From 1a3c998f3a27ab6ecf56bdbb17e27e55fd6d47cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 11:26:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] net: Add a netdev software feature set that defaults to off.
The previous patch added the NETIF_F_GRO_FRAGLIST feature.
This is a software feature that should default to off.
Current software features default to on, so add a new
feature set that defaults to off.
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
include/linux/netdev_features.h | 3 +++
net/core/dev.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdev_features.h b/include/linux/netdev_features.h
index b239507da2a06..34d050bb1ae6f 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdev_features.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdev_features.h
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ static inline int find_next_netdev_feature(u64 feature, unsigned long start)
/* changeable features with no special hardware requirements */
#define NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES (NETIF_F_GSO | NETIF_F_GRO)
+/* Changeable features with no special hardware requirements that defaults to off. */
+#define NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES_OFF NETIF_F_GRO_FRAGLIST
+
#define NETIF_F_VLAN_FEATURES (NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER | \
NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX | \
NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX | \
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index c806b078097b3..a3b154a4b4f92 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -9283,7 +9283,7 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
/* Transfer changeable features to wanted_features and enable
* software offloads (GSO and GRO).
*/
- dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES;
+ dev->hw_features |= (NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES | NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES_OFF);
dev->features |= NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES;
if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_udp_tunnel_add) {
--
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