linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next v4] ppp: enable TX scatter-gather

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Message-ID: <20260129012902.941-1-dqfext@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:29:02 +0800
From: Qingfang Deng <dqfext@...il.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v4] ppp: enable TX scatter-gather

PPP channels using chan->direct_xmit prepend the PPP header to a skb and
call dev_queue_xmit() directly. In this mode the skb does not need to be
linear, but the PPP netdevice currently does not advertise
scatter-gather features, causing unnecessary linearization and
preventing GSO.

Enable NETIF_F_SG and NETIF_F_FRAGLIST on PPP devices. In case a linear
buffer is required (PPP compression, multilink, and channels without
direct_xmit), call skb_linearize() explicitly.

Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <dqfext@...il.com>
---
v3 -> v4:
 Always expose SG and FRAGLIST, and linearize the skb if necessary.
 - https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ppp/20260123014214.225278-1-dqfext@gmail.com/

 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index f9f0f16c41d1..f8814d7be6f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -1641,6 +1641,8 @@ static void ppp_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->flags = IFF_POINTOPOINT | IFF_NOARP | IFF_MULTICAST;
 	dev->priv_destructor = ppp_dev_priv_destructor;
 	dev->pcpu_stat_type = NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS;
+	dev->features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST;
+	dev->hw_features = dev->features;
 	netif_keep_dst(dev);
 }
 
@@ -1710,6 +1712,10 @@ pad_compress_skb(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		ppp->xcomp->comp_extra + ppp->dev->hard_header_len;
 	int compressor_skb_size = ppp->dev->mtu +
 		ppp->xcomp->comp_extra + PPP_HDRLEN;
+
+	if (skb_linearize(skb))
+		return NULL;
+
 	new_skb = alloc_skb(new_skb_size, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!new_skb) {
 		if (net_ratelimit())
@@ -1797,6 +1803,10 @@ ppp_send_frame(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	case PPP_IP:
 		if (!ppp->vj || (ppp->flags & SC_COMP_TCP) == 0)
 			break;
+
+		if (skb_linearize(skb))
+			goto drop;
+
 		/* try to do VJ TCP header compression */
 		new_skb = alloc_skb(skb->len + ppp->dev->hard_header_len - 2,
 				    GFP_ATOMIC);
@@ -1894,19 +1904,26 @@ ppp_push(struct ppp *ppp)
 	}
 
 	if ((ppp->flags & SC_MULTILINK) == 0) {
+		struct ppp_channel *chan;
 		/* not doing multilink: send it down the first channel */
 		list = list->next;
 		pch = list_entry(list, struct channel, clist);
 
 		spin_lock(&pch->downl);
-		if (pch->chan) {
-			if (pch->chan->ops->start_xmit(pch->chan, skb))
-				ppp->xmit_pending = NULL;
-		} else {
-			/* channel got unregistered */
+		chan = pch->chan;
+		if (unlikely(!chan || (!chan->direct_xmit && skb_linearize(skb)))) {
+			/* channel got unregistered, or it requires a linear
+			 * skb but linearization failed
+			 */
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			ppp->xmit_pending = NULL;
+			goto out;
 		}
+
+		if (chan->ops->start_xmit(chan, skb))
+			ppp->xmit_pending = NULL;
+
+out:
 		spin_unlock(&pch->downl);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1991,6 +2008,8 @@ static int ppp_mp_explode(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		return 0; /* can't take now, leave it in xmit_pending */
 
 	/* Do protocol field compression */
+	if (skb_linearize(skb))
+		goto err_linearize;
 	p = skb->data;
 	len = skb->len;
 	if (*p == 0 && mp_protocol_compress) {
@@ -2149,6 +2168,7 @@ static int ppp_mp_explode(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
  noskb:
 	spin_unlock(&pch->downl);
+ err_linearize:
 	if (ppp->debug & 1)
 		netdev_err(ppp->dev, "PPP: no memory (fragment)\n");
 	++ppp->dev->stats.tx_errors;
-- 
2.43.0