netdev - [net 05/14] net/mlx5e: Fix features check of IPv6 traffic

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Date:   Wed, 20 Dec 2017 00:24:47 +0200
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Gal Pressman <galp@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Subject: [net 05/14] net/mlx5e: Fix features check of IPv6 traffic

From: Gal Pressman <galp@...lanox.com>

The assumption that the next header field contains the transport
protocol is wrong for IPv6 packets with extension headers.
Instead, we should look the inner-most next header field in the buffer.
This will fix TSO offload for tunnels over IPv6 with extension headers.

Performance testing: 19.25x improvement, cool!
Measuring bandwidth of 16 threads TCP traffic over IPv6 GRE tap.
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2660 v2 @ 2.20GHz
NIC: Mellanox Technologies MT28800 Family [ConnectX-5 Ex]
TSO: Enabled
Before: 4,926.24  Mbps
Now   : 94,827.91 Mbps

Fixes: b3f63c3d5e2c ("net/mlx5e: Add netdev support for VXLAN tunneling")
Signed-off-by: Gal Pressman <galp@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index cbec66bc82f1..c535a44ab8ac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -3678,6 +3678,7 @@ static netdev_features_t mlx5e_tunnel_features_check(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 						     struct sk_buff *skb,
 						     netdev_features_t features)
 {
+	unsigned int offset = 0;
 	struct udphdr *udph;
 	u8 proto;
 	u16 port;
@@ -3687,7 +3688,7 @@ static netdev_features_t mlx5e_tunnel_features_check(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 		proto = ip_hdr(skb)->protocol;
 		break;
 	case htons(ETH_P_IPV6):
-		proto = ipv6_hdr(skb)->nexthdr;
+		proto = ipv6_find_hdr(skb, &offset, -1, NULL, NULL);
 		break;
 	default:
 		goto out;
-- 
2.13.0