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authorPravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>2013-02-14 18:02:41 +0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2013-02-16 00:17:11 +0400
commit68c331631143f5f039baac99a650e0b9e1ea02b6 (patch)
treec69d73c5599aab5e92a8c99bc5343c9fc9ffbbd8 /include/linux/skbuff.h
parent05e8ef4ab2d8087d360e814d14da20b9f7fb2283 (diff)
downloadlinux-68c331631143f5f039baac99a650e0b9e1ea02b6.tar.xz
v4 GRE: Add TCP segmentation offload for GRE
Following patch adds GRE protocol offload handler so that skb_gso_segment() can segment GRE packets. SKB GSO CB is added to keep track of total header length so that skb_segment can push entire header. e.g. in case of GRE, skb_segment need to push inner and outer headers to every segment. New NETIF_F_GRE_GSO feature is added for devices which support HW GRE TSO offload. Currently none of devices support it therefore GRE GSO always fall backs to software GSO. [ Compute pkt_len before ip_local_out() invocation. -DaveM ] Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/skbuff.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/skbuff.h17
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index ca6ee7d93edb..821c7f45d2a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ enum {
SKB_GSO_TCPV6 = 1 << 4,
SKB_GSO_FCOE = 1 << 5,
+
+ SKB_GSO_GRE = 1 << 6,
};
#if BITS_PER_LONG > 32
@@ -2732,6 +2734,21 @@ static inline struct sec_path *skb_sec_path(struct sk_buff *skb)
}
#endif
+/* Keeps track of mac header offset relative to skb->head.
+ * It is useful for TSO of Tunneling protocol. e.g. GRE.
+ * For non-tunnel skb it points to skb_mac_header() and for
+ * tunnel skb it points to outer mac header. */
+struct skb_gso_cb {
+ int mac_offset;
+};
+#define SKB_GSO_CB(skb) ((struct skb_gso_cb *)(skb)->cb)
+
+static inline int skb_tnl_header_len(const struct sk_buff *inner_skb)
+{
+ return (skb_mac_header(inner_skb) - inner_skb->head) -
+ SKB_GSO_CB(inner_skb)->mac_offset;
+}
+
static inline bool skb_is_gso(const struct sk_buff *skb)
{
return skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;