[DECNET]: New autoconfiguration code for 2.5

Documentation/networking/decnet.txt

@@ -28,8 +28,36 @@ Don't turn on SIOCGIFCONF support for DECnet unless you are really sure
 that you need it, in general you won't and it can cause ifconfig to
 malfunction.
 
+Run time configuration has changed slightly from the 2.4 system. If you
+want to configure an endnode, then the simplified procedure is as follows:
+
+ o Set the MAC address on your ethernet card before starting _any_ other
+   network protocols.
+
+As soon as your network card is brought into the UP state, DECnet should
+start working. If you need something more complicated or are unsure how
+to set the MAC address, see the next section. Also all configurations which
+worked with 2.4 will work under 2.5 with no change.
+
 3) Command line options
 
+You can set a DECnet address on the kernel command line for compatibility
+with the 2.4 configuration procedure, but in general its not needed any more.
+If you do st a DECnet address on the command line, it has only one purpose
+which is that its added to the addresses on the loopback device.
+
+With 2.4 kernels, DECnet would only recognise addresses as local if they
+were added to the loopback device. In 2.5, any local interface address
+can be used to loop back to the local machine. Of course this does not
+prevent you adding further addresses to the loopback device if you
+want to.
+
+N.B. Since the address list of an interface determines the addresses for
+which "hello" messages are sent, if you don't set an address on the loopback
+interface then you won't see any entries in /proc/net/neigh for the local
+host until such time as you start a connection. This doesn't affect the
+operation of the local communications in any other way though.
+
 The kernel command line takes options looking like the following:
 
     decnet=1,2
@@ -51,7 +79,7 @@ parameters.
 
 Currently the only supported devices are ethernet and ip_gre. The
 ethernet address of your ethernet card has to be set according to the DECnet
-address of the node in order for it to be recognised (and thus appear in
+address of the node in order for it to be autoconfigured (and then appear in
 /proc/net/decnet_dev). There is a utility available at the above
 FTP sites called dn2ethaddr which can compute the correct ethernet
 address to use. The address can be set by ifconfig either before at
@@ -61,14 +89,22 @@ add the line:
     MACADDR=AA:00:04:00:03:04
 
 or something similar, to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 or
-wherever your network card's configuration lives.
+wherever your network card's configuration lives. Setting the MAC address
+of your ethernet card to an address starting with "hi-ord" will cause a
+DECnet address which matches to be added to the interface (which you can
+verify with iproute2).
 
-You will also need to set /proc/sys/net/decnet/default_device to the
+The default device for routing can be set through the /proc filesystem
+by setting /proc/sys/net/decnet/default_device to the
 device you want DECnet to route packets out of when no specific route
 is available. Usually this will be eth0, for example:
 
     echo -n "eth0" >/proc/sys/net/decnet/default_device
 
+If you don't set the default device, then it will default to the first
+ethernet card which has been autoconfigured as described above. You can
+confirm that by looking in the default_device file of course.
+
 There is a list of what the other files under /proc/sys/net/decnet/ do
 on the kernel patch web site (shown above).
 
@@ -149,7 +185,36 @@ information (_most_ of which _is_ _essential_) includes:
    You may also need to increase the length grabbed with the -s flag. The
    -e flag also provides very useful information (ethernet MAC addresses))
 
