[PATCH v2] ipconfig: add carrier_timeout kernel parameter

[Martin Kepplinger]

commit 3fb72f1e6e61 ("ipconfig wait for carrier") added a
"wait for carrier" policy, with a fixed worst case maximum wait
of two minutes.

Now make the wait for carrier timeout configurable on the kernel
commandline and use the 120s as the default.

The timeout messages introduced with
commit 5e404cd65860 ("ipconfig: add informative timeout messages while
waiting for carrier") are done in a fixed interval of 20 seconds, just
like they were before (240/12).

Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martin.kepplinger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

so the "carrier_timeout" name really is a first suggestion and
feels a bit too generic, but from reading other parameters I took
that for now.

thanks
                            martin



revision history
----------------
v2: create a kernel parameter instead
v1: initial idea using kconfig


 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  5 ++++
 net/ipv4/ipconfig.c                           | 27 +++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 17ce83cc48f4..45743ed3e7b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -461,6 +461,11 @@
 			possible to determine what the correct size should be.
 			This option provides an override for these situations.
 
+	carrier_timeout=
+			[NET] Specifies amount of time (in seconds) that
+			the kernel should wait for a network carrier. By default
+			it waits 120 seconds.
+
 	ca_keys=	[KEYS] This parameter identifies a specific key(s) on
 			the system trusted keyring to be used for certificate
 			trust validation.
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index b9a9873c25c6..9bcca08efec9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
 
 /* Define the friendly delay before and after opening net devices */
 #define CONF_POST_OPEN		10	/* After opening: 10 msecs */
-#define CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT	120000	/* Wait for carrier timeout */
 
 /* Define the timeout for waiting for a DHCP/BOOTP/RARP reply */
 #define CONF_OPEN_RETRIES 	2	/* (Re)open devices twice */
@@ -101,6 +100,9 @@
 #define NONE cpu_to_be32(INADDR_NONE)
 #define ANY cpu_to_be32(INADDR_ANY)
 
+/* Wait for carrier timeout default in seconds */
+static unsigned int carrier_timeout = 120;
+
 /*
  * Public IP configuration
  */
@@ -268,9 +270,9 @@ static int __init ic_open_devs(void)
 
 	/* wait for a carrier on at least one device */
 	start = jiffies;
-	next_msg = start + msecs_to_jiffies(CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT/12);
+	next_msg = start + msecs_to_jiffies(20000);
 	while (time_before(jiffies, start +
-			   msecs_to_jiffies(CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT))) {
+			   msecs_to_jiffies(carrier_timeout * 1000))) {
 		int wait, elapsed;
 
 		for_each_netdev(&init_net, dev)
@@ -283,9 +285,9 @@ static int __init ic_open_devs(void)
 			continue;
 
 		elapsed = jiffies_to_msecs(jiffies - start);
-		wait = (CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT - elapsed + 500)/1000;
+		wait = (carrier_timeout * 1000 - elapsed + 500) / 1000;
 		pr_info("Waiting up to %d more seconds for network.\n", wait);
-		next_msg = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(CONF_CARRIER_TIMEOUT/12);
+		next_msg = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(20000);
 	}
 have_carrier:
 	rtnl_unlock();
@@ -1780,3 +1782,18 @@ static int __init vendor_class_identifier_setup(char *addrs)
 	return 1;
 }
 __setup("dhcpclass=", vendor_class_identifier_setup);
+
+static int __init set_carrier_timeout(char *str)
+{
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	if (!str)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = kstrtouint(str, 0, &carrier_timeout);
+	if (ret)
+		return 0;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("carrier_timeout=", set_carrier_timeout);
-- 
2.20.1

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