netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] GRE: Add TCP segmentation offload for GRE

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Date:	Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:31:02 -0800
From:	Pravin Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
To:	Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, jesse@...ira.com,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] GRE: Add TCP segmentation offload for GRE

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com> wrote:
> 2013/2/14 Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>:
>> Following patch adds GRE protocol offload handler so that
>> skb_gso_segment() can segment GRE packets.
>> SKB GSO CB is added to keep track of total header length so that
>> skb_segment can push entire header. e.g. in case of GRE, skb_segment
>> need to push inner and outer headers to every segment.
>> New NETIF_F_GRE_GSO feature is added for devices which support HW
>> GRE TSO offload. Currently none of devices support it therefore GRE GSO
>> always fall backs to software GSO.
> [...]
>> @@ -1044,6 +1102,14 @@ static int ipgre_tunnel_bind_dev(struct net_device *dev)
>>                 mtu = 68;
>>
>>         tunnel->hlen = addend;
>> +       if (tunnel->parms.o_flags & GRE_SEQ) {
>> +               /* TCP offload with GRE SEQ is not supported. */
>> +               dev->features &= ~NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
>> +               dev->hw_features &= ~NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
>> +       } else {
>> +               dev->features |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
>> +               dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
>> +       }
>
> Feature clipping belongs to ndo_fix_features. Here,
> netdev_update_features() for the tunnel device should be called.
>

Actually no clipping is required. After creating tunnel device
features do not change. In short code above is setting features not
updating it. I will remove GRE_SEQ case since it is not required and
it is less confusing.
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