netdev - Re: [v2 Patch 2/2] mlx4: add dynamic LRO disable support

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Date:	Wed, 9 Jun 2010 13:05:57 +0200
From:	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
To:	Amerigo Wang <amwang@...hat.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, herbert.xu@...hat.com,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, Ramkrishna.Vepa@...r.com,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [v2 Patch 2/2] mlx4: add dynamic LRO disable support

On Wed, Jun 09, 2010 at 06:05:34AM -0400, Amerigo Wang wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
> index d5afd03..2c77805 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
> @@ -387,6 +387,37 @@ static void mlx4_en_get_ringparam(struct net_device *dev,
>  	param->tx_pending = mdev->profile.prof[priv->port].tx_ring_size;
>  }
>  
> +static int mlx4_ethtool_op_set_flags(struct net_device *dev, u32 data)
> +{
> +	struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
> +	struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
> +	int rc = 0;
> +	int changed = 0;
> +
> +	if (data & ETH_FLAG_LRO) {
> +		if (!(dev->features & NETIF_F_LRO)) {
> +			dev->features |= NETIF_F_LRO;
> +			changed = 1;
> +			mdev->profile.num_lro = min_t(int, num_lro , MLX4_EN_MAX_LRO_DESCRIPTORS);

I do not understand why you override mdev->profile.num_lro in v2 patch.
If in Rx patch NETIF_F_LRO flag is used we do not need this IMHO.

> +		}
> +	} else if (dev->features & NETIF_F_LRO) {
> +		dev->features &= ~NETIF_F_LRO;
> +		changed = 1;
> +		mdev->profile.num_lro = 0;
> +	}
[snip]
>  const struct ethtool_ops mlx4_en_ethtool_ops = {
>  	.get_drvinfo = mlx4_en_get_drvinfo,
>  	.get_settings = mlx4_en_get_settings,
> @@ -415,7 +446,7 @@ const struct ethtool_ops mlx4_en_ethtool_ops = {
>  	.get_ringparam = mlx4_en_get_ringparam,
>  	.set_ringparam = mlx4_en_set_ringparam,
>  	.get_flags = ethtool_op_get_flags,
> -	.set_flags = ethtool_op_set_flags,
> +	.set_flags = mlx4_ethtool_op_set_flags,
>  };

Since we modify .set_flags, please assure we return -EOPNOTSUPP
if someone will try to setup ETH_FLAG_NTUPLE and ETH_FLAG_RXHASH.

BTW: seems default ethtool_op_set_flags introduce a bug on many
devices regarding ETH_FLAG_RXHASH. I think default should
be EOPNOTSUPP, and these few devices that actually support RXHASH
should have custom ethtool_ops->set_flags

Stanislaw
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