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Justin.Lee1@Dell.com 9771b8ccdf net/ncsi: Extend NC-SI Netlink interface to allow user space to send NC-SI command 
The new command (NCSI_CMD_SEND_CMD) is added to allow user space application
to send NC-SI command to the network card.
Also, add a new attribute (NCSI_ATTR_DATA) for transferring request and response.

The work flow is as below.

Request:
User space application
	-> Netlink interface (msg)
	-> new Netlink handler - ncsi_send_cmd_nl()
	-> ncsi_xmit_cmd()

Response:
Response received - ncsi_rcv_rsp()
	-> internal response handler - ncsi_rsp_handler_xxx()
	-> ncsi_rsp_handler_netlink()
	-> ncsi_send_netlink_rsp ()
	-> Netlink interface (msg)
	-> user space application

Command timeout - ncsi_request_timeout()
	-> ncsi_send_netlink_timeout ()
	-> Netlink interface (msg with zero data length)
	-> user space application

Error:
Error detected
	-> ncsi_send_netlink_err ()
	-> Netlink interface (err msg)
	-> user space application

Signed-off-by: Justin Lee <justin.lee1@dell.com>
Reviewed-by: Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <sam@mendozajonas.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2018-10-15 22:00:59 -07:00
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6lowpan 6lowpan: iphc: reset mac_header after decompress to fix panic 2018-07-06 12:32:12 +02:00
9p Pull request for inclusion in 4.19, take two 2018-08-17 17:27:58 -07:00
802
8021q net: remove blank lines at end of file 2018-07-24 14:10:43 -07:00
appletalk Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
atm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-08-15 15:04:25 -07:00
ax25 ax25: remove blank line at EOF 2018-07-24 14:10:42 -07:00
batman-adv Merge ra.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-09-25 10:35:29 -07:00
bluetooth Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-10-03 21:00:17 -07:00
bpf bpf: extend cgroup bpf core to allow multiple cgroup storage types 2018-10-01 16:18:32 +02:00
bpfilter net: bpfilter: Fix type cast and pointer warnings 2018-10-05 11:51:06 -07:00
bridge net: bridge: add support for per-port vlan stats 2018-10-12 10:18:58 -07:00
caif net: caif: remove redundant null check on frontpkt 2018-09-17 18:49:57 -07:00
can Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
ceph crush: fix using plain integer as NULL warning 2018-08-13 17:55:44 +02:00
core FDDI: defza: Support capturing outgoing SMT traffic 2018-10-15 21:46:06 -07:00
dcb net: dcb: Add priority-to-DSCP map getters 2018-07-27 13:17:50 -07:00
dccp inet: make sure to grab rcu_read_lock before using ireq->ireq_opt 2018-10-02 15:52:12 -07:00
decnet decnet: Remove unnecessary check for dev->name 2018-09-21 19:48:36 -07:00
dns_resolver dns: Allow the dns resolver to retrieve a server set 2018-10-04 09:40:52 -07:00
dsa net: dsa: remove redundant null pointer check before put_device 2018-09-17 08:20:11 -07:00
ethernet net: Convert GRO SKB handling to list_head. 2018-06-26 11:33:04 +09:00
hsr
ieee802154 net/ipfrag: let ip[6]frag_high_thresh in ns be higher than in init_net 2018-09-21 19:45:52 -07:00
ife
ipv4 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-10-12 21:38:46 -07:00
ipv6 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-10-12 21:38:46 -07:00
iucv net/af_iucv: locate IUCV header via skb_network_header() 2018-09-26 09:56:07 -07:00
kcm Revert "kcm: remove any offset before parsing messages" 2018-09-17 18:43:42 -07:00
key Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec-next 2018-07-27 09:33:37 -07:00
l2tp l2tp: fix unused function warning 2018-08-13 20:45:49 -07:00
l3mdev
lapb
llc llc: avoid blocking in llc_sap_close() 2018-09-13 09:04:58 -07:00
mac80211 mac80211: implement ieee80211_tx_rate_update to update rate 2018-10-12 13:05:40 +02:00
mac802154 net: mac802154: tx: expand tailroom if necessary 2018-08-06 11:21:37 +02:00
mpls net/mpls: Implement handler for strict data checking on dumps 2018-10-10 22:46:17 -07:00
ncsi net/ncsi: Extend NC-SI Netlink interface to allow user space to send NC-SI command 2018-10-15 22:00:59 -07:00
netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf-next 2018-10-08 21:28:55 -07:00
netlabel netlabel: check for IPV4MASK in addrinfo_get 2018-09-21 18:58:34 -07:00
netlink netlink: Add new socket option to enable strict checking on dumps 2018-10-08 10:39:04 -07:00
netrom Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
nfc Merge ra.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-09-25 10:35:29 -07:00
nsh nsh: set mac len based on inner packet 2018-07-12 16:55:29 -07:00
openvswitch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf-next 2018-10-08 21:28:55 -07:00
packet Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-10-06 14:43:42 -07:00
phonet Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
psample
qrtr net: qrtr: Reset the node and port ID of broadcast messages 2018-07-05 20:20:03 +09:00
rds Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-10-12 21:38:46 -07:00
rfkill Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-09-04 21:33:03 -07:00
rose Revert changes to convert to ->poll_mask() and aio IOCB_CMD_POLL 2018-06-28 10:40:47 -07:00
rxrpc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-10-12 21:38:46 -07:00
sched Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-10-12 21:38:46 -07:00
sctp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-10-03 21:00:17 -07:00
smc smc: generic netlink family should be __ro_after_init 2018-09-20 07:49:55 -07:00
strparser strparser: remove redundant variable 'rd_desc' 2018-08-01 10:00:06 -07:00
sunrpc NFS client updates for Linux 4.19 2018-08-23 16:03:58 -07:00
switchdev
tipc tipc: support binding to specific ip address when activating UDP bearer 2018-10-15 21:56:56 -07:00
tls tls: Add support for inplace records encryption 2018-10-02 23:03:47 -07:00
unix af_unix: ensure POLLOUT on remote close() for connected dgram socket 2018-08-03 16:44:19 -07:00
vmw_vsock vsock: split dwork to avoid reinitializations 2018-08-07 12:39:13 -07:00
wimax wimax: remove blank lines at EOF 2018-07-24 14:10:42 -07:00
wireless nl80211: Add per peer statistics to compute FCS error rate 2018-10-12 12:56:34 +02:00
x25 x25: remove blank lines at EOF 2018-07-24 14:10:42 -07:00
xdp xsk: proper AF_XDP socket teardown ordering 2018-10-08 10:09:22 +02:00
xfrm net: Add extack to nlmsg_parse 2018-10-08 10:39:04 -07:00
compat.c net: avoid unnecessary sock_flag() check when enable timestamp 2018-08-06 10:42:48 -07:00
Kconfig net: remove blank lines at end of file 2018-07-24 14:10:43 -07:00
Makefile bpfilter: check compiler capability in Kconfig 2018-06-28 13:36:39 +09:00
socket.c socket: Tighten no-error check in bind() 2018-10-05 14:34:45 -07:00
sysctl_net.c