-7) Mailing list
+7) MAC FAQ
+
+A quick FAQ on ethernet MAC addresses to explain how Linux and DECnet
+interact and how to get the best performance from your hardware. 
+
+Ethernet cards are designed to normally only pass received network frames 
+to a host computer when they are addressed to it, or to the broadcast address.
+
+Linux has an interface which allows the setting of extra addresses for
+an ethernet card to listen to. If the ethernet card supports it, the
+filtering operation will be done in hardware, if not the extra unwanted packets
+received will be discarded by the host computer. In the latter case,
+significant processor time and bus bandwidth can be used up on a busy
+network (see the NAPI documentation for a longer explanation of these
+effects).
+
+DECnet makes use of this interface to allow running DECnet on an ethernet 
+card which has already been configured using TCP/IP (presumably using the 
+built in MAC address of the card, as usual) and/or to allow multiple DECnet
+addresses on each physical interface. If you do this, be aware that if your
+ethernet card doesn't support perfect hashing in its MAC address filter
+then your computer will be doing more work than required. Some cards
+will simply set themselves into promiscuous mode in order to receive
+packets from the DECnet specified addresses. So if you have one of these
+cards its better to set the MAC address of the card as described above
+to gain the best efficiency. Better still is to use a card which supports
+NAPI as well.
+
+
+8) Mailing list
 
 If you are keen to get involved in development, or want to ask questions
 about configuration, or even just report bugs, then there is a mailing
@@ -157,7 +222,7 @@ list that you can join, details are at:
 
 http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=4993
 
-8) Legal Info
+9) Legal Info
 
 The Linux DECnet project team have placed their code under the GPL. The
 software is provided "as is" and without warranty express or implied.

include/net/dn.h

@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ extern void dn_start_fast_timer(struct sock *sk);
 extern void dn_stop_fast_timer(struct sock *sk);
 
 extern dn_address decnet_address;
-extern unsigned char decnet_ether_address[6];
 extern int decnet_debug_level;
 extern int decnet_time_wait;
 extern int decnet_dn_count;

include/net/dn_dev.h

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct dn_ifaddr {
  * up() - Called to initialize device, return value can veto use of
  *        device with DECnet.
  * down() - Called to turn device off when it goes down
- * timer3() - Called when timer 3 goes off
+ * timer3() - Called once for each ifaddr when timer 3 goes off
  * 
  * sysctl - Hook for sysctl things
  *
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct dn_dev_parms {
 	int ctl_name;             /* Index for sysctl                   */
 	int  (*up)(struct net_device *);
 	void (*down)(struct net_device *);
-	void (*timer3)(struct net_device *);
+	void (*timer3)(struct net_device *, struct dn_ifaddr *ifa);
 	void *sysctl;
 };
 
@@ -167,7 +167,9 @@ extern void dn_dev_hello(struct sk_buff *skb);
 extern void dn_dev_up(struct net_device *);
 extern void dn_dev_down(struct net_device *);
 
-extern struct net_device *decnet_default_device;
+extern int dn_dev_set_default(struct net_device *dev, int force);
+extern struct net_device *dn_dev_get_default(void);
+extern int dn_dev_bind_default(dn_address *addr);
 
 static __inline__ int dn_dev_islocal(struct net_device *dev, dn_address addr)
 {

include/net/dn_route.h

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static inline void dn_rt_send(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	dev_queue_xmit(skb);
 }
 
-static inline void dn_rt_finish_output(struct sk_buff *skb, char *dst)
+static inline void dn_rt_finish_output(struct sk_buff *skb, char *dst, char *src)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static inline void dn_rt_finish_output(struct sk_buff *skb, char *dst)
 		dst = NULL;
 
 	if (!dev->hard_header || (dev->hard_header(skb, dev, ETH_P_DNA_RT,
-			dst, NULL, skb->len) >= 0))
+			dst, src, skb->len) >= 0))
 		dn_rt_send(skb);
 	else
 		kfree_skb(skb);

net/decnet/TODO

@@ -35,14 +35,11 @@ Steve's quick list of things that need finishing off:
    file)
 
  o Find all the commonality between DECnet and IPv4 routing code and extract 
-   it into a small library of routines. [probably a project for 2.5.xx]
+   it into a small library of routines. [probably a project for 2.7.xx]
 
  o Test ip_gre tunneling works... it did the last time I tested it and it
    will have to if I'm to test routing properly.
 
