Re: [RFC -next 2/2] virtio_net: Read and use the advised MTU

From: Aaron Conole
Date: Tue Mar 15 2016 - 16:52:49 EST


Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, 2016-03-10 at 09:28 -0500, Aaron Conole wrote:
>> This patch checks the feature bit for the VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU feature. If it
>> exists, read the advised MTU and use it.
>>
>> No proper error handling is provided for the case where a user changes the
>> negotiated MTU. A future commit will add proper error handling. Instead, a
>> warning is emitted if the guest changes the device MTU after previously being
>> given advice.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
>> index 767ab11..7175563 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
>> @@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ struct virtnet_info {
>> virtio_net_ctrl_ack ctrl_status;
>> u8 ctrl_promisc;
>> u8 ctrl_allmulti;
>> + bool negotiated_mtu;
>> };
>>
>> struct padded_vnet_hdr {
>> @@ -1390,8 +1391,12 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops virtnet_ethtool_ops = {
>>
>> static int virtnet_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
>> {
>> + struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
>> if (new_mtu < MIN_MTU || new_mtu > MAX_MTU)
>> return -EINVAL;
>> + if (vi->negotiated_mtu == true) {
>
> why don't:
>
> if ((vi->negotiated_mtu == true) && (dev->mtu != new_mtu))
>
> ?

Okay, I'll put this test in.

>> + pr_warn("changing mtu from negotiated mtu.");
>> + }
>> dev->mtu = new_mtu;
>> return 0;
>> }
>> @@ -1836,6 +1841,13 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>> if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ))
>> vi->has_cvq = true;
>>
>> + if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU)) {
>> + vi->negotiated_mtu = true;
>> + dev->mtu = virtio_cread16(vdev,
>> + offsetof(struct virtio_net_config,
>> + mtu));
>> + }
>> +
>> if (vi->any_header_sg)
>> dev->needed_headroom = vi->hdr_len;
>>
>> @@ -2017,8 +2029,9 @@ static unsigned int features[] = {
>> VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF, VIRTIO_NET_F_STATUS, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ,
>> VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VLAN,
>> VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE, VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ,
>> - VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR,
>> + VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR,
>
> Here a trailing white space slipped-in.
>
> Otherwise LGTM.
>
> Paolo

D'oh! Okay, v2 will have this fixed.

>> VIRTIO_F_ANY_LAYOUT,
>> + VIRTIO_NET_F_MTU,
>> };
>>
>> static struct virtio_driver virtio_net_driver = {

Thanks so much for the review, Paolo!

-Aaron