linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 02/11] tuntap: switch to use XDP_PACKET

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Message-ID: <27def3eb-1b43-ec29-7380-c8078fe7ea8f@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 7 Sep 2018 11:12:24 +0800
From:   Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 02/11] tuntap: switch to use XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM



On 2018年09月07日 00:57, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 12:05:17PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
>
> any idea why didn't we do this straight away?

Dunno, but git grep told me not all XDP capable driver use this (e.g 
virtio_net has its own value).

Anyway, I think it's ok for driver to have their specific value if they 
can make sure the value is equal or greater than XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM.

Thanks

>
>> ---
>>   drivers/net/tun.c | 3 +--
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
>> index 2c548bd20393..d3677a544b56 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/tun.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
>> @@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ do {								\
>>   } while (0)
>>   #endif
>>   
>> -#define TUN_HEADROOM 256
>>   #define TUN_RX_PAD (NET_IP_ALIGN + NET_SKB_PAD)
>>   
>>   /* TUN device flags */
>> @@ -1654,7 +1653,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *tun_build_skb(struct tun_struct *tun,
>>   	rcu_read_lock();
>>   	xdp_prog = rcu_dereference(tun->xdp_prog);
>>   	if (xdp_prog)
>> -		pad += TUN_HEADROOM;
>> +		pad += XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM;
>>   	buflen += SKB_DATA_ALIGN(len + pad);
>>   	rcu_read_unlock();
>>   
>> -- 
>> 2.17.1