- o Hello messages should be generated for each primary address on each
-   interface.
-
  o Add the routing message grabbing netfilter module [written, tested,
    awaiting merge]
 
@@ -55,3 +52,5 @@ Steve's quick list of things that need finishing off:
 
  o DECnet sendpages() function
 
+ o AIO for DECnet
+

net/decnet/af_decnet.c

@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Version 0.0.6    2.1.110   07-aug-98   Eduardo Marcelo Serrat
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/socket.h>
 #include <linux/in.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -131,21 +132,20 @@ Version 0.0.6    2.1.110   07-aug-98   Eduardo Marcelo Serrat
 #include <net/dn_fib.h>
 #include <net/dn_neigh.h>
 
-static void dn_keepalive(struct sock *sk);
+struct dn_sock {
+	struct sock sk;
+	struct dn_scp scp;
+};
 
-/*
- * decnet_address is kept in network order, decnet_ether_address is kept
- * as a string of bytes.
- */
-dn_address decnet_address = 0;
-unsigned char decnet_ether_address[ETH_ALEN] = { 0xAA, 0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 };
+static void dn_keepalive(struct sock *sk);
 
 #define DN_SK_HASH_SHIFT 8
 #define DN_SK_HASH_SIZE (1 << DN_SK_HASH_SHIFT)
 #define DN_SK_HASH_MASK (DN_SK_HASH_SIZE - 1)
 
+static kmem_cache_t *dn_sk_cachep;
 static struct proto_ops dn_proto_ops;
-rwlock_t dn_hash_lock = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
+static rwlock_t dn_hash_lock = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
 static struct sock *dn_sk_hash[DN_SK_HASH_SIZE];
 static struct sock *dn_wild_sk;
 
@@ -473,17 +473,16 @@ struct sock *dn_alloc_sock(struct socket *sock, int gfp)
 	struct sock *sk;
 	struct dn_scp *scp;
 
-	if  ((sk = sk_alloc(PF_DECnet, gfp, 1, NULL)) == NULL) 
+	if  ((sk = sk_alloc(PF_DECnet, gfp, sizeof(struct dn_sock), dn_sk_cachep)) == NULL) 
 		goto no_sock;
-	scp = kmalloc(sizeof(*scp), gfp);
-	if (!scp)
-		goto free_sock;
+
+	scp = (struct dn_scp *)(sk + 1);
+	DN_SK(sk) = scp;
 
 	if (sock) {
 			sock->ops = &dn_proto_ops;
 	}
 	sock_init_data(sock,sk);
-	DN_SK(sk) = scp;
 
 	sk->backlog_rcv = dn_nsp_backlog_rcv;
 	sk->destruct    = dn_destruct;
@@ -544,8 +543,7 @@ struct sock *dn_alloc_sock(struct socket *sock, int gfp)
 	MOD_INC_USE_COUNT;
 
 	return sk;
-free_sock:
-	sk_free(sk);
+
 no_sock:
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -771,9 +769,6 @@ static int dn_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	int rv;
 
-	if (sk->zapped == 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (addr_len != sizeof(struct sockaddr_dn))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -783,19 +778,30 @@ static int dn_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 	if (dn_ntohs(saddr->sdn_nodeaddrl) && (dn_ntohs(saddr->sdn_nodeaddrl) != 2))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (saddr->sdn_objnum && !capable(CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE))
-		return -EPERM;
-
 	if (dn_ntohs(saddr->sdn_objnamel) > DN_MAXOBJL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (saddr->sdn_flags & ~SDF_WILD)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (saddr->sdn_flags & SDF_WILD) {
-		if (!capable(CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE))
-			return -EPERM;
-	} else {
+#if 1
+	if (!capable(CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE) && saddr->sdn_objnum ||
+	    (saddr->sdn_flags & SDF_WILD))
+		return -EACCES;
+#else
+	/*
+	 * Maybe put the default actions in the default security ops for
+	 * dn_prot_sock ? Would be nice if the capable call would go there
+	 * too.
+	 */
+	if (security_ops->dn_prot_sock(saddr) &&
+	    !capable(CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE) || 
+	    saddr->sdn_objnum || (saddr->sdn_flags & SDF_WILD))
+		return -EACCES;
+#endif
+
+
+	if (!(saddr->sdn_flags & SDF_WILD)) {
 		if (dn_ntohs(saddr->sdn_nodeaddrl)) {
 			read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
 			for(dev = dev_base; dev; dev = dev->next) {
@@ -810,12 +816,18 @@ static int dn_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 		}
 	}
 
