netdev - [BUG] bnx2 + vlan + TSO : doesnt work

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Date:	Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:41:09 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
Subject: [BUG] bnx2 + vlan + TSO : doesnt work

Oh well, my dev machine, with bnx2 and tg3 NICs, isnt working at all
with current linux-2.6 tree (I need vlans on my setup)

tg3 : vlan not working

bnx2 : vlan + TSO not working (or very slowly, since only non GSO frames
are OK)

I suspect recent commits from Jesse are the problem.
(bnx2_xmit() is feeded with zeroed vlan_tci skbs)

Maybe f01a5236bd4b1401 (net offloading: Generalize
netif_get_vlan_features().) ?

I dont see NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_TX being set in vlan_features in net drivers.
They only set this flag in dev->features

I dont think changing all drivers to also set vlan_features makes sense.

Is following patch the right path ? (It does solve my problem)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 54277df..5c13e55 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5265,6 +5265,9 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 	 */
 	dev->vlan_features |= (NETIF_F_GRO | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA);
 
+	/* allow netif_skb_features() not mask this bit from dev->features */
+	dev->vlan_features |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_TX;
+
 	ret = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_POST_INIT, dev);
 	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
 	if (ret)


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