Re: [linux-nics] [PATCHv4 net] i40e: Implement ndo_gso_check()

From: Jesse Gross
Date: Wed Jan 14 2015 - 21:25:07 EST


On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Jesse Gross <jesse@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Jeff Kirsher
> <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Fri, 2014-12-05 at 10:41 -0800, Joe Stringer wrote:
>>> ndo_gso_check() was recently introduced to allow NICs to report the
>>> offloading support that they have on a per-skb basis. Add an
>>> implementation for this driver which checks for IPIP, GRE, UDP
>>> tunnels.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joestringer@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> v4: Simplify the check to just do tunnel header length.
>>> Fix #define style issue.
>>> v3: Drop IPIP and GRE (no driver support even though hw supports it).
>>> Check for UDP outer protocol for UDP tunnels.
>>> v2: Expand to include IP in IP and IPv4/IPv6 inside GRE/UDP tunnels.
>>> Add MAX_INNER_LENGTH (as 80).
>>> ---
>>> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>>> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>>
>> Thanks Joe, I will update the patch in my queue with your latest
>> version.
>
> Jeff, as a heads-up, this patch and the corresponding one for fm10k
> will no longer apply now that the ndo has changed. This was changed by
> 5f35227e ("net: Generalize ndo_gso_check to ndo_features_check"). The
> update needed is trivial and is just due to the change in the function
> signature but I'm not sure where you are in the testing process with
> this.

Jeff - just wanted to check if you had seen this.
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