-
+	rv = -EINVAL;
+	lock_sock(sk);
+	if (sk->zapped != 0) {
 		memcpy(&scp->addr, saddr, addr_len);
 		sk->zapped = 0;
 
-	if ((rv = dn_hash_sock(sk)) != 0)
+		rv = dn_hash_sock(sk);
+		if (rv) {
 			sk->zapped = 1;
+		}
+	}
+	release_sock(sk);
 
         return rv;
 }
@@ -825,6 +837,7 @@ static int dn_auto_bind(struct socket *sock)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct dn_scp *scp = DN_SK(sk);
+	int rv;
 
 	sk->zapped = 0;
 
@@ -844,13 +857,18 @@ static int dn_auto_bind(struct socket *sock)
 		scp->accessdata.acc_accl = 0;
 		memset(scp->accessdata.acc_acc, 0, 40);
 	}
+	/* End of compatibility stuff */
 
 	scp->addr.sdn_add.a_len = dn_htons(2);
-	*(dn_address *)scp->addr.sdn_add.a_addr = decnet_address;
-
-	dn_hash_sock(sk);
+	rv = dn_dev_bind_default((dn_address *)scp->addr.sdn_add.a_addr);
+	if (rv == 0) {
+		rv = dn_hash_sock(sk);
+		if (rv) {
+			sk->zapped = 1;
+		}
+	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return rv;
 }
 
 
@@ -1209,6 +1227,7 @@ static int dn_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		return dn_fib_ioctl(sock, cmd, arg);
 #endif /* CONFIG_DECNET_ROUTER */
 
+#if 0
 	case OSIOCSNETADDR:
 		if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
 			err = -EPERM;
@@ -1218,7 +1237,6 @@ static int dn_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		dn_dev_devices_off();
 
 		decnet_address = (unsigned short)arg;
-		dn_dn2eth(decnet_ether_address, dn_ntohs(decnet_address));
 
 		dn_dev_devices_on();
 		err = 0;
@@ -1227,6 +1245,7 @@ static int dn_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	case OSIOCGNETADDR:
 		err = put_user(decnet_address, (unsigned short *)arg);
 		break;
+#endif
         case SIOCGIFCONF:
         case SIOCGIFFLAGS:
         case SIOCGIFBRDADDR:
@@ -2227,38 +2246,24 @@ void dn_unregister_sysctl(void);
 #endif
 
 
-#ifdef MODULE
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("The Linux DECnet Network Protocol");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Linux DECnet Project Team");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
-static int addr[2] = {0, 0};
-
-MODULE_PARM(addr, "2i");
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(addr, "The DECnet address of this machine: area,node");
-#endif
 
-static char banner[] __initdata = KERN_INFO "NET4: DECnet for Linux: V.2.4.20-pre1s (C) 1995-2002 Linux DECnet Project Team\n";
+static char banner[] __initdata = KERN_INFO "NET4: DECnet for Linux: V.2.5.40s (C) 1995-2002 Linux DECnet Project Team\n";
 
 static int __init decnet_init(void)
 {
-#ifdef MODULE
-	if (addr[0] > 63 || addr[0] < 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "DECnet: Area must be between 0 and 63");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	if (addr[1] > 1023 || addr[1] < 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "DECnet: Node must be between 0 and 1023");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	decnet_address = dn_htons((addr[0] << 10) | addr[1]);
-	dn_dn2eth(decnet_ether_address, dn_ntohs(decnet_address));
-#endif
-
         printk(banner);
 
