From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bnx2x: fix L2-GRE TCP issues Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 20:34:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20140204.203416.1197655024209227946.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1391528583-22935-1-git-send-email-dmitry@broadcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, mschmidt@redhat.com, ariele@broadcom.com To: dmitry@broadcom.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:48902 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754453AbaBEEeR (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Feb 2014 23:34:17 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1391528583-22935-1-git-send-email-dmitry@broadcom.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Dmitry Kravkov Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 17:43:03 +0200 > When configuring GRE tunnel using OVS, tcp stream is distributed over > all RSS queues which may cause TCP reordering. It happens since OVS > uses L2GRE protocol when kernel gre uses IPGRE. > Patch defaults gre tunnel to L2GRE which allows proper RSS for L2GRE > packets and (implicitly) disables RSS for IPGRE traffic. > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kravkov > Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior Applied.