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From: Dimitri Daskalakis <dimitri.daskalakis1@gmail.com>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: "Saeed Mahameed" <saeedm@nvidia.com>,
	"Tariq Toukan" <tariqt@nvidia.com>,
	"Mark Bloch" <mbloch@nvidia.com>,
	"Leon Romanovsky" <leon@kernel.org>,
	"Andrew Lunn" <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
	"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@kernel.org>,
	"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
	"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	"Gal Pressman" <gal@nvidia.com>,
	"Cosmin Ratiu" <cratiu@nvidia.com>,
	"Dragos Tatulea" <dtatulea@nvidia.com>,
	"Nimrod Oren" <noren@nvidia.com>,
	"Carolina Jubran" <cjubran@nvidia.com>,
	"Björn Töpel" <bjorn@kernel.org>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
	"Dimitri Daskalakis" <dimitri.daskalakis1@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v4] net/mlx5e: advertise tcp-data-split support
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 09:05:58 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261111170558.1654691-1-dimitri.daskalakis1@gmail.com> (raw)

From: Dimitri Daskalakis <daskald@meta.com>

Since commit 46bcce5dfd33 ("net/mlx5e: Support ethtool tcp-data-split
settings"), mlx5 no longer reports tcp-data-split from
mlx5e_ethtool_get_ringparam() and the reply carries only the stored
config. With the default config (auto) the attribute is omitted, so the
device looks like it does not support tcp-data-split, even while HW-GRO
is on and SHAMPO is splitting headers.

On mlx5, header-data split is performed by SHAMPO, which is used only
when HW-GRO is enabled. The driver already keeps HW-GRO on while
tcp-data-split is enabled, but nothing enforces the other direction.
A user can disable tcp-data-split and then enable rx-gro-hw, leaving
the device splitting while the config says it is off.

To make the feature handling consistent, report tcp-data-split as on
when SHAMPO is active and off otherwise. Only allow disabling
tcp-data-split while HW-GRO is off, and keep HW-GRO off in
mlx5e_fix_features() when tcp-data-split is already disabled.

Signed-off-by: Dimitri Daskalakis <daskald@meta.com>
---
Changes in v4:
- Nimrod and sashiko pointed out that not reporting DISABLED for
  tcp-data-split makes the feature look unsupported. This conflicted
  with my attempt to block users from setting DISABLED, locally sashiko
  found several scenarios where ring changes would get blocked.
  Instead I took a different approach, if a user sets hw-gro on ->
  tcp-data-split on -> hw-gro off mlx forces hw-gro on. I mirrored this
  in the opposite direction, i.e force hw-gro off if a user sets
  tcp-data-split off -> hw-gro on.
- Clarify extack messages so users know the sequence of commands to run
  to enable/disable tcp-data-split.
- Directly going between tcp-data-split on <-> off is intentionally
  unsupported. Going from off -> on would require forcing HW-GRO on,
  which would require careful validation with features (XDP, XSK) that
  cannot support HW-GRO.
- Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20261009025137.2631215-1-dimitri.daskalakis1@gmail.com/
Changes in v3:
- Drop redundant hw_features check in mlx5e_ethtool_get_ringparam(). Packet
  merge type can only be MLX5E_PACKET_MERGE_SHAMPO when HW GRO is active.
- Address Bjorn's feedback, and drop premature netdev_update_features() call
  in mlx5e_ethtool_set_tcp_data_split()
- Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261006225925.568263-1-dimitri.daskalakis1@gmail.com/
Changes in v2:
- Leave kernel_param->tcp_data_split as ETHTOOL_TCP_DATA_SPLIT_UNKNOWN if the
  device does not support HW GRO
- Prevent users from disabling tcp-data-split
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260923230521.1267511-1-dimitri.daskalakis1@gmail.com/

hds.py with GRO off

 # Interface: eth0, driver: mlx5_core
 TAP version 13
 1..13
 ok 1 hds.get_hds
 ok 2 hds.get_hds_thresh
 ok 3 hds.set_hds_disable
 ok 4 hds.set_hds_enable # SKIP disabling of HDS not supported by the device
 ok 5 hds.set_hds_thresh_random # SKIP hds-thresh-max is too small
 ok 6 hds.set_hds_thresh_zero
 ok 7 hds.set_hds_thresh_max
 ok 8 hds.set_hds_thresh_gt
 ok 9 hds.set_xdp
 ok 10 hds.enabled_set_xdp # SKIP enabling of HDS not supported by the device
 ok 11 hds.ioctl
 ok 12 hds.ioctl_set_xdp
 ok 13 hds.ioctl_enabled_set_xdp # SKIP enabling of HDS not supported by the device
 # Totals: pass:9 fail:0 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:4 error:0