+	dn_sk_cachep = kmem_cache_create("decnet_socket_cache",
+					 sizeof(struct dn_sock),
+					 0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
+					 NULL, NULL);
+	if (!dn_sk_cachep)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	sock_register(&dn_family_ops);
 	dev_add_pack(&dn_dix_packet_type);
 	register_netdevice_notifier(&dn_dev_notifier);
@@ -2288,21 +2293,6 @@ static int __init decnet_init(void)
 
 }
 
-#ifndef MODULE
-static int __init decnet_setup(char *str)
-{
-	unsigned short area = simple_strtoul(str, &str, 0);
-	unsigned short node = simple_strtoul(*str > 0 ? ++str : str, &str, 0);
-
-	decnet_address = dn_htons(area << 10 | node);
-	dn_dn2eth(decnet_ether_address, dn_ntohs(decnet_address));
-
-	return 1;
-}
-
-__setup("decnet=", decnet_setup);
-#endif
-
 static void __exit decnet_exit(void)
 {
 	sock_unregister(AF_DECnet);
@@ -2323,6 +2313,8 @@ static void __exit decnet_exit(void)
 #endif /* CONFIG_DECNET_ROUTER */
 
 	proc_net_remove("decnet");
+
+	kmem_cache_destroy(dn_sk_cachep);
 }
 
 module_init(decnet_init);

net/decnet/dn_neigh.c

@@ -181,10 +181,13 @@ static void dn_short_error_report(struct neighbour *neigh, struct sk_buff *skb)
 static int dn_neigh_output_packet(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct dst_entry *dst = skb->dst;
+	struct dn_route *rt = (struct dn_route *)dst;
 	struct neighbour *neigh = dst->neighbour;
 	struct net_device *dev = neigh->dev;
+	char mac_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 
-	if (!dev->hard_header || dev->hard_header(skb, dev, ntohs(skb->protocol), neigh->ha, NULL, skb->len) >= 0)
+	dn_dn2eth(mac_addr, rt->rt_saddr);
+	if (!dev->hard_header || dev->hard_header(skb, dev, ntohs(skb->protocol), neigh->ha, mac_addr, skb->len) >= 0)
 		return neigh->ops->queue_xmit(skb);
 
 	if (net_ratelimit())

net/decnet/dn_route.c

@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static int dn_return_short(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	*dst = tmp;
 
 	skb->pkt_type = PACKET_OUTGOING;
-	dn_rt_finish_output(skb, NULL);
+	dn_rt_finish_output(skb, NULL, NULL);
 	return NET_RX_SUCCESS;
 }
 
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static int dn_return_long(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	memcpy(dst_addr, tmp, ETH_ALEN);
 
 	skb->pkt_type = PACKET_OUTGOING;
-	dn_rt_finish_output(skb, tmp);
+	dn_rt_finish_output(skb, dst_addr, src_addr);
 	return NET_RX_SUCCESS;
 }
 
@@ -641,7 +641,9 @@ static int dn_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct dn_skb_cb *cb = DN_SKB_CB(skb);
 	struct dst_entry *dst = skb->dst;
 	struct neighbour *neigh;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NETFILTER
 	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
+#endif
 	int err = -EINVAL;
 
 	if ((neigh = dst->neighbour) == NULL)
@@ -711,10 +713,11 @@ static int dn_rt_bug(struct sk_buff *skb)
 static int dn_route_output_slow(struct dst_entry **pprt, dn_address dst, dn_address src, int flags)
 {
 	struct dn_route *rt = NULL;
-	struct net_device *dev = decnet_default_device;
+	struct net_device *dev = NULL;
 	struct neighbour *neigh = NULL;
 	struct dn_dev *dn_db;
 	unsigned hash;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DECNET_ROUTER
 	struct dn_fib_key key;
 	struct dn_fib_res res;
@@ -765,13 +768,25 @@ static int dn_route_output_slow(struct dst_entry **pprt, dn_address dst, dn_addr
 			goto got_route;
 	}
 
