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authorJesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>2014-12-23 22:37:26 -0800
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2015-01-27 08:29:33 -0800
commit12d5e0bb53dab45bcebeb7fc0dafc88d2b618468 (patch)
tree907e079e228674df348dc6e58a84b4ca9d4aa477 /drivers/net
parent3890e4287ea8ce14a68a82054c9df2cd92e3eafa (diff)
net: Generalize ndo_gso_check to ndo_features_check
[ Upstream commit 5f35227ea34bb616c436d9da47fc325866c428f3 ] GSO isn't the only offload feature with restrictions that potentially can't be expressed with the current features mechanism. Checksum is another although it's a general issue that could in theory apply to anything. Even if it may be possible to implement these restrictions in other ways, it can result in duplicate code or inefficient per-packet behavior. This generalizes ndo_gso_check so that drivers can remove any features that don't make sense for a given packet, similar to netif_skb_features(). It also converts existing driver restrictions to the new format, completing the work that was done to support tunnel protocols since the issues apply to checksums as well. By actually removing features from the set that are used to do offloading, it solves another problem with the existing interface. In these cases, GSO would run with the original set of features and not do anything because it appears that segmentation is not required. CC: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com> CC: Joe Stringer <joestringer@nicira.com> CC: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> CC: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@realtek.com> Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com> Acked-by: Tom Herbert <therbert@google.com> Fixes: 04ffcb255f22 ("net: Add ndo_gso_check") Tested-by: Hayes Wang <hayeswang@realtek.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c8
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c10
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c8
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 597c463e384d..d2975fa7e549 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -4427,9 +4427,11 @@ static void be_del_vxlan_port(struct net_device *netdev, sa_family_t sa_family,
be16_to_cpu(port));
}
-static bool be_gso_check(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+static netdev_features_t be_features_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ struct net_device *dev,
+ netdev_features_t features)
{
- return vxlan_gso_check(skb);
+ return vxlan_features_check(skb, features);
}
#endif
@@ -4460,7 +4462,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops be_netdev_ops = {
#ifdef CONFIG_BE2NET_VXLAN
.ndo_add_vxlan_port = be_add_vxlan_port,
.ndo_del_vxlan_port = be_del_vxlan_port,
- .ndo_gso_check = be_gso_check,
+ .ndo_features_check = be_features_check,
#endif
};
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 4488c31bf4ed..6bdaa313e7ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -2363,9 +2363,11 @@ static void mlx4_en_del_vxlan_port(struct net_device *dev,
queue_work(priv->mdev->workqueue, &priv->vxlan_del_task);
}
-static bool mlx4_en_gso_check(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+static netdev_features_t mlx4_en_features_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ struct net_device *dev,
+ netdev_features_t features)
{
- return vxlan_gso_check(skb);
+ return vxlan_features_check(skb, features);
}
#endif
@@ -2398,7 +2400,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops mlx4_netdev_ops = {
#ifdef CONFIG_MLX4_EN_VXLAN
.ndo_add_vxlan_port = mlx4_en_add_vxlan_port,
.ndo_del_vxlan_port = mlx4_en_del_vxlan_port,
- .ndo_gso_check = mlx4_en_gso_check,
+ .ndo_features_check = mlx4_en_features_check,
#endif
};
@@ -2432,7 +2434,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops mlx4_netdev_ops_master = {
#ifdef CONFIG_MLX4_EN_VXLAN
.ndo_add_vxlan_port = mlx4_en_add_vxlan_port,
.ndo_del_vxlan_port = mlx4_en_del_vxlan_port,
- .ndo_gso_check = mlx4_en_gso_check,
+ .ndo_features_check = mlx4_en_features_check,
#endif
};
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
index a913b3ad2f89..477a5d33d79c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
@@ -504,9 +504,11 @@ static void qlcnic_del_vxlan_port(struct net_device *netdev,
adapter->flags |= QLCNIC_DEL_VXLAN_PORT;
}
-static bool qlcnic_gso_check(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+static netdev_features_t qlcnic_features_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
+ struct net_device *dev,
+ netdev_features_t features)
{
- return vxlan_gso_check(skb);
+ return vxlan_features_check(skb, features);
}
#endif
@@ -531,7 +533,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops qlcnic_netdev_ops = {
#ifdef CONFIG_QLCNIC_VXLAN
.ndo_add_vxlan_port = qlcnic_add_vxlan_port,
.ndo_del_vxlan_port = qlcnic_del_vxlan_port,
- .ndo_gso_check = qlcnic_gso_check,
+ .ndo_features_check = qlcnic_features_check,
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
.ndo_poll_controller = qlcnic_poll_controller,