linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add GSO UDP Offloading feature to OVS Internal Port

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Message-ID: <CAHcdBH4vM5hptpwNuwpan8t+g-nCekwnEeY-Emr4aPkZxR5DSw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 09:27:39 -0400
From: Mike Pattrick <mkp@...hat.com>
To: echken <chengcheng.luo@...rtx.com>
Cc: pshelar@....org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, 
	pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, dev@...nvswitch.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add GSO UDP Offloading feature to OVS Internal Port

On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 4:30 AM echken <chengcheng.luo@...rtx.com> wrote:
>
> The OVS internal port does not support UDP fragmentation offloading,
> resulting in large packets sent through the OVS internal port to OVS
> being prematurely fragmented. This increases the total number of packets
> processed in the path from the vport to the OVS bridge output port,
> affecting transmission efficiency.
>
> Signed-off-by: echken <chengcheng.luo@...rtx.com>
> ---
>  net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
> index 74c88a6baa43..c5a72c4dc6fd 100644
> --- a/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
> +++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-internal_dev.c
> @@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ static void do_setup(struct net_device *netdev)
>
>         netdev->features = NETIF_F_LLTX | NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST |
>                            NETIF_F_HIGHDMA | NETIF_F_HW_CSUM |
> -                          NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE | NETIF_F_GSO_ENCAP_ALL;
> +                          NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE | NETIF_F_GSO_ENCAP_ALL |
> +                          NETIF_F_GSO_UDP | NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_L4;

I'll try testing this out, but preliminarily, NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE
already contains NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_L4.


Thanks,
Mike

>
>         netdev->vlan_features = netdev->features;
>         netdev->hw_enc_features = netdev->features;
> --
> 2.34.1
>
>