From: Alice Mikityanska <alice.kernel@fastmail.im>
To: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Xin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>,
David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@gmail.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Alice Mikityanska <alice@isovalent.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v5 06/12] net/mlx4: Remove jumbo_remove step from TX path
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 15:39:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260205133925.526371-7-alice.kernel@fastmail.im> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260205133925.526371-1-alice.kernel@fastmail.im>
From: Alice Mikityanska <alice@isovalent.com>
Now that the kernel doesn't insert HBH for BIG TCP IPv6 packets, remove
unnecessary steps from the mlx4 TX path, that used to check and remove
HBH.
Signed-off-by: Alice Mikityanska <alice@isovalent.com>
Acked-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c | 42 +++++-----------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index 87f35bcbeff8..c5d564e5a581 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -636,28 +636,20 @@ static int get_real_size(const struct sk_buff *skb,
struct net_device *dev,
int *lso_header_size,
bool *inline_ok,
- void **pfrag,
- int *hopbyhop)
+ void **pfrag)
{
struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
int real_size;
if (shinfo->gso_size) {
*inline_ok = false;
- *hopbyhop = 0;
if (skb->encapsulation) {
*lso_header_size = skb_inner_tcp_all_headers(skb);
} else {
- /* Detects large IPV6 TCP packets and prepares for removal of
- * HBH header that has been pushed by ip6_xmit(),
- * mainly so that tcpdump can dissect them.
- */
- if (ipv6_has_hopopt_jumbo(skb))
- *hopbyhop = sizeof(struct hop_jumbo_hdr);
*lso_header_size = skb_tcp_all_headers(skb);
}
real_size = CTRL_SIZE + shinfo->nr_frags * DS_SIZE +
- ALIGN(*lso_header_size - *hopbyhop + 4, DS_SIZE);
+ ALIGN(*lso_header_size + 4, DS_SIZE);
if (unlikely(*lso_header_size != skb_headlen(skb))) {
/* We add a segment for the skb linear buffer only if
* it contains data */
@@ -884,7 +876,6 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
int desc_size;
int real_size;
u32 index, bf_index;
- struct ipv6hdr *h6;
__be32 op_own;
int lso_header_size;
void *fragptr = NULL;
@@ -893,7 +884,6 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
bool stop_queue;
bool inline_ok;
u8 data_offset;
- int hopbyhop;
bool bf_ok;
tx_ind = skb_get_queue_mapping(skb);
@@ -903,7 +893,7 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
goto tx_drop;
real_size = get_real_size(skb, shinfo, dev, &lso_header_size,
- &inline_ok, &fragptr, &hopbyhop);
+ &inline_ok, &fragptr);
if (unlikely(!real_size))
goto tx_drop_count;
@@ -956,7 +946,7 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
data = &tx_desc->data;
data_offset = offsetof(struct mlx4_en_tx_desc, data);
} else {
- int lso_align = ALIGN(lso_header_size - hopbyhop + 4, DS_SIZE);
+ int lso_align = ALIGN(lso_header_size + 4, DS_SIZE);
data = (void *)&tx_desc->lso + lso_align;
data_offset = offsetof(struct mlx4_en_tx_desc, lso) + lso_align;
@@ -1021,31 +1011,15 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
((ring->prod & ring->size) ?
cpu_to_be32(MLX4_EN_BIT_DESC_OWN) : 0);
- lso_header_size -= hopbyhop;
/* Fill in the LSO prefix */
tx_desc->lso.mss_hdr_size = cpu_to_be32(
shinfo->gso_size << 16 | lso_header_size);
+ /* Copy headers;
+ * note that we already verified that it is linear
+ */
+ memcpy(tx_desc->lso.header, skb->data, lso_header_size);
- if (unlikely(hopbyhop)) {
- /* remove the HBH header.
- * Layout: [Ethernet header][IPv6 header][HBH][TCP header]
- */
- memcpy(tx_desc->lso.header, skb->data, ETH_HLEN + sizeof(*h6));
- h6 = (struct ipv6hdr *)((char *)tx_desc->lso.header + ETH_HLEN);
- h6->nexthdr = IPPROTO_TCP;
- /* Copy the TCP header after the IPv6 one */
- memcpy(h6 + 1,
- skb->data + ETH_HLEN + sizeof(*h6) +
- sizeof(struct hop_jumbo_hdr),
- tcp_hdrlen(skb));
- /* Leave ipv6 payload_len set to 0, as LSO v2 specs request. */
- } else {
- /* Copy headers;
- * note that we already verified that it is linear
- */
- memcpy(tx_desc->lso.header, skb->data, lso_header_size);
- }
ring->tso_packets++;
i = shinfo->gso_segs;
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-05 13:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-05 13:39 [PATCH net-next v5 00/12] BIG TCP without HBH in IPv6 Alice Mikityanska
2026-02-05 13:39 ` [PATCH net-next v5 01/12] net/ipv6: Introduce payload_len helpers Alice Mikityanska
2026-02-05 13:39 ` [PATCH net-next v5 02/12] net/ipv6: Drop HBH for BIG TCP on TX side Alice Mikityanska
2026-02-05 13:39 ` [PATCH net-next v5 03/12] net/ipv6: Drop HBH for BIG TCP on RX side Alice Mikityanska
2026-02-05 13:39 ` [PATCH net-next v5 04/12] net/ipv6: Remove jumbo_remove step from TX path Alice Mikityanska
2026-02-05 13:39 ` [PATCH net-next v5 05/12] net/mlx5e: " Alice Mikityanska
2026-02-05 13:39 ` Alice Mikityanska [this message]
2026-02-05 13:39 ` [PATCH net-next v5 07/12] ice: " Alice Mikityanska
2026-02-05 13:39 ` [PATCH net-next v5 08/12] bnxt_en: " Alice Mikityanska
2026-02-05 13:39 ` [PATCH net-next v5 09/12] gve: " Alice Mikityanska
2026-02-05 13:39 ` [PATCH net-next v5 10/12] net: mana: " Alice Mikityanska
2026-02-05 13:39 ` [PATCH net-next v5 11/12] bng_en: " Alice Mikityanska
2026-02-05 13:39 ` [PATCH net-next v5 12/12] net/ipv6: Remove HBH helpers Alice Mikityanska
2026-02-07 5:20 ` [PATCH net-next v5 00/12] BIG TCP without HBH in IPv6 patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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