netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] vlan: allow TSO setting on vlan interfaces

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Date:	Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:43:24 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] vlan: allow TSO setting on vlan interfaces

On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 11:39 +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> When we need to shape traffic with low speeds, we need to disable tso on
> network interface :
> 
> ethtool -K eth0.2240 tso off
> 
> It seems vlan interfaces miss the set_tso() ethtool method.
> Propagating tso changes from lower device is not always wanted, some
> vlans want TSO on, others want TSO off.
> 
> Before enabling TSO, we must check real device supports it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/8021q/vlan_dev.c |   13 +++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
> index c6456cb..870bc53 100644
> --- a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
> +++ b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
> @@ -838,12 +838,25 @@ static struct rtnl_link_stats64 *vlan_dev_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev)
>  	return stats;
>  }
>  
> +static int vlan_ethtool_set_tso(struct net_device *dev, u32 data)
> +{
> +	if (data) {
> +		struct net_device *real_dev = vlan_dev_info(dev)->real_dev;
> +		unsigned long rdev_vfeatures = real_dev->features & real_dev->vlan_features;
> +
> +		dev->features |= (NETIF_F_TSO & rdev_vfeatures);
> +	} else
> +		dev->features &= ~NETIF_F_TSO;
> +	return 0;
> +}
[...]

This should not silently ignore attempts to enable TSO.  I think it
should be something like:

static int vlan_ethtool_set_tso(struct net_device *dev, u32 data)
{
	if (data) {
		struct net_device *real_dev = vlan_dev_info(dev)->real_dev;

		/* Underlying device must support TSO for VLAN-tagged packets
		 * and must have TSO enabled now. */
		if (!(real_dev->vlan_features & NETIF_F_TSO))
			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
		if (!(real_dev->features & NETIF_F_TSO))
			return -EINVAL;

		dev->features |= NETIF_F_TSO;
	} else {
		dev->features &= ~NETIF_F_TSO;
	}

	return 0;
}

I think the vlan driver should also have a netdev notifier to handle
feature changes on the underlying device.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.

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