Re: [RFC PATCH v2] net: fold dev_disable_lro() into netdev_fix_features()

[Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>]

On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 18:06 +0200, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> This implements checks for forwarding mode in netdev_fix_features() using
> dev->priv_flags bits. As a side effect, after device is no longer
> forwarding it gets LRO back. This also means that user is not allowed to
> enable LRO after device is put to forwarding mode.
> 
> This patch depends on removal of discrete offload setting ethtool ops.

This is nice, but:

[...]
> --- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
> @@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ static void del_nbp(struct net_bridge_port *p)
>  	br_netpoll_disable(p);
>  
>  	call_rcu(&p->rcu, destroy_nbp_rcu);
> +
> +	netdev_update_features(dev);
>  }
>  
>  /* called with RTNL */
> @@ -368,11 +370,9 @@ int br_add_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev)
>  
>  	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_BRIDGE_PORT;
>  
> -	dev_disable_lro(dev);
> -
>  	list_add_rcu(&p->list, &br->port_list);
>  
> -	netdev_update_features(br->dev);
> +	netdev_change_features(dev);
>  
>  	spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
>  	changed_addr = br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id(br);

Why netdev_change_features() here?  I thought that was primarily for use
when vlan_features may have been changed.

[...]
> --- a/net/core/dev.c
> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
[...]
> @@ -5241,6 +5221,11 @@ u32 netdev_fix_features(struct net_device *dev, u32 features)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	if (features & NETIF_F_LRO && dev->priv_flags & IFF_LRO_FORBIDDEN) {
> +		netdev_info(dev, "Disabling LRO for forwarding interface.\n");
> +		features &= NETIF_F_LRO;
[...]

Mising '~'.

Ben.

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