Repository : ssh://git@diktynna/batman-adv
On branch : master
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commit 6e860b3d5e4147bafcda32bf9b3e769926f232c5
Author: Sven Eckelmann <sven(a)narfation.org>
Date: Mon Nov 25 10:46:50 2019 +0100
batman-adv: Revert "disable ethtool link speed detection when auto negotiation off"
The commit d60b8fc69ef2 ("batman-adv: disable ethtool link speed detection
when auto negotiation off") disabled the usage of ethtool's link_ksetting
when auto negotation was enabled due to invalid values when used with
tun/tap virtual net_devices. According to the patch, automatic measurements
should be used for these kind of interfaces.
But there are major flaws with this argumentation:
* automatic measurements are not implemented
* auto negotiation has nothing to do with the validity of the retrieved
values
The first point has to be fixed by a longer patch series. The "validity"
part of the second point must be addressed in the same patch series by
dropping the usage of ethtool's link_ksetting (thus always doing automatic
measurements over ethernet).
Drop the patch again to have more default values for various net_device
types/configurations. The user can still overwrite them using the
batadv_hardif's BATADV_ATTR_THROUGHPUT_OVERRIDE.
Reported-by: Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer(a)universe-factory.net>
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven(a)narfation.org>
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6e860b3d5e4147bafcda32bf9b3e769926f232c5
compat-include/linux/ethtool.h | 2 --
net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c | 15 +--------------
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/compat-include/linux/ethtool.h b/compat-include/linux/ethtool.h
index 18629acd..6dd2a74c 100644
--- a/compat-include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/compat-include/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ struct batadv_ethtool_link_ksettings {
struct {
__u32 speed;
__u8 duplex;
- __u8 autoneg;
} base;
};
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ batadv_ethtool_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev,
return ret;
link_ksettings->base.duplex = cmd.duplex;
- link_ksettings->base.autoneg = cmd.autoneg;
link_ksettings->base.speed = ethtool_cmd_speed(&cmd);
return 0;
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c
index 353e49c4..0bdefa35 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c
@@ -127,20 +127,7 @@ static u32 batadv_v_elp_get_throughput(struct batadv_hardif_neigh_node *neigh)
rtnl_lock();
ret = __ethtool_get_link_ksettings(hard_iface->net_dev, &link_settings);
rtnl_unlock();
-
- /* Virtual interface drivers such as tun / tap interfaces, VLAN, etc
- * tend to initialize the interface throughput with some value for the
- * sake of having a throughput number to export via ethtool. This
- * exported throughput leaves batman-adv to conclude the interface
- * throughput is genuine (reflecting reality), thus no measurements
- * are necessary.
- *
- * Based on the observation that those interface types also tend to set
- * the link auto-negotiation to 'off', batman-adv shall check this
- * setting to differentiate between genuine link throughput information
- * and placeholders installed by virtual interfaces.
- */
- if (ret == 0 && link_settings.base.autoneg == AUTONEG_ENABLE) {
+ if (ret == 0) {
/* link characteristics might change over time */
if (link_settings.base.duplex == DUPLEX_FULL)
hard_iface->bat_v.flags |= BATADV_FULL_DUPLEX;