linux-toradex.git/include/linux/netdevice.h, branch v2.6.18-rc7

[BRIDGE]: Disable SG/GSO if TX checksum is off

2006-08-18T01:22:32+00:00

When the bridge recomputes features, it does not maintain the
constraint that SG/GSO must be off if TX checksum is off.
This patch adds that constraint.

On a completely unrelated note, I've also added TSO6 and TSO_ECN
feature bits if GSO is enabled on the underlying device through
the new NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE macro.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[VLAN]: Make sure bonding packet drop checks get done in hwaccel RX path.

2006-08-17T23:29:46+00:00

Since __vlan_hwaccel_rx() is essentially bypassing the
netif_receive_skb() call that would have occurred if we did the VLAN
decapsulation in software, we are missing the skb_bond() call and the
assosciated checks it does.

Export those checks via an inline function, skb_bond_should_drop(),
and use this in __vlan_hwaccel_rx().

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[NET]: Fix reversed error test in netif_tx_trylock

2006-07-21T21:55:38+00:00

A non-zero return value indicates success from spin_trylock,
not error.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[NET] gso: Fix up GSO packets with broken checksums

2006-07-08T20:34:56+00:00

Certain subsystems in the stack (e.g., netfilter) can break the partial
checksum on GSO packets.  Until they're fixed, this patch allows this to
work by recomputing the partial checksums through the GSO mechanism.

Once they've all been converted to update the partial checksum instead of
clearing it, this workaround can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[NET] gso: Add skb_is_gso

2006-07-08T20:34:32+00:00

This patch adds the wrapper function skb_is_gso which can be used instead
of directly testing skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size.  This makes things a little
nicer and allows us to change the primary key for indicating whether an skb
is GSO (if we ever want to do that).

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[IPV6]: Added GSO support for TCPv6

2006-06-30T21:12:10+00:00

This patch adds GSO support for IPv6 and TCPv6.  This is based on a patch
by Ananda Raju .  His original description is:

	This patch enables TSO over IPv6. Currently Linux network stacks
	restricts TSO over IPv6 by clearing of the NETIF_F_TSO bit from
	"dev->features". This patch will remove this restriction.

	This patch will introduce a new flag NETIF_F_TSO6 which will be used
	to check whether device supports TSO over IPv6. If device support TSO
	over IPv6 then we don't clear of NETIF_F_TSO and which will make the
	TCP layer to create TSO packets. Any device supporting TSO over IPv6
	will set NETIF_F_TSO6 flag in "dev->features" along with NETIF_F_TSO.

	In case when user disables TSO using ethtool, NETIF_F_TSO will get
	cleared from "dev->features". So even if we have NETIF_F_TSO6 we don't
	get TSO packets created by TCP layer.

	SKB_GSO_TCPV4 renamed to SKB_GSO_TCP to make it generic GSO packet.
	SKB_GSO_UDPV4 renamed to SKB_GSO_UDP as UFO is not a IPv4 feature.
	UFO is supported over IPv6 also

	The following table shows there is significant improvement in
	throughput with normal frames and CPU usage for both normal and jumbo.

	--------------------------------------------------
	|          |     1500        |      9600         |
	|          ------------------|-------------------|
	|          | thru     CPU    |  thru     CPU     |
	--------------------------------------------------
	| TSO OFF  | 2.00   5.5% id  |  5.66   20.0% id  |
	--------------------------------------------------
	| TSO ON   | 2.63   78.0 id  |  5.67   39.0% id  |
	--------------------------------------------------

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[NET]: Generalise TSO-specific bits from skb_setup_caps

2006-06-30T21:12:08+00:00

This patch generalises the TSO-specific bits from sk_setup_caps by adding
the sk_gso_type member to struct sock.  This makes sk_setup_caps generic
so that it can be used by TCPv6 or UFO.

The only catch is that whoever uses this must provide a GSO implementation
for their protocol which I think is a fair deal :) For now UFO continues to
live without a GSO implementation which is OK since it doesn't use the sock
caps field at the moment.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[NET]: Add ECN support for TSO

2006-06-29T23:58:08+00:00

In the current TSO implementation, NETIF_F_TSO and ECN cannot be
turned on together in a TCP connection.  The problem is that most
hardware that supports TSO does not handle CWR correctly if it is set
in the TSO packet.  Correct handling requires CWR to be set in the
first packet only if it is set in the TSO header.

This patch adds the ability to turn on NETIF_F_TSO and ECN using
GSO if necessary to handle TSO packets with CWR set.  Hardware
that handles CWR correctly can turn on NETIF_F_TSO_ECN in the dev->
features flag.

All TSO packets with CWR set will have the SKB_GSO_TCPV4_ECN set.  If
the output device does not have the NETIF_F_TSO_ECN feature set, GSO
will split the packet up correctly with CWR only set in the first
segment.

With help from Herbert Xu .

Since ECN can always be enabled with TSO, the SOCK_NO_LARGESEND sock
flag is completely removed.

Signed-off-by: Michael Chan 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[NET]: Fix logical error in skb_gso_ok

2006-06-29T23:58:04+00:00

The test in skb_gso_ok is backwards.  Noticed by Michael Chan
.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu 
Acked-by: Michael Chan 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

[NET]: Added GSO header verification

2006-06-29T23:57:53+00:00

When GSO packets come from an untrusted source (e.g., a Xen guest domain),
we need to verify the header integrity before passing it to the hardware.

Since the first step in GSO is to verify the header, we can reuse that
code by adding a new bit to gso_type: SKB_GSO_DODGY.  Packets with this
bit set can only be fed directly to devices with the corresponding bit
NETIF_F_GSO_ROBUST.  If the device doesn't have that bit, then the skb
is fed to the GSO engine which will allow the packet to be sent to the
hardware if it passes the header check.

This patch changes the sg flag to a full features flag.  The same method
can be used to implement TSO ECN support.  We simply have to mark packets
with CWR set with SKB_GSO_ECN so that only hardware with a corresponding
NETIF_F_TSO_ECN can accept them.  The GSO engine can either fully segment
the packet, or segment the first MTU and pass the rest to the hardware for
further segmentation.

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu 
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller