net: vrf: Update flags and features settings

1. Default VRF devices to not having a qdisc (IFF_NO_QUEUE). Users can add one as desired. 2. Disable adding a VLAN to a VRF device. 3. Enable offloads and hardware features similar to other logical devices (e.g., dummy, veth) Change provides a significant boost in TCP stream Tx performance, from ~2,700 Mbps to ~18,100 Mbps and makes throughput close to the performance without a VRF (18,500 Mbps). netperf TCP_STREAM benchmark using qemu with virtio+vhost for the NICs Signed-off-by: David Ahern <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
gatieme · Jun 15, 2016 · 7889681 · 7889681
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diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c
@@ -1099,6 +1099,20 @@ static void vrf_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* don't allow vrf devices to change network namespaces. */
 	dev->features |= NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL;
+
+	/* does not make sense for a VLAN to be added to a vrf device */
+	dev->features   |= NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED;
+
+	/* enable offload features */
+	dev->features   |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
+	dev->features   |= NETIF_F_RXCSUM | NETIF_F_HW_CSUM;
+	dev->features   |= NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
+
+	dev->hw_features = dev->features;
+	dev->hw_enc_features = dev->features;
+
+	/* default to no qdisc; user can add if desired */
+	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE;
 }
 
 static int vrf_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])