netdev - [net-next 10/12] ixgbe: disable RSC when Rx checksum is off

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Date:	Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:44:34 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	gospo@...hat.com, Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-next 10/12] ixgbe: disable RSC when Rx checksum is off

From: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>

Disabling Rx checksumming leads to performance degradation due to
RSC causing packets to have incorrect checksums.

Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
Tested-by: Evan Swanson <evan.swanson@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c |   44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
index acf95ec..cb59359 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
@@ -458,17 +458,6 @@ static u32 ixgbe_get_rx_csum(struct net_device *netdev)
 	return adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_RX_CSUM_ENABLED;
 }
 
-static int ixgbe_set_rx_csum(struct net_device *netdev, u32 data)
-{
-	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	if (data)
-		adapter->flags |= IXGBE_FLAG_RX_CSUM_ENABLED;
-	else
-		adapter->flags &= ~IXGBE_FLAG_RX_CSUM_ENABLED;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static void ixgbe_set_rsc(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -484,6 +473,39 @@ static void ixgbe_set_rsc(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 	}
 }
 
+static int ixgbe_set_rx_csum(struct net_device *netdev, u32 data)
+{
+	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
+	bool need_reset = false;
+
+	if (data) {
+		adapter->flags |= IXGBE_FLAG_RX_CSUM_ENABLED;
+	} else {
+		adapter->flags &= ~IXGBE_FLAG_RX_CSUM_ENABLED;
+
+		if (adapter->flags2 & IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_CAPABLE) {
+			adapter->flags2 &= ~IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_ENABLED;
+			netdev->features &= ~NETIF_F_LRO;
+		}
+
+		switch (adapter->hw.mac.type) {
+		case ixgbe_mac_X540:
+			ixgbe_set_rsc(adapter);
+			break;
+		case ixgbe_mac_82599EB:
+			need_reset = true;
+			break;
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (need_reset)
+		ixgbe_do_reset(netdev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static u32 ixgbe_get_tx_csum(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	return (netdev->features & NETIF_F_IP_CSUM) != 0;
-- 
1.7.5.4

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