linux/net/ipv4
Simon Horman 0d89d2035f MPLS: Add limited GSO support
In the case where a non-MPLS packet is received and an MPLS stack is
added it may well be the case that the original skb is GSO but the
NIC used for transmit does not support GSO of MPLS packets.

The aim of this code is to provide GSO in software for MPLS packets
whose skbs are GSO.

SKB Usage:

When an implementation adds an MPLS stack to a non-MPLS packet it should do
the following to skb metadata:

* Set skb->inner_protocol to the old non-MPLS ethertype of the packet.
  skb->inner_protocol is added by this patch.

* Set skb->protocol to the new MPLS ethertype of the packet.

* Set skb->network_header to correspond to the
  end of the L3 header, including the MPLS label stack.

I have posted a patch, "[PATCH v3.29] datapath: Add basic MPLS support to
kernel" which adds MPLS support to the kernel datapath of Open vSwtich.
That patch sets the above requirements in datapath/actions.c:push_mpls()
and was used to exercise this code.  The datapath patch is against the Open
vSwtich tree but it is intended that it be added to the Open vSwtich code
present in the mainline Linux kernel at some point.

Features:

I believe that the approach that I have taken is at least partially
consistent with the handling of other protocols.  Jesse, I understand that
you have some ideas here.  I am more than happy to change my implementation.

This patch adds dev->mpls_features which may be used by devices
to advertise features supported for MPLS packets.

A new NETIF_F_MPLS_GSO feature is added for devices which support
hardware MPLS GSO offload.  Currently no devices support this
and MPLS GSO always falls back to software.

Alternate Implementation:

One possible alternate implementation is to teach netif_skb_features()
and skb_network_protocol() about MPLS, in a similar way to their
understanding of VLANs. I believe this would avoid the need
for net/mpls/mpls_gso.c and in particular the calls to
__skb_push() and __skb_push() in mpls_gso_segment().

I have decided on the implementation in this patch as it should
not introduce any overhead in the case where mpls_gso is not compiled
into the kernel or inserted as a module.

MPLS GSO suggested by Jesse Gross.
Based in part on "v4 GRE: Add TCP segmentation offload for GRE"
by Pravin B Shelar.

