netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/6] Allow to switch off UDP-based tunnel offloads per netdevice

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Date:   Mon, 24 Jul 2017 13:53:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sd@...asysnail.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jbenc@...hat.com,
        hannes@...essinduktion.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/6] Allow to switch off UDP-based tunnel
 offloads per netdevice

From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 12:49:27 +0200

> This patchset adds a new netdevice feature to toggle RX offloads of
> UDP-based tunnel via ethtool. This is useful if the offload is causing
> issues, for example if the hardware is buggy.
> 
> The feature is added to all devices providing the ->ndo_udp_tunnel_add
> op, and enabled by default to preserve current behavior.
> 
> When the administrator disables this feature on a device, all
> currently offloaded ports are cleared from the device.  When the
> feature is turned on, the stack notifies the device about all current
> ports.
> 
> v2:
>  - rename feature bit to NETIF_F_RX_UDP_TUNNEL_PORT
>  - rename ethtool feature to rx-udp_tunnel-port-offload

Series applied, thanks Sabrina.