Re: [PATCH v6 net-next 11/14] virtio_net: Accurate ECN flag in virtio_net_hdr

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On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 3:13 AM <chia-yu.chang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Chia-Yu Chang <chia-yu.chang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Unlike RFC 3168 ECN, accurate ECN uses the CWR flag as part of the ACE
> field to count new packets with CE mark; however, it will be corrupted
> by the RFC 3168 ECN-aware TSO. Therefore, fallback shall be applied by
> seting NETIF_F_GSO_ACCECN to ensure that the CWR flag should not be
> changed within a super-skb.
>
> To apply the aforementieond new AccECN GSO for virtio, new featue bits
> for host and guest are added for feature negotiation between driver and
> device. And the translation of Accurate ECN GSO flag between
> virtio_net_hdr and skb header for NETIF_F_GSO_ACCECN is also added to
> avoid CWR flag corruption due to RFC3168 ECN TSO.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chia-Yu Chang <chia-yu.chang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/virtio_net.c        | 14 +++++++++++---
>  drivers/vdpa/pds/debugfs.c      |  6 ++++++
>  include/linux/virtio_net.h      | 16 ++++++++++------
>  include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h |  5 +++++
>  4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Is there a link to the spec patch? It needs to be accepted first.

Thanks






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