[PATCH 2/2] vxlan: Copy needed_tailroom from lowerdev

From: Sven Eckelmann
Date: Thu Nov 26 2020 - 07:53:39 EST


While vxlan doesn't need any extra tailroom, the lowerdev might need it. In
that case, copy it over to reduce the chance for additional (re)allocations
in the transmit path.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/vxlan.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 25b5b5a2dfea..44bb02122526 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -3801,6 +3801,8 @@ static void vxlan_config_apply(struct net_device *dev,
needed_headroom = lowerdev->hard_header_len;
needed_headroom += lowerdev->needed_headroom;

+ dev->needed_tailroom = lowerdev->needed_tailroom;
+
max_mtu = lowerdev->mtu - (use_ipv6 ? VXLAN6_HEADROOM :
VXLAN_HEADROOM);
if (max_mtu < ETH_MIN_MTU)
--
2.29.2