linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] tun: indicate support for USO feature

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Date:   Tue, 11 May 2021 11:33:59 +0300
From:   Yuri Benditovich <yuri.benditovich@...nix.com>
To:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Yan Vugenfirer <yan@...nix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] tun: indicate support for USO feature

On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 9:50 AM Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com> wrote:
>
>
> 在 2021/5/11 下午12:42, Yuri Benditovich 写道:
> > Signed-off-by: Yuri Benditovich <yuri.benditovich@...nix.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/net/tun.c | 2 +-
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
> > index 84f832806313..a35054f9d941 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/tun.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
> > @@ -2812,7 +2812,7 @@ static int set_offload(struct tun_struct *tun, unsigned long arg)
> >                       arg &= ~(TUN_F_TSO4|TUN_F_TSO6);
> >               }
> >
> > -             arg &= ~TUN_F_UFO;
> > +             arg &= ~(TUN_F_UFO|TUN_F_USO);
>
>
> It looks to me kernel doesn't use "USO", so TUN_F_UDP_GSO_L4 is a better
> name for this

No problem, I can change it in v2

 and I guess we should toggle NETIF_F_UDP_GSO_l4 here?

No, we do not, because this indicates only the fact that the guest can
send large UDP packets and have them splitted to UDP segments.

>
> And how about macvtap?

We will check how to do that for macvtap. We will send a separate
patch for macvtap or ask for advice.

>
> Thanks
>
>
> >       }
> >
> >       /* This gives the user a way to test for new features in future by
>