hds.py with GRO on

 # Interface: eth0, driver: mlx5_core
 TAP version 13
 1..13
 ok 1 hds.get_hds
 ok 2 hds.get_hds_thresh
 ok 3 hds.set_hds_disable # SKIP disabling of HDS not supported by the device
 ok 4 hds.set_hds_enable
 ok 5 hds.set_hds_thresh_random # SKIP hds-thresh-max is too small
 ok 6 hds.set_hds_thresh_zero
 ok 7 hds.set_hds_thresh_max
 ok 8 hds.set_hds_thresh_gt
 # Exception| Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
 # Exception| CMD: ip link set dev eth0 xdp obj /tmp/ksft-net-drv/net/lib/xdp_dummy.bpf.o sec xdp
 # Exception|   EXIT: 2
 # Exception|   STDERR: RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
 # Exception|
 not ok 9 hds.set_xdp
 ok 10 hds.enabled_set_xdp
 ok 11 hds.ioctl
 # Exception| Traceback (most recent call last):
 ...
 # Exception| CMD: ip link set dev eth0 xdp obj /tmp/ksft-net-drv/net/lib/xdp_dummy.bpf.o sec xdp
 # Exception|   EXIT: 2
 # Exception|   STDERR: RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
 # Exception|
 not ok 12 hds.ioctl_set_xdp
 ok 13 hds.ioctl_enabled_set_xdp
 # Totals: pass:9 fail:2 xfail:0 xpass:0 skip:2 error:0
---
 .../ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c  | 21 +++++++++++++++----
 .../net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
index 1f534051cdfe..8e7c748caf2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
@@ -388,6 +388,13 @@ static void mlx5e_get_ringparam(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	mlx5e_ethtool_get_ringparam(priv, param, kernel_param);
+
+	if (dev->hw_features & NETIF_F_GRO_HW)
+		kernel_param->tcp_data_split =
+			priv->channels.params.packet_merge.type ==
+			MLX5E_PACKET_MERGE_SHAMPO ?
+			ETHTOOL_TCP_DATA_SPLIT_ENABLED :
+			ETHTOOL_TCP_DATA_SPLIT_DISABLED;
 }
 
 static bool mlx5e_ethtool_set_tcp_data_split(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
@@ -399,7 +406,14 @@ static bool mlx5e_ethtool_set_tcp_data_split(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 	if (tcp_data_split == ETHTOOL_TCP_DATA_SPLIT_ENABLED &&
 	    !(dev->features & NETIF_F_GRO_HW)) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
-				   "TCP-data-split is not supported when GRO HW is disabled");
+				   "TCP-data-split can not be enabled without HW-GRO, set it to 'auto' and enable HW-GRO first");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (tcp_data_split == ETHTOOL_TCP_DATA_SPLIT_DISABLED &&
+	    dev->features & NETIF_F_GRO_HW) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
+				   "TCP-data-split can not be disabled while HW-GRO is on, set it to 'auto' and disable HW-GRO first");
 		return false;
 	}
 
@@ -474,9 +488,8 @@ static int mlx5e_set_ringparam(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	/* Might need to disable HW-GRO if it was kept on due to hds. */
-	if (kernel_param->tcp_data_split == ETHTOOL_TCP_DATA_SPLIT_DISABLED &&
-	    dev->cfg->hds_config == ETHTOOL_TCP_DATA_SPLIT_ENABLED)
+	/* Might need to adjust HW-GRO if it was kept on/off due to hds. */
+	if (dev->cfg->hds_config != kernel_param->tcp_data_split)
 		netdev_update_features(priv->netdev);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index c3c2c5720c6f..e2f657b36824 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -4627,6 +4627,13 @@ static netdev_features_t mlx5e_fix_features(struct net_device *netdev,
 		features |= NETIF_F_GRO_HW;
 	}
 
+	/* HW GRO cannot be enabled if header-data split is disabled. */
+	if (cfg && cfg->hds_config == ETHTOOL_TCP_DATA_SPLIT_DISABLED &&
+	    features & NETIF_F_GRO_HW) {
+		netdev_warn(netdev, "Disabling HW-GRO, TCP header-data split is disabled\n");
+		features &= ~NETIF_F_GRO_HW;
+	}
+
 	if (mlx5e_is_uplink_rep(priv)) {
 		features = mlx5e_fix_uplink_rep_features(netdev, features);
 		netdev->netns_immutable = true;
-- 
2.52.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-11-11 17:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-11 17:05 Dimitri Daskalakis [this message]
2026-11-13  8:06 ` [PATCH net-next v4] net/mlx5e: advertise tcp-data-split support netdev-bot+sashiko
2026-11-13 17:59   ` Dimitri Daskalakis
2026-11-15 10:39 ` Nimrod Oren
2026-11-15 20:59   ` Dimitri Daskalakis

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