netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] vlan: Add GRO support for non hardware accelerated vlan

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Date:	Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:28:41 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Toshiaki Makita <toshiaki.makita1@...il.com>
Cc:	Toshiaki Makita <makita.toshiaki@....ntt.co.jp>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] vlan: Add GRO support for non hardware
 accelerated vlan

On Tue, 2015-06-02 at 01:03 +0900, Toshiaki Makita wrote:

> I didn't have that concern because there are already other similar 
> offloads (eth, mpls_uc, mpls_mc). But indeed, they and this could slow 
> down GRO stack.

Right, but these mpls offloads are not installed on my kernels ;)

And I already checked that eth was installed before IPv4/IPv6,
although it might be pure luck.



> Add priority to packet_offload like nf_hook_ops?
> Or have dev_add_offload() prioritize IP > IPV6 > others?


You also could use a CONFIG_NET_VLAN_GRO module, so that only
users stuck with non accelerated vlan can load.

But yes, we might take care of this problem at some point.



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