+	dev = dn_dev_get_default();
 	if (dev == NULL)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	dn_db = dev->dn_ptr;
 
-	if (dn_db == NULL)
+	/* Check to see if its one of our own local addresses */
+	if (dn_dev_islocal(dev, dst)) {
+		struct net_device *lo = &loopback_dev;
+		if (lo->dn_ptr) {
+			neigh = __neigh_lookup(&dn_neigh_table, &dst, lo, 1);
+			if (neigh)
+				goto got_route;
+		}
+		if (net_ratelimit())
+			printk("dn_route_output_slow: Dest is local interface address, but loopback device is not up\n");
+		dev_put(dev);
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/* Try default router */
 	if ((neigh = neigh_clone(dn_db->router)) != NULL)
@@ -781,10 +796,12 @@ static int dn_route_output_slow(struct dst_entry **pprt, dn_address dst, dn_addr
 	if ((neigh = __neigh_lookup(&dn_neigh_table, &dst, dev, 1)) != NULL)
 		goto got_route;
 
-
+	dev_put(dev);
 	return -EINVAL;
 
 got_route:
+	if (dev)
+		dev_put(dev);
 
 	if ((rt = dst_alloc(&dn_dst_ops)) == NULL) {
 		neigh_release(neigh);
@@ -809,7 +826,7 @@ static int dn_route_output_slow(struct dst_entry **pprt, dn_address dst, dn_addr
 	rt->u.dst.output = dn_output;
 	rt->u.dst.input  = dn_rt_bug;
 
-	if (dn_dev_islocal(neigh->dev, rt->rt_daddr))
+	if (neigh->dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK)
 		rt->u.dst.input = dn_nsp_rx;
 
 	hash = dn_hash(rt->key.saddr, rt->key.daddr);

net/decnet/sysctl_net_decnet.c

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  *
  *
  * Changes:
+ * Steve Whitehouse - C99 changes and default device handling
  *
  */
 #include <linux/config.h>
@@ -152,7 +153,6 @@ static int dn_node_address_strategy(ctl_table *table, int *name, int nlen,
 		dn_dev_devices_off();
 
 		decnet_address = addr;
-		dn_dn2eth(decnet_ether_address, dn_ntohs(decnet_address));
 
 		dn_dev_devices_on();
 	}
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ static int dn_node_address_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
 		dn_dev_devices_off();
 
 		decnet_address = dnaddr;
-		dn_dn2eth(decnet_ether_address, dn_ntohs(decnet_address));
 
 		dn_dev_devices_on();
 
@@ -218,9 +217,10 @@ static int dn_def_dev_strategy(ctl_table *table, int *name, int nlen,
 				void **context)
 {
 	size_t len;
-	struct net_device *dev = decnet_default_device;
+	struct net_device *dev;
 	char devname[17];
 	size_t namel;
+	int rv = 0;
 
 	devname[0] = 0;
 
@@ -228,8 +228,11 @@ static int dn_def_dev_strategy(ctl_table *table, int *name, int nlen,
 		if (get_user(len, oldlenp))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		if (len) {
-			if (dev)
+			dev = dn_dev_get_default();
+			if (dev) {
 				strcpy(devname, dev->name);
+				dev_put(dev);
+			}
 
 			namel = strlen(devname) + 1;
 			if (len > namel) len = namel;	
@@ -251,16 +254,19 @@ static int dn_def_dev_strategy(ctl_table *table, int *name, int nlen,
 
 		devname[newlen] = 0;
 
-		if ((dev = __dev_get_by_name(devname)) == NULL)
-			return -ENODEV;
-
-		if (dev->dn_ptr == NULL)
+		dev = dev_get_by_name(devname);
+		if (dev == NULL)
 			return -ENODEV;
 
-		decnet_default_device = dev;
+		rv = -ENODEV;
+		if (dev->dn_ptr != NULL) {
+			rv = dn_dev_set_default(dev, 1);
+			if (rv)
+				dev_put(dev);
+		}
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return rv;
 }
 
