3.11-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com>
[ Upstream commit 60e66fee56b2256dcb1dc2ea1b2ddcb6e273857d ]
RPS support is kind of broken on bnx2x, because only non LRO packets
get proper rx queue information. This triggers reorders, as it seems
bnx2x like to generate a non LRO packet for segment including TCP PUSH
flag : (this might be pure coincidence, but all the reorders I've
seen involve segments with a PUSH)
11:13:34.335847 IP A > B: . 415808:447136(31328) ack 1 win 457
<nop,nop,timestamp 3789336 3985797>
11:13:34.335992 IP A > B: . 447136:448560(1424) ack 1 win 457
<nop,nop,timestamp 3789336 3985797>
11:13:34.336391 IP A > B: . 448560:479888(31328) ack 1 win 457
<nop,nop,timestamp 3789337 3985797>
11:13:34.336425 IP A > B: P 511216:512640(1424) ack 1 win 457
<nop,nop,timestamp 3789337 3985798>
11:13:34.336423 IP A > B: . 479888:511216(31328) ack 1 win 457
<nop,nop,timestamp 3789337 3985798>
11:13:34.336924 IP A > B: . 512640:543968(31328) ack 1 win 457
<nop,nop,timestamp 3789337 3985798>
11:13:34.336963 IP A > B: . 543968:575296(31328) ack 1 win 457
<nop,nop,timestamp 3789337 3985798>
We must call skb_record_rx_queue() to properly give to RPS (and more
generally for TX queue selection on forward path) the receive queue
information.
Similar fix is needed for skb_mark_napi_id(), but will be handled
in a separate patch to ease stable backports.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com>
Cc: Willem de Bruijn <will...@google.com>
Cc: Eilon Greenstein <eil...@broadcom.com>
Acked-by: Dmitry Kravkov <dmi...@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ static void bnx2x_gro_receive(struct bnx
}
}
#endif
+ skb_record_rx_queue(skb, fp->rx_queue);
napi_gro_receive(&fp->napi, skb);
}
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