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Date:	Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:53:51 -0800
From:	pravin <pravin.shelar@...il.com>
To:	Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] ip_gre: propogate target device GSO
 capability to the tunnel device

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-02-19 at 10:39 -0800, pravin wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>
>> > ---
>> > Changes from v1: fixed email address
>> >
>> >
>> >  net/ipv4/ip_gre.c |   10 ++++++++--
>> >  1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
>> > index cdc31ac..31bc941 100644
>> > --- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
>> > +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
>> > @@ -1103,8 +1103,14 @@ static int ipgre_tunnel_bind_dev(struct net_device *dev)
>> >         tunnel->hlen = addend;
>> >         /* TCP offload with GRE SEQ is not supported. */
>> >         if (!(tunnel->parms.o_flags & GRE_SEQ)) {
>> > -               dev->features           |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
>> > -               dev->hw_features        |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
>> > +               /* device supports enc gso offload*/
>> > +               if (tdev->hw_enc_features & NETIF_F_GRE_GSO) {
>> > +                       dev->features           |= NETIF_F_TSO;
>> > +                       dev->hw_features        |= NETIF_F_TSO;
>> > +               } else {
>> > +                       dev->features           |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
>> > +                       dev->hw_features        |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
>> > +               }
>> >         }
>>
>> I am not sure about this change, Are you trying to limit GRE TSO to
>> just IPV4  in case of GRE offload in hardware?
>
>
> This mostly reverts previous patch, but also disables GSO when CSUM is
> set.
>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/ip_gre.c |   14 ++++----------
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
> index 0de54cd..aae2d4b 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
> @@ -1107,16 +1107,10 @@ static int ipgre_tunnel_bind_dev(struct
> net_device *dev)
>                 mtu = 68;
>
>         tunnel->hlen = addend;
> -       /* TCP offload with GRE SEQ is not supported. */
> -       if (!(tunnel->parms.o_flags & GRE_SEQ)) {
> -               /* device supports enc gso offload*/
> -               if (tdev->hw_enc_features & NETIF_F_GRE_GSO) {
> -                       dev->features           |= NETIF_F_TSO;
> -                       dev->hw_features        |= NETIF_F_TSO;
> -               } else {
> -                       dev->features           |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
> -                       dev->hw_features        |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
> -               }
> +       /* TCP offload with GRE SEQ or CSUM is not supported. */
> +       if (!(tunnel->parms.o_flags & (GRE_SEQ|GRE_CSUM))) {
> +               dev->features           |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
> +               dev->hw_features        |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
>         }
>
>         return mtu;

This narrows down definition of NETIF_F_GRE_GSO. Is it required for
hardware offload?

> --
> 1.7.7.2
>
>
>> >
>> >         return mtu;
>> > --
>> > 1.7.7.2
>> >
>> >
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