netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: Disable LRO on devices that are forwarding

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Date:	Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:21:40 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com,
	Kieran Mansley <kmansley@...arflare.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: Disable LRO on devices that are forwarding

Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com> writes:

> Large Receive Offload (LRO) is only appropriate for packets that are
> destined for the host, and should be disabled if received packets may be
> forwarded.  It can also confuse the GSO on output.
>
> Add dev_disable_lro() function which uses the appropriate ethtool ops to
> disable LRO if enabled.
>
> Add calls to dev_disable_lro() in br_add_if() and functions that enable
> IPv4 and IPv6 forwarding.

It might be a good idea to add a printk so that the user knows why
the device suddenly goes slower.

-Andi
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