linux-kernel - Re: [RFC net-next v2 2/2] bnxt: Use generic HBH removal helper in tx path

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Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2022 00:58:59 -0800
From:   Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To:     Coco Li <lixiaoyan@...gle.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Gospodarek <gospo@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next v2 2/2] bnxt: Use generic HBH removal helper in tx path

On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 11:42 AM Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2022 at 11:16 AM Coco Li <lixiaoyan@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Eric Dumazet implemented Big TCP that allowed bigger TSO/GRO packet sizes
> > for IPv6 traffic. See patch series:
> > 'commit 89527be8d8d6 ("net: add IFLA_TSO_{MAX_SIZE|SEGS} attributes")'
> >
> > This reduces the number of packets traversing the networking stack and
> > should usually improves performance. However, it also inserts a
> > temporary Hop-by-hop IPv6 extension header.
> >
> > Using the HBH header removal method in the previous path, the extra header
> > be removed in bnxt drivers to allow it to send big TCP packets (bigger
> > TSO packets) as well.
> >
> > Tested:
> > Compiled locally
> >
> > To further test functional correctness, update the GSO/GRO limit on the
> > physical NIC:
> >
> > ip link set eth0 gso_max_size 181000
> > ip link set eth0 gro_max_size 181000
> >
> > Note that if there are bonding or ipvan devices on top of the physical
> > NIC, their GSO sizes need to be updated as well.
> >
> > Then, IPv6/TCP packets with sizes larger than 64k can be observed.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Coco Li <lixiaoyan@...gle.com>

I've confirmed with our hardware team that this is supported by our
chips, and I've tested it up to gso_max_size of 524280.  Thanks.

Tested-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>

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