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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netdevice.h | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 18 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index d08ef6538579..168e3ad14daf 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -984,6 +984,9 @@ struct net_device { NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA | \ NETIF_F_FRAGLIST) + /* changeable features with no special hardware requirements */ +#define NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES (NETIF_F_GSO | NETIF_F_GRO) + /* Interface index. Unique device identifier */ int ifindex; int iflink; diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 4580460ebecd..8686f6ffe7f0 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -5274,6 +5274,12 @@ u32 netdev_fix_features(struct net_device *dev, u32 features) features &= ~NETIF_F_TSO; } + /* Software GSO depends on SG. */ + if ((features & NETIF_F_GSO) && !(features & NETIF_F_SG)) { + netdev_info(dev, "Dropping NETIF_F_GSO since no SG feature.\n"); + features &= ~NETIF_F_GSO; + } + /* UFO needs SG and checksumming */ if (features & NETIF_F_UFO) { /* maybe split UFO into V4 and V6? */ @@ -5430,11 +5436,15 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) if (dev->iflink == -1) dev->iflink = dev->ifindex; - dev->features = netdev_fix_features(dev, dev->features); + /* Enable software offloads by default - will be stripped in + * netdev_fix_features() if not supported. */ + dev->features |= NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES; - /* Enable software GSO if SG is supported. */ - if (dev->features & NETIF_F_SG) - dev->features |= NETIF_F_GSO; + /* Avoid warning from netdev_fix_features() for GSO without SG */ + if (!(dev->features & NETIF_F_SG)) + dev->features &= ~NETIF_F_GSO; + + dev->features = netdev_fix_features(dev, dev->features); /* Enable GRO and NETIF_F_HIGHDMA for vlans by default, * vlan_dev_init() will do the dev->features check, so these features |