Re: [PATCH net v2] hv_netvsc: preserve hw_features on mtu/channels/ringparam changes

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Nov 15 2017 - 20:50:44 EST


From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:12:55 +0100

> rndis_filter_device_add() is called both from netvsc_probe() when we
> initially create the device and from set channels/mtu/ringparam
> routines where we basically remove the device and add it back.
>
> hw_features is reset in rndis_filter_device_add() and filled with
> host data. However, we lose all additional flags which are set outside
> of the driver, e.g. register_netdevice() adds NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES and
> many others.
>
> Unfortunately, calls to rndis_{query_hwcaps(), _set_offload_params()}
> calls cannot be avoided on every RNDIS reset: host expects us to set
> required features explicitly. Moreover, in theory hardware capabilities
> can change and we need to reflect the change in hw_features.
>
> Reset net->hw_features bits according to host data in
> rndis_netdev_set_hwcaps(), clear corresponding feature bits
> from net->features in case some features went missing (will never happen
> in real life I guess but let's be consistent).
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied.