netdev - RE: [PATCH] bnx2x: record rx queue for LRO packets

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Message-ID: <504C9EFCA2D0054393414C9CB605C37F20DD4605@SJEXCHMB06.corp.ad.broadcom.com>
Date:	Sun, 13 Oct 2013 06:23:31 +0000
From:	"Dmitry Kravkov" <dmitry@...adcom.com>
To:	"Eric Dumazet" <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eilon Greenstein" <eilong@...adcom.com>,
	"Willem de Bruijn" <willemb@...gle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] bnx2x: record rx queue for LRO packets

> -----Original Message-----
> From: netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:netdev-
> owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Eric Dumazet
> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 12:09 AM
> To: David Miller
> Cc: netdev; Eilon Greenstein; Willem de Bruijn
> Subject: [PATCH] bnx2x: record rx queue for LRO packets
> 
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> RPS support is kind of broken on bnx2x, because only non LRO packets get
> proper rx queue information. This triggers reorders, as it seems bnx2x like to
> generate a non LRO packet for segment including TCP PUSH flag : (this might
> be pure coincidence, but all the reorders I've seen involve segments with a
> PUSH)
> 
> 11:13:34.335847 IP A > B: . 415808:447136(31328) ack 1 win 457
> <nop,nop,timestamp 3789336 3985797>
> 11:13:34.335992 IP A > B: . 447136:448560(1424) ack 1 win 457
> <nop,nop,timestamp 3789336 3985797>
> 11:13:34.336391 IP A > B: . 448560:479888(31328) ack 1 win 457
> <nop,nop,timestamp 3789337 3985797>
> 11:13:34.336425 IP A > B: P 511216:512640(1424) ack 1 win 457
> <nop,nop,timestamp 3789337 3985798>
> 11:13:34.336423 IP A > B: . 479888:511216(31328) ack 1 win 457
> <nop,nop,timestamp 3789337 3985798>
> 11:13:34.336924 IP A > B: . 512640:543968(31328) ack 1 win 457
> <nop,nop,timestamp 3789337 3985798>
> 11:13:34.336963 IP A > B: . 543968:575296(31328) ack 1 win 457
> <nop,nop,timestamp 3789337 3985798>
> 
> We must call skb_record_rx_queue() to properly give to RPS (and more
> generally for TX queue selection on forward path) the receive queue
> information.
> 
> Similar fix is needed for skb_mark_napi_id(), but will be handled in a
> separate patch to ease stable backports.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
> Cc: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)


Thanks!

Acked-by: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>