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Subject[PATCH 1/3] net: Add HW_BRIDGE offload feature
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This patch adds a netdev feature to configure the HW as a switch.
The purpose of this flag is to show that the hardware can do switching
of the frames.

Signed-off-by: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@microchip.com>
---
include/linux/netdev_features.h | 3 +++
net/bridge/br_if.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
net/core/ethtool.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netdev_features.h b/include/linux/netdev_features.h
index 4b19c54..34274de 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdev_features.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdev_features.h
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ enum {
NETIF_F_HW_TLS_TX_BIT, /* Hardware TLS TX offload */
NETIF_F_HW_TLS_RX_BIT, /* Hardware TLS RX offload */

+ NETIF_F_HW_BRIDGE_BIT, /* Bridge offload support */
+
NETIF_F_GRO_HW_BIT, /* Hardware Generic receive offload */
NETIF_F_HW_TLS_RECORD_BIT, /* Offload TLS record */

@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@ enum {
#define NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_L4 __NETIF_F(GSO_UDP_L4)
#define NETIF_F_HW_TLS_TX __NETIF_F(HW_TLS_TX)
#define NETIF_F_HW_TLS_RX __NETIF_F(HW_TLS_RX)
+#define NETIF_F_HW_BRIDGE __NETIF_F(HW_BRIDGE)

/* Finds the next feature with the highest number of the range of start till 0.
*/
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
index 4fe30b1..975a34c 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
@@ -127,6 +127,31 @@ static void br_port_clear_promisc(struct net_bridge_port *p)
p->flags &= ~BR_PROMISC;
}

+/* Determin if the SW bridge can be offloaded to HW. Return true if all
+ * the interfaces of the bridge have the feature NETIF_F_HW_SWITCHDEV set
+ * and have the same netdev_ops.
+ */
+static int br_hw_offload(struct net_bridge *br)
+{
+ const struct net_device_ops *ops = NULL;
+ struct net_bridge_port *p;
+
+ list_for_each_entry(p, &br->port_list, list) {
+ if (!(p->dev->hw_features & NETIF_F_HW_BRIDGE))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (!ops) {
+ ops = p->dev->netdev_ops;
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (ops != p->dev->netdev_ops)
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
/* When a port is added or removed or when certain port flags
* change, this function is called to automatically manage
* promiscuity setting of all the bridge ports. We are always called
@@ -134,6 +159,7 @@ static void br_port_clear_promisc(struct net_bridge_port *p)
*/
void br_manage_promisc(struct net_bridge *br)
{
+ bool hw_offload = br_hw_offload(br);
struct net_bridge_port *p;
bool set_all = false;

@@ -161,7 +187,8 @@ void br_manage_promisc(struct net_bridge *br)
(br->auto_cnt == 1 && br_auto_port(p)))
br_port_clear_promisc(p);
else
- br_port_set_promisc(p);
+ if (!hw_offload)
+ br_port_set_promisc(p);
}
}
}
diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 6288e69..4e224fe 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static const char netdev_features_strings[NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT][ETH_GSTRING_LEN]
[NETIF_F_HW_TLS_RECORD_BIT] = "tls-hw-record",
[NETIF_F_HW_TLS_TX_BIT] = "tls-hw-tx-offload",
[NETIF_F_HW_TLS_RX_BIT] = "tls-hw-rx-offload",
+ [NETIF_F_HW_BRIDGE_BIT] = "hw-bridge-offload",
};

static const char
--
2.7.4
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