 
@@ -269,7 +275,7 @@ static int dn_def_dev_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
 				void *buffer, size_t *lenp)
 {
 	size_t len;
-	struct net_device *dev = decnet_default_device;
+	struct net_device *dev;
 	char devname[17];
 
 	if (!*lenp || (filp->f_pos && !write)) {
@@ -287,24 +293,32 @@ static int dn_def_dev_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
 		devname[*lenp] = 0;
 		strip_it(devname);
 
-		if ((dev = __dev_get_by_name(devname)) == NULL)
+		dev = dev_get_by_name(devname);
+		if (dev == NULL)
 			return -ENODEV;
 
-		if (dev->dn_ptr == NULL)
+		if (dev->dn_ptr == NULL) {
+			dev_put(dev);
 			return -ENODEV;
+		}
 
-		decnet_default_device = dev;
+		if (dn_dev_set_default(dev, 1)) {
+			dev_put(dev);
+			return -ENODEV;
+		}
 		filp->f_pos += *lenp;
 
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	dev = dn_dev_get_default();
 	if (dev == NULL) {
 		*lenp = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	strcpy(devname, dev->name);
+	dev_put(dev);
 	len = strlen(devname);
 	devname[len++] = '\n';
 
@@ -320,51 +334,125 @@ static int dn_def_dev_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
 }
 