Cc: Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com>
Cc: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-05-27 22:50:59 -07:00
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netfilter netfilter: log: netns NULL ptr bug when calling from conntrack 2013-05-15 14:11:07 +02:00
af_inet.c MPLS: Add limited GSO support 2013-05-27 22:50:59 -07:00
ah4.c net: Add skb_unclone() helper function. 2013-02-15 15:10:37 -05:00
arp.c firewire net, ipv4 arp: Extend hardware address and remove driver-level packet inspection. 2013-03-26 12:32:13 -04:00
cipso_ipv4.c cipso: don't follow a NULL pointer when setsockopt() is called 2012-07-18 09:01:12 -07:00
datagram.c ipv4: Add a socket release callback for datagram sockets 2013-01-21 14:17:05 -05:00
devinet.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2013-04-22 20:32:51 -04:00
esp4.c esp4: fix error return code in esp_output() 2013-04-15 14:05:34 -04:00
fib_frontend.c net-next: replace obsolete NLMSG_* with type safe nlmsg_* 2013-03-28 14:25:25 -04:00
fib_lookup.h
fib_rules.c sections: fix section conflicts in net 2012-10-06 03:04:45 +09:00
fib_semantics.c hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
fib_trie.c fib_trie: no need to delay vfree() 2013-05-06 11:06:51 -04:00
gre.c gso: Handle Trans-Ether-Bridging protocol in skb_network_protocol() 2013-05-08 13:13:30 -07:00
icmp.c net: ipv6: Add IPv6 support to the ping socket. 2013-05-25 21:07:49 -07:00
igmp.c net: proc: change proc_net_remove to remove_proc_entry 2013-02-18 14:53:08 -05:00
inet_connection_sock.c tcp: Remove TCPCT 2013-03-17 14:35:13 -04:00
inet_diag.c netlink: rename ssk to sk in struct netlink_skb_params 2013-04-19 14:57:56 -04:00
inet_fragment.c net: frag, fix race conditions in LRU list maintenance 2013-05-06 11:06:51 -04:00
inet_hashtables.c hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
inet_lro.c ipv4: replace ip_fast_csum with csum_replace2 2013-03-15 09:12:25 -04:00
inet_timewait_sock.c hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
inetpeer.c Merge branch 'for-3.7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2012-10-02 09:54:49 -07:00
ip_forward.c ipv4: introduce rt_uses_gateway 2012-10-08 17:42:36 -04:00
ip_fragment.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2013-04-22 20:32:51 -04:00
ip_gre.c ip_gre: fix a possible crash in ipgre_err() 2013-05-20 00:18:52 -07:00
ip_input.c net: Add MIB counters for checksum errors 2013-04-29 15:14:03 -04:00
ip_options.c net/ipv4: Ensure that location of timestamp option is stored 2013-03-12 05:35:39 -04:00
ip_output.c ipv4: ip_output: remove inline marking of EXPORT_SYMBOL functions 2013-05-11 16:12:44 -07:00
ip_sockglue.c net: prevent setting ttl=0 via IP_TTL 2013-01-08 17:57:10 -08:00
ip_tunnel.c ip_tunnel: Fix off-by-one error in forming dev name. 2013-03-29 15:24:28 -04:00
ip_vti.c Tunneling: use IP Tunnel stats APIs. 2013-03-26 12:27:19 -04:00
ipcomp.c xfrm: allow to avoid copying DSCP during encapsulation 2013-03-06 07:02:45 +01:00
ipconfig.c ipconfig: add informative timeout messages while waiting for carrier 2013-04-02 14:35:33 -04:00
ipip.c IPIP: Use ip-tunneling code. 2013-03-26 12:27:18 -04:00
ipmr.c net-next: replace obsolete NLMSG_* with type safe nlmsg_* 2013-03-28 14:25:25 -04:00
Kconfig Tunneling: use IP Tunnel stats APIs. 2013-03-26 12:27:19 -04:00
Makefile GRE: Refactor GRE tunneling code. 2013-03-26 12:27:18 -04:00
netfilter.c netfilter: add my copyright statements 2013-04-18 20:27:55 +02:00
ping.c net: ipv6: Add IPv6 support to the ping socket. 2013-05-25 21:07:49 -07:00
proc.c net: Add MIB counters for checksum errors 2013-04-29 15:14:03 -04:00
protocol.c ipv4: Disallow non-namespace aware protocols to register. 2013-02-05 14:42:23 -05:00
raw.c hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
route.c rtnetlink: Remove passing of attributes into rtnl_doit functions 2013-03-22 10:31:16 -04:00
syncookies.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2013-04-22 20:32:51 -04:00
sysctl_net_ipv4.c tcp: refactor F-RTO 2013-03-21 11:47:50 -04:00
tcp_bic.c tcp: fix undo after RTO for BIC 2012-01-20 14:17:26 -05:00
tcp_cong.c tcp: remove Appropriate Byte Count support 2013-02-05 14:51:16 -05:00
tcp_cubic.c tcp: fix undo after RTO for CUBIC 2012-01-20 14:17:26 -05:00
tcp_diag.c inet_diag: Rename inet_diag_req into inet_diag_req_v2 2012-01-11 12:56:06 -08:00
tcp_fastopen.c tcp: TCP Fast Open Server - header & support functions 2012-08-31 20:02:18 -04:00
tcp_highspeed.c
tcp_htcp.c
tcp_hybla.c tcp: bool conversions 2012-05-17 14:59:59 -04:00
tcp_illinois.c net: fix divide by zero in tcp algorithm illinois 2012-11-01 11:55:59 -04:00
tcp_input.c tcp: Remove 2 indentation levels in tcp_rcv_state_process 2013-05-25 23:22:18 -07:00
tcp_ipv4.c tcp: md5: remove spinlock usage in fast path 2013-05-20 14:00:42 -07:00
tcp_lp.c Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
tcp_memcontrol.c net: tcp_memcontrol: minor: remove unused variable 2013-04-14 15:41:49 -04:00
tcp_metrics.c tcp: do not expire TCP fastopen cookies 2013-05-05 16:58:02 -04:00
tcp_minisocks.c tcp: md5: remove spinlock usage in fast path 2013-05-20 14:00:42 -07:00
tcp_output.c tcp: xps: fix reordering issues 2013-05-23 18:29:20 -07:00
tcp_probe.c net: proc: change proc_net_remove to remove_proc_entry 2013-02-18 14:53:08 -05:00
tcp_scalable.c
tcp_timer.c tcp: refactor F-RTO 2013-03-21 11:47:50 -04:00
tcp_vegas.c
tcp_vegas.h
tcp_veno.c
tcp_westwood.c tcp: refactor F-RTO 2013-03-21 11:47:50 -04:00
tcp_yeah.c Fix common misspellings 2011-03-31 11:26:23 -03:00
tcp.c MPLS: Add limited GSO support 2013-05-27 22:50:59 -07:00
tunnel4.c net: Convert printks to pr_<level> 2012-03-11 23:42:51 -07:00
udp_diag.c netlink: rename ssk to sk in struct netlink_skb_params 2013-04-19 14:57:56 -04:00
udp_impl.h ipv4: fix checkpatch errors 2012-04-15 12:37:19 -04:00
udp.c MPLS: Add limited GSO support 2013-05-27 22:50:59 -07:00
udplite.c net: ipv4: Standardize prefixes for message logging 2012-03-12 17:05:21 -07:00
xfrm4_input.c net: Add skb_unclone() helper function. 2013-02-15 15:10:37 -05:00
xfrm4_mode_beet.c ipsec: be careful of non existing mac headers 2012-02-23 16:50:45 -05:00
xfrm4_mode_transport.c
xfrm4_mode_tunnel.c xfrm: allow to avoid copying DSCP during encapsulation 2013-03-06 07:02:45 +01:00
xfrm4_output.c xfrm4: Don't call icmp_send on local error 2011-07-01 17:33:19 -07:00
xfrm4_policy.c xfrm: make gc_thresh configurable in all namespaces 2013-02-06 11:36:29 +01:00
xfrm4_state.c net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
xfrm4_tunnel.c net: ipv4: Standardize prefixes for message logging 2012-03-12 17:05:21 -07:00