netdev - Re: Request for stable 4.14.x inclusion: net: don't call update

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Date:   Sat, 28 Apr 2018 06:41:52 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Eddie Chapman <eddie@...k.net>
Cc:     Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@...too.org>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Request for stable 4.14.x inclusion: net: don't call update_pmtu
 unconditionally

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 07:43:52PM +0100, Eddie Chapman wrote:
> On 27/04/18 19:07, Thomas Deutschmann wrote:
> > Hi Greg,
> > 
> > first, we need to cherry-pick another patch first:
> > >  From 52a589d51f1008f62569bf89e95b26221ee76690 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > > From: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
> > > Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 14:43:58 +0800
> > > Subject: [PATCH] geneve: update skb dst pmtu on tx path
> > > 
> > > Commit a93bf0ff4490 ("vxlan: update skb dst pmtu on tx path") has fixed
> > > a performance issue caused by the change of lower dev's mtu for vxlan.
> > > 
> > > The same thing needs to be done for geneve as well.
> > > 
> > > Note that geneve cannot adjust it's mtu according to lower dev's mtu
> > > when creating it. The performance is very low later when netperfing
> > > over it without fixing the mtu manually. This patch could also avoid
> > > this issue.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> 
> Oops, I completely missed that the coreos patch doesn't have the geneve hunk
> that is in the original 4.15 patch. I don't load the geneve module on my box
> hence why no problems surfaced on my machine.
> 
> Thanks Thomas for the correct instructions. Ignore my message Greg, I'll
> drop back into the shadows where I belong, sorry for the noise!

Talking about patches and pointing me at them is not noise at all, don't
be sorry! :)

I'll work on this after these next kernels are released, thanks all for
the details on what needs to be done.

greg k-h