 static ctl_table dn_table[] = {
-	{NET_DECNET_NODE_ADDRESS, "node_address", NULL, 7, 0644, NULL,
-	dn_node_address_handler, dn_node_address_strategy, NULL,
-	NULL, NULL},
-	{NET_DECNET_NODE_NAME, "node_name", node_name, 7, 0644, NULL,
-	&proc_dostring, &sysctl_string, NULL, NULL, NULL},
-	{NET_DECNET_DEFAULT_DEVICE, "default_device", NULL, 16, 0644, NULL,
-	dn_def_dev_handler, dn_def_dev_strategy, NULL, NULL, NULL},
-	{NET_DECNET_TIME_WAIT, "time_wait", &decnet_time_wait,
-	sizeof(int), 0644,
-	NULL, &proc_dointvec_minmax, &sysctl_intvec, NULL,
-	&min_decnet_time_wait, &max_decnet_time_wait},
-	{NET_DECNET_DN_COUNT, "dn_count", &decnet_dn_count,
-	sizeof(int), 0644,
-	NULL, &proc_dointvec_minmax, &sysctl_intvec, NULL,
-	&min_state_count, &max_state_count},
-	{NET_DECNET_DI_COUNT, "di_count", &decnet_di_count,
-	sizeof(int), 0644,
-	NULL, &proc_dointvec_minmax, &sysctl_intvec, NULL,
-	&min_state_count, &max_state_count},
-	{NET_DECNET_DR_COUNT, "dr_count", &decnet_dr_count,
-	sizeof(int), 0644,
-	NULL, &proc_dointvec_minmax, &sysctl_intvec, NULL,
-	&min_state_count, &max_state_count},
-	{NET_DECNET_DST_GC_INTERVAL, "dst_gc_interval", &decnet_dst_gc_interval,
-	sizeof(int), 0644,
-	NULL, &proc_dointvec_minmax, &sysctl_intvec, NULL,
-	&min_decnet_dst_gc_interval, &max_decnet_dst_gc_interval},
-	{NET_DECNET_NO_FC_MAX_CWND, "no_fc_max_cwnd", &decnet_no_fc_max_cwnd,
-	sizeof(int), 0644,
-	NULL, &proc_dointvec_minmax, &sysctl_intvec, NULL,
-	&min_decnet_no_fc_max_cwnd, &max_decnet_no_fc_max_cwnd},
-	{NET_DECNET_DEBUG_LEVEL, "debug", &decnet_debug_level, 
-	sizeof(int), 0644, 
-	NULL, &proc_dointvec, &sysctl_intvec, NULL,
-	NULL, NULL},
+	{
+		.ctl_name = NET_DECNET_NODE_ADDRESS, 
+		.procname = "node_address", 
+		.maxlen = 7, 
+		.mode = 0644, 
+		.proc_handler = dn_node_address_handler,
+		.strategy = dn_node_address_strategy,
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name = NET_DECNET_NODE_NAME,
+		.procname = "node_name",
+		.data = node_name, 
+		.maxlen = 7,
+		.mode = 0644,
+		.proc_handler = &proc_dostring,
+		.strategy = &sysctl_string,
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name = NET_DECNET_DEFAULT_DEVICE,
+		.procname = "default_device", 
+		.maxlen = 16, 
+		.mode = 0644,
+		.proc_handler = dn_def_dev_handler,
+		.strategy = dn_def_dev_strategy,
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name = NET_DECNET_TIME_WAIT,
+		.procname = "time_wait",
+		.data = &decnet_time_wait,
+		.maxlen = sizeof(int),
+		.mode = 0644,
+		.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.strategy = &sysctl_intvec,
+		.extra1 = &min_decnet_time_wait,
+		.extra2 = &max_decnet_time_wait
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name = NET_DECNET_DN_COUNT,
+		.procname = "dn_count",
+		.data = &decnet_dn_count,
+		.maxlen = sizeof(int),
+		.mode = 0644,
+		.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.strategy = &sysctl_intvec,
+		.extra1 = &min_state_count,
+		.extra2 = &max_state_count
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name = NET_DECNET_DI_COUNT,
+		.procname = "di_count",
+		.data = &decnet_di_count,
+		.maxlen = sizeof(int),
+		.mode = 0644,
+		.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.strategy = &sysctl_intvec,
+		.extra1 = &min_state_count,
+		.extra2 = &max_state_count
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name = NET_DECNET_DR_COUNT,
+		.procname = "dr_count",
+		.data = &decnet_dr_count,
+		.maxlen = sizeof(int),
+		.mode = 0644,
+		.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.strategy = &sysctl_intvec,
+		.extra1 = &min_state_count,
+		.extra2 = &max_state_count
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name = NET_DECNET_DST_GC_INTERVAL,
+		.procname = "dst_gc_interval",
+		.data = &decnet_dst_gc_interval,
+		.maxlen = sizeof(int),
+		.mode = 0644,
+		.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.strategy = &sysctl_intvec,
+		.extra1 = &min_decnet_dst_gc_interval,
+		.extra2 = &max_decnet_dst_gc_interval
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name = NET_DECNET_NO_FC_MAX_CWND,
+		.procname = "no_fc_max_cwnd",
+		.data = &decnet_no_fc_max_cwnd,
+		.maxlen = sizeof(int),
+		.mode = 0644,
+		.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.strategy = &sysctl_intvec,
+		.extra1 = &min_decnet_no_fc_max_cwnd,
+		.extra2 = &max_decnet_no_fc_max_cwnd
+	},
+	{
+		.ctl_name = NET_DECNET_DEBUG_LEVEL,
+		.procname = "debug",
+		.data = &decnet_debug_level,
+		.maxlen = sizeof(int),
+		.mode = 0644,
+		.proc_handler = &proc_dointvec,
+		.strategy = &sysctl_intvec,
+	},
 	{0}
 };
 
 static ctl_table dn_dir_table[] = {
-	{NET_DECNET, "decnet", NULL, 0, 0555, dn_table},
+	{
+		.ctl_name = NET_DECNET, 
+		.procname = "decnet", 
+		.mode = 0555, 
+		.child = dn_table},
 	{0}
 };
 
 static ctl_table dn_root_table[] = {
-	{CTL_NET, "net", NULL, 0, 0555, dn_dir_table},
+	{
+		.ctl_name = CTL_NET, 
+		.procname = "net", 
+		.mode = 0555, 
+		.child = dn_dir_table
+	},
 	{0}
 };