From ebde6f8acba92abfc203585198a54f47e83e2cd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@intra2net.com> Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 06:28:15 +0000 Subject: vmxnet3: Fix inconsistent LRO state after initialization During initialization of vmxnet3, the state of LRO gets out of sync with netdev->features. This leads to very poor TCP performance in a IP forwarding setup and is hitting many VMware users. Simplified call sequence: 1. vmxnet3_declare_features() initializes "adapter->lro" to true. 2. The kernel automatically disables LRO if IP forwarding is enabled, so vmxnet3_set_flags() gets called. This also updates netdev->features. 3. Now vmxnet3_setup_driver_shared() is called. "adapter->lro" is still set to true and LRO gets enabled again, even though netdev->features shows it's disabled. Fix it by updating "adapter->lro", too. The private vmxnet3 adapter flags are scheduled for removal in net-next, see commit a0d2730c9571aeba793cb5d3009094ee1d8fda35 "net: vmxnet3: convert to hw_features". Patch applies to 2.6.37 / 2.6.38 and 2.6.39-rc6. Please CC: comments. Signed-off-by: Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@intra2net.com> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> --- drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/net/vmxnet3') diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c index 51f2ef142a5b..976467253d20 100644 --- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c @@ -311,6 +311,9 @@ vmxnet3_set_flags(struct net_device *netdev, u32 data) /* toggle the LRO feature*/ netdev->features ^= NETIF_F_LRO; + /* Update private LRO flag */ + adapter->lro = lro_requested; + /* update harware LRO capability accordingly */ if (lro_requested) adapter->shared->devRead.misc.uptFeatures |= -- cgit v1.2.3