From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Cc: Cindy Lu <lulu@redhat.com>,
"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] netvsc: transfer lower device max tso size
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:18:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250721181807.752af6a4@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACGkMEtqhjTjdxPc=eqMxPNKFsKKA+5YP+uqWtonm=onm0gCrg@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 09:04:20 +0800 Jason Wang wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:17:55 +0800 Cindy Lu wrote:
> > > Subject: [PATCH RESEND] netvsc: transfer lower device max tso size
> >
> > You say RESEND but I don't see a link to previous posting anywhere.
Someone should respond to this part, please.
> > I'd rather we didn't extend the magic behavior of hyperv/netvsc any
> > further.
>
> Are you referring to the netdev coupling model of the VF acceleration?
Yes, it tries to apply whole bunch of policy automatically in
the kernel.
> > We have enough problems with it.
>
> But this fixes a real problem, otherwise nested VM performance will be
> broken due to the GSO software segmentation.
Perhaps, possibly, a migration plan can be devised, away from the
netvsc model, so we don't have to deal with nuggets of joy like:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/1752870014-28909-1-git-send-email-haiyangz@linux.microsoft.com/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-22 1:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-18 6:17 [PATCH RESEND] netvsc: transfer lower device max tso size Cindy Lu
2025-07-21 23:28 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-07-22 1:04 ` Jason Wang
2025-07-22 1:18 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2025-07-22 2:04 ` Cindy Lu
2025-07-22 2:46 ` Cindy Lu
2025-07-23 6:00 ` Jason Wang
2025-07-23 15:05 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-07-23 20:18 ` Haiyang Zhang
2025-07-23 22:16 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-07-28 3:01 ` Stephen Hemminger
2025-07-28 15:19 ` Jakub Kicinski
2025-07-28 17:24 ` Stephen Hemminger
2025-07-29 2:42 ` Jason Wang
2025-07-31 1:07 ` Jason Wang
2025-07-31 1:18 ` Jakub Kicinski
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