnyDevice::set_device(net_device *dev,
AnyDeviceMap
>> *adm, bool locked)
>>            click_chatter("%s: device '%s' went
down", declaration().c_str(),
>> _devname.c_str());
>>     }
>>
>> -    if (_dev && _promisc)
>> +    if (_dev && _promisc) {
>> +       rtnl_lock();
>>        dev_set_promiscuity(_dev, -1);
>> +       rtnl_unlock();
>> +    }
>>  #if HAVE_NET_ENABLE_TIMESTAMP
>>     if (_dev && _timestamp)
>>        net_disable_timestamp();
>> @@ -160,8 +167,11 @@ AnyDevice::set_device(net_device *dev,
AnyDeviceMap
>> *adm, bool locked)
>>     if (adm)
>>        adm->insert(this, locked);
>>
>> -    if (_dev && _promisc)
>> +    if (_dev && _promisc) {
>> +       rtnl_lock();
>>        dev_set_promiscuity(_dev, 1);
>> +       rtnl_unlock();
>> +    }
>>  #if HAVE_NET_ENABLE_TIMESTAMP
>>     if (_dev && _timestamp)
>>        net_enable_timestamp();
>> @@ -180,8 +190,11 @@ AnyDevice::set_device(net_device *dev,
AnyDeviceMap
>> *adm, bool locked)
>>  void
>>  AnyDevice::clear_device(AnyDeviceMap *adm)
>>  {
>> -    if (_dev && _promisc)
>> +    if (_dev && _promisc) {
>> +       rtnl_lock();
>>        dev_set_promiscuity(_dev, -1);
>> +       rtnl_unlock();
>> +    }
>>  #if HAVE_NET_ENABLE_TIMESTAMP
>>     if (_dev && _timestamp)
>>        net_disable_timestamp();
>> diff --git a/elements/linuxmodule/todevice.cc
>> b/elements/linuxmodule/todevice.cc
>> index 0a2eb7c..9029401 100644
>> --- a/elements/linuxmodule/todevice.cc
>> +++ b/elements/linuxmodule/todevice.cc
>> @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ ToDevice::run_task(Task *)
>>     // to call qdisc_restart() ourselves, outside of net_bh().
>>     if (is_polling && !busy &&
_dev->qdisc->q.qlen) {
>>        _dev->tx_eob(_dev);
>> -       netif_wake_queue(_dev);
>> +       //netif_wake_queue(_dev);
>>     }
>>  #endif
>>
>> diff --git a/linuxmodule/Makefile.in b/linuxmodule/Makefile.in
>> index 33a8ed3..c1d55e3 100644
>> --- a/linuxmodule/Makefile.in
>> +++ b/linuxmodule/Makefile.in
>> @@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ CLICK_ELEM2MAKE = $(top_builddir)/click-buildtool
>> elem2make --linux26
>>  CLICKCC = @KERNEL_CC@
>>  CLICKCXX = @KERNEL_CXX@
>>
>> -LINUXCFLAGS = $(shell echo "$(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
$(CFLAGS_MODULE)" | sed \
>> +LINUXCFLAGS = $(shell echo "$(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
$(CFLAGS_MODULE)" \
>> +       "$(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) " | sed \
>>        -e s,-fno-unit-at-a-time,, -e s,-Wstrict-prototypes,, \
>>        -e s,-Wdeclaration-after-statement,, \
>> +       -e s,-Werror-implicit-function-declaration,, \
>>        -e s,-Wno-pointer-sign,, -e s,-fno-common,,)
>>  CLICKCPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@ -DCLICK_LINUXMODULE
>>  CLICKCFLAGS = @CFLAGS_NDEBUG@
>> diff --git a/linuxmodule/skbmgr.cc b/linuxmodule/skbmgr.cc
>> index 3a55dae..45c27a7 100644
>> --- a/linuxmodule/skbmgr.cc
>> +++ b/linuxmodule/skbmgr.cc
>> @@ -339,6 +346,7 @@ RecycledSkbPool::allocate(unsigned headroom,
unsigned
>> size, int want, int *store
>>   }
>>
>>   size = size_to_higher_bucket_size(headroom + size);
>> +  lock();
>>   while (got < want) {
>>     struct sk_buff *skb = alloc_skb(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
>>  #if DEBUG_SKBMGR
>> @@ -353,6 +361,7 @@ RecycledSkbPool::allocate(unsigned headroom,
unsigned
>> size, int want, int *store
>>     prev = &skb->next;
>>     got++;
>>   }
>> +  unlock();
>>
>>   *prev = 0;
>>   *store_got = got;
>>
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