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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/macvtap.c2
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/xen-netfront.c2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h12
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c2
4 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index 0c6adaaf898c..65e2892342bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static rx_handler_result_t macvtap_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
*/
if (q->flags & IFF_VNET_HDR)
features |= vlan->tap_features;
- if (netif_needs_gso(skb, features)) {
+ if (netif_needs_gso(dev, skb, features)) {
struct sk_buff *segs = __skb_gso_segment(skb, features, false);
if (IS_ERR(segs))
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index ca82f545ec2c..3c0b37574d05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static int xennet_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
if (unlikely(!netif_carrier_ok(dev) ||
(slots > 1 && !xennet_can_sg(dev)) ||
- netif_needs_gso(skb, netif_skb_features(skb)))) {
+ netif_needs_gso(dev, skb, netif_skb_features(skb)))) {
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->tx_lock, flags);
goto drop;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 838407aea705..74fd5d37f15a 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -998,6 +998,12 @@ typedef u16 (*select_queue_fallback_t)(struct net_device *dev,
* Callback to use for xmit over the accelerated station. This
* is used in place of ndo_start_xmit on accelerated net
* devices.
+ * bool (*ndo_gso_check) (struct sk_buff *skb,
+ * struct net_device *dev);
+ * Called by core transmit path to determine if device is capable of
+ * performing GSO on a packet. The device returns true if it is
+ * able to GSO the packet, false otherwise. If the return value is
+ * false the stack will do software GSO.
*/
struct net_device_ops {
int (*ndo_init)(struct net_device *dev);
@@ -1147,6 +1153,8 @@ struct net_device_ops {
struct net_device *dev,
void *priv);
int (*ndo_get_lock_subclass)(struct net_device *dev);
+ bool (*ndo_gso_check) (struct sk_buff *skb,
+ struct net_device *dev);
};
/**
@@ -3572,10 +3580,12 @@ static inline bool skb_gso_ok(struct sk_buff *skb, netdev_features_t features)
(!skb_has_frag_list(skb) || (features & NETIF_F_FRAGLIST));
}
-static inline bool netif_needs_gso(struct sk_buff *skb,
+static inline bool netif_needs_gso(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
netdev_features_t features)
{
return skb_is_gso(skb) && (!skb_gso_ok(skb, features) ||
+ (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_gso_check &&
+ !dev->netdev_ops->ndo_gso_check(skb, dev)) ||
unlikely((skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) &&
(skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY)));
}
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 4699dcfdc4ab..9f77a78c6b1c 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2675,7 +2675,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device
if (skb->encapsulation)
features &= dev->hw_enc_features;
- if (netif_needs_gso(skb, features)) {
+ if (netif_needs_gso(dev, skb, features)) {
struct sk_buff *segs;
segs = skb_gso_segment(skb, features);