Re: [RFC 1/1] net: introduce OpenVPN Data Channel Offload (ovpn-dco)

[Antonio Quartulli]

Hi,

On 19/07/2022 17:37, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > +static int ovpn_net_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
> > +{
> > +	if (new_mtu < IPV4_MIN_MTU ||
> > +	    new_mtu + dev->hard_header_len > IP_MAX_MTU)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
>
> If you set dev->min_mtu and dev->max_mtu, the core will validate this
> for you, see dev_validate_mtu().

Yeah, thanks for the pointer.

> > +static int ovpn_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev,
> > +				   struct ethtool_link_ksettings *cmd)
> > +{
> > +	ethtool_convert_legacy_u32_to_link_mode(cmd->link_modes.supported, 0);
> > +	ethtool_convert_legacy_u32_to_link_mode(cmd->link_modes.advertising, 0);
>
> These two should not be needed. Look at tun, veth etc, they don't set
> them.

I found this in tun.c:

3512         ethtool_link_ksettings_zero_link_mode(cmd, supported);
3513         ethtool_link_ksettings_zero_link_mode(cmd, advertising);

Which seems a more appropriate version of my code, no?

Regards,

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Antonio Quartulli
OpenVPN Inc.