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@ 2017-02-13 15:36 Andreas Schultz
  2017-02-13 15:36 ` [PATCH net-next v3 1/8] gtp: add documentation Andreas Schultz
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From: Andreas Schultz @ 2017-02-13 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Pablo Neira
  Cc: netdev, Harald Welte, Lionel Gauthier, osmocom-net-gprs, Jonas Bonn

Hi Pablo,

This is v3 of the GTP improvements.

This series lays the groundwork for removing the socket references from
the GTP netdevice by removing duplicate code and simplifying the logic on
some code paths.

It slighly changes the GTP genl API by making the socket parameters optional
(though one of them is still required).

The removal of the socket references will break the 1:1 releation between
GTP netdevice and GTP socket that prevents us to support multiple VRFs with
overlaping IP addresse spaces attached to the same GTP-U entity (needed for
multi APN support).

Pablo found a socket hold problem in v2. In order to solve that I had to
switch the socket references from the struct socket to the internal
struct sock. This should have no functionl impact, but we can now hang
on to the reference without blocking user space from closing the GTP socket.

There was also some length off-list conversation about why the netdevice to
socket relation needs to be changed at all. Harald did already agree to this
but Pablo had some questions. I've tried to address that with a bit of
dokumentation for the GTP module. Hopefully this will explain the need for
the change sufficiently.

This series does have conflicts with the SGSN side tunnel work done by
Jonas Bonn. The unification of the tunnel Rx code touches the same places
he changed.

v2->v3:
 * add documentation to explain the goal of all these changes
 * incorporate review comments
 * switch from struct socket to struct sock

Regards
Andreas

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2017-02-13 15:36 [PATCH net-next v3 0/8] gtp: misc improvements Andreas Schultz
2017-02-13 15:36 ` [PATCH net-next v3 1/8] gtp: add documentation Andreas Schultz
2017-02-20 16:15   ` Harald Welte
2017-02-20 17:28     ` Andreas Schultz
2017-02-21  1:12       ` Neels Hofmeyr
2017-02-22  8:36       ` Harald Welte
2017-02-22 11:30         ` Andreas Schultz
2017-02-13 15:36 ` [PATCH net-next v3 2/8] gtp: switch from struct socket to struct sock for the GTP sockets Andreas Schultz
2017-02-14 17:48   ` David Miller
2017-02-15  7:04     ` Andreas Schultz
2017-02-15 16:07       ` David Miller
2017-02-13 15:36 ` [PATCH net-next v3 3/8] gtp: make GTP sockets in gtp_newlink optional Andreas Schultz
2017-02-13 15:36 ` [PATCH net-next v3 4/8] gtp: merge gtp_get_net and gtp_genl_find_dev Andreas Schultz
2017-02-13 15:36 ` [PATCH net-next v3 5/8] gtp: consolidate gtp socket rx path Andreas Schultz
2017-02-13 15:36 ` [PATCH net-next v3 6/8] gtp: unify genl_find_pdp and prepare for per socket lookup Andreas Schultz
2017-02-13 15:36 ` [PATCH net-next v3 7/8] gtp: consolidate pdp context destruction into helper Andreas Schultz
2017-02-13 15:36 ` [PATCH net-next v3 8/8] gtp: add socket to pdp context Andreas Schultz
2017-02-16 21:38 ` [PATCH net-next v3 0/8] gtp: misc improvements Andreas Schultz

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