This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net: veth: do not manipulate GRO when using XDP
to the 6.6-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
net-veth-do-not-manipulate-gro-when-using-xdp.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit c141a8788ee64bbeffdee2e3619d8a440bdfd7fc
Author: Ignat Korchagin <ignat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Mar 13 19:37:58 2024 +0100
net: veth: do not manipulate GRO when using XDP
[ Upstream commit d7db7775ea2e31502d46427f5efd385afc4ff1eb ]
Commit d3256efd8e8b ("veth: allow enabling NAPI even without XDP") tried to fix
the fact that GRO was not possible without XDP, because veth did not use NAPI
without XDP. However, it also introduced the behaviour that GRO is always
enabled, when XDP is enabled.
While it might be desired for most cases, it is confusing for the user at best
as the GRO flag suddenly changes, when an XDP program is attached. It also
introduces some complexities in state management as was partially addressed in
commit fe9f801355f0 ("net: veth: clear GRO when clearing XDP even when down").
But the biggest problem is that it is not possible to disable GRO at all, when
an XDP program is attached, which might be needed for some use cases.
Fix this by not touching the GRO flag on XDP enable/disable as the code already
supports switching to NAPI if either GRO or XDP is requested.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240311124015.38106-1-ignat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: d3256efd8e8b ("veth: allow enabling NAPI even without XDP")
Fixes: fe9f801355f0 ("net: veth: clear GRO when clearing XDP even when down")
Signed-off-by: Ignat Korchagin <ignat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 0ae90702e7f84..5cdb77e861c0e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -1525,8 +1525,6 @@ static netdev_features_t veth_fix_features(struct net_device *dev,
if (peer_priv->_xdp_prog)
features &= ~NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
}
- if (priv->_xdp_prog)
- features |= NETIF_F_GRO;
return features;
}
@@ -1630,14 +1628,6 @@ static int veth_xdp_set(struct net_device *dev, struct bpf_prog *prog,
}
if (!old_prog) {
- if (!veth_gro_requested(dev)) {
- /* user-space did not require GRO, but adding
- * XDP is supposed to get GRO working
- */
- dev->features |= NETIF_F_GRO;
- netdev_features_change(dev);
- }
-
peer->hw_features &= ~NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
peer->max_mtu = max_mtu;
}
@@ -1653,14 +1643,6 @@ static int veth_xdp_set(struct net_device *dev, struct bpf_prog *prog,
if (dev->flags & IFF_UP)
veth_disable_xdp(dev);
- /* if user-space did not require GRO, since adding XDP
- * enabled it, clear it now
- */
- if (!veth_gro_requested(dev)) {
- dev->features &= ~NETIF_F_GRO;
- netdev_features_change(dev);
- }
-
if (peer) {
peer->hw_features |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
peer->max_mtu = ETH_MAX_MTU;
