netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bnx2x: fix L2-GRE TCP issues

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Message-Id: <20140204.203416.1197655024209227946.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 04 Feb 2014 20:34:16 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dmitry@...adcom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, mschmidt@...hat.com, ariele@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bnx2x: fix L2-GRE TCP issues

From: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 17:43:03 +0200

> When configuring GRE tunnel using OVS, tcp stream is distributed over
> all RSS queues which may cause TCP reordering. It happens since OVS
> uses L2GRE protocol when kernel gre uses IPGRE.
> Patch defaults gre tunnel to L2GRE which allows proper RSS for L2GRE
> packets and (implicitly) disables RSS for IPGRE traffic.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <ariele@...adcom.com>

Applied.
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