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Date:	Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:37:45 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...oirfairelinux.com,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: fix EDSA frame from hwaccel frame

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 06:28:34PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Le 08/03/15 23:35, Vivien Didelot a écrit :
> > If the underlying network device features NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX,
> > an EDSA frame is prepended with a 802.1q header once queued.
> > 
> > To fix this, push the VLAN tag to the payload if present, before
> > checking the frame protocol.
> 
> Makes sense, but you would want Andrew or Guenter to ack this patch.
> 
I'll have to carve out some time soon to see if the current dsa code
still works for me. Just don't know when and how to do that :-(

Guenter

> Thanks!
> 
> > 
> > [note: we may prefer to access directly VLAN TCI from hwaccel frames,
> > but this approach is simpler.]
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
> > ---
> >  net/dsa/tag_edsa.c | 5 +++++
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_edsa.c b/net/dsa/tag_edsa.c
> > index 2288c80..3ada4eb 100644
> > --- a/net/dsa/tag_edsa.c
> > +++ b/net/dsa/tag_edsa.c
> > @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
> >   */
> >  
> >  #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
> > +#include <linux/if_vlan.h>
> >  #include <linux/list.h>
> >  #include <linux/slab.h>
> >  #include "dsa_priv.h"
> > @@ -21,6 +22,10 @@ static struct sk_buff *edsa_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
> >  	struct dsa_slave_priv *p = netdev_priv(dev);
> >  	u8 *edsa_header;
> >  
> > +	skb = vlan_hwaccel_push_inside(skb);
> > +	if (unlikely(!skb))
> > +		return NULL;
> > +
> >  	/*
> >  	 * Convert the outermost 802.1q tag to a DSA tag and prepend
> >  	 * a DSA ethertype field is the packet is tagged, or insert
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Florian
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