From: Thomas Jarosch Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 06:28:15 +0000 (+0000) Subject: vmxnet3: Fix inconsistent LRO state after initialization X-Git-Tag: v2.6.35.14~164 X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=728b8bcaf8c31db1af214c999b38672b4144cf96;p=karo-tx-linux.git vmxnet3: Fix inconsistent LRO state after initialization commit ebde6f8acba92abfc203585198a54f47e83e2cd0 upstream. During initialization of vmxnet3, the state of LRO gets out of sync with netdev->features. This leads to very poor TCP performance in a IP forwarding setup and is hitting many VMware users. Simplified call sequence: 1. vmxnet3_declare_features() initializes "adapter->lro" to true. 2. The kernel automatically disables LRO if IP forwarding is enabled, so vmxnet3_set_flags() gets called. This also updates netdev->features. 3. Now vmxnet3_setup_driver_shared() is called. "adapter->lro" is still set to true and LRO gets enabled again, even though netdev->features shows it's disabled. Fix it by updating "adapter->lro", too. The private vmxnet3 adapter flags are scheduled for removal in net-next, see commit a0d2730c9571aeba793cb5d3009094ee1d8fda35 "net: vmxnet3: convert to hw_features". Patch applies to 2.6.37 / 2.6.38 and 2.6.39-rc6. Please CC: comments. Signed-off-by: Thomas Jarosch Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen --- diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c index 3935c4493fb7..df7cddd0c2b5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c @@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ vmxnet3_set_flags(struct net_device *netdev, u32 data) { /* toggle the LRO feature*/ netdev->features ^= NETIF_F_LRO; + /* Update private LRO flag */ + adapter->lro = lro_requested; + /* update harware LRO capability accordingly */ if (lro_requested) adapter->shared->devRead.misc.uptFeatures &= UPT1_F_LRO;