netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next] xen-netback: add gso

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Message-ID: <9AAE0902D5BC7E449B7C8E4E778ABCD01B7C16@AMSPEX01CL01.citrite.net>
Date:	Tue, 17 Dec 2013 08:06:30 +0000
From:	Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@...rix.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	"xen-devel@...ts.xen.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>,
	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next] xen-netback: add gso_segs calculation

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Dumazet [mailto:eric.dumazet@...il.com]
> Sent: 16 December 2013 22:57
> To: Paul Durrant
> Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xen.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Wei Liu; Ian Campbell;
> David Vrabel
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] xen-netback: add gso_segs calculation
> 
> On Mon, 2013-12-16 at 10:23 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > On Mon, 2013-12-16 at 17:20 +0000, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > > netback already has code which parses IPv4 and v6 headers to set up
> checksum
> > > offsets and these are always applied to GSO packets being sent from
> > > frontends. It's therefore suboptimal that GSOs are being marked
> > > SKB_GSO_DODGY to defer the gso_segs calculation when netback
> already has all
> > > necessary information to hand to do the calculation. This patch adds that
> > > calculation.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@...rix.com>
> > > Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
> > > Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
> > > Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c |   17 +++++++++++++----
> > >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-
> netback/netback.c
> > > index 904e497..0af8d97 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
> > > @@ -1043,10 +1043,7 @@ static int xenvif_set_skb_gso(struct xenvif
> *vif,
> > >  	}
> > >
> > >  	skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size = gso->u.gso.size;
> > > -
> > > -	/* Header must be checked, and gso_segs computed. */
> > > -	skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type |= SKB_GSO_DODGY;
> > > -	skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs = 0;
> > > +	/* gso_segs will be calculated later */
> > >
> > >  	return 0;
> > >  }
> > > @@ -1582,6 +1579,18 @@ static int xenvif_tx_submit(struct xenvif *vif,
> int budget)
> > >
> > >  		skb_probe_transport_header(skb, 0);
> > >
> > > +		/* If the packet is GSO then we will have just set up the
> > > +		 * transport header offset in checksum_setup so it's now
> > > +		 * straightforward to calculate gso_segs.
> > > +		 */
> > > +		if (skb_is_gso(skb)) {
> > > +			int mss = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
> > > +			int hdrlen = skb->transport_header +
> tcp_hdrlen(skb);
> >
> > This means there is no headroom ?
> >
> > This is not what I am seeing in this driver, as it uses :
> >
> > skb_reserve(skb, NET_SKB_PAD + NET_IP_ALIGN);
>

Good point. I'd misunderstood the value in transport_header.
 
> 
> You probably need to use :
> 
> hdrlen = skb_transport_header(skb) - skb_mac_header(skb) +
> 	 tcp_hdrlen(skb);
> 

Yes, that's what I need.

> (Assuming only TCP is supported)
> 

It is. The only possible GSOs are TCP.

  Paul