kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/drivers/net/vmxnet3, branch linux-2.6.32.y

vmxnet3: Fix inconsistent LRO state after initialization

2011-05-23T18:20:26+00:00

commit ebde6f8acba92abfc203585198a54f47e83e2cd0 upstream. During initialization of vmxnet3, the state of LRO gets out of sync with netdev->features. This leads to very poor TCP performance in a IP forwarding setup and is hitting many VMware users. Simplified call sequence: 1. vmxnet3_declare_features() initializes "adapter->lro" to true. 2. The kernel automatically disables LRO if IP forwarding is enabled, so vmxnet3_set_flags() gets called. This also updates netdev->features. 3. Now vmxnet3_setup_driver_shared() is called. "adapter->lro" is still set to true and LRO gets enabled again, even though netdev->features shows it's disabled. Fix it by updating "adapter->lro", too. The private vmxnet3 adapter flags are scheduled for removal in net-next, see commit a0d2730c9571aeba793cb5d3009094ee1d8fda35 "net: vmxnet3: convert to hw_features". Patch applies to 2.6.37 / 2.6.38 and 2.6.39-rc6. Please CC: comments. Signed-off-by: Thomas Jarosch Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

vmxnet3: use dev_dbg, fix build for CONFIG_BLOCK=n

2009-10-17T00:54:34+00:00

vmxnet3 was using dprintk() for debugging output. This was defined in and was the only thing that was used from that header file. This caused compile errors when CONFIG_BLOCK was not enabled due to bio* and BIO* uses in the header file, so change this driver to use dev_dbg() for debugging output. include/linux/dst.h:520: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type include/linux/dst.h:520: error: 'BIO_POOL_BITS' undeclared (first use in this function) include/linux/dst.h:521: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type include/linux/dst.h:522: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type include/linux/dst.h:525: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type make[4]: *** [drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.o] Error 1 Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Bhavesh Davda Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

vmxnet: fix 2 build problems

2009-10-15T03:38:58+00:00

vmxnet3 uses in_dev* interfaces so it should depend on INET. Also fix so that the driver builds when CONFIG_PCI_MSI is disabled. vmxnet3_drv.c:(.text+0x2a88cb): undefined reference to `in_dev_finish_destroy' drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c:1335: error: 'struct vmxnet3_intr' has no member named 'msix_entries' drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c:1384: error: 'struct vmxnet3_intr' has no member named 'msix_entries' drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c:2137: error: 'struct vmxnet3_intr' has no member named 'msix_entries' drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c:2138: error: 'struct vmxnet3_intr' has no member named 'msix_entries' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Bhavesh davda Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

net: VMware virtual Ethernet NIC driver: vmxnet3

2009-10-13T07:15:51+00:00

Ethernet NIC driver for VMware's vmxnet3 From: Shreyas Bhatewara This patch adds driver support for VMware's virtual Ethernet NIC: vmxnet3 Guests running on VMware hypervisors supporting vmxnet3 device will thus have access to improved network functionalities and performance. Signed-off-by: Shreyas Bhatewara Signed-off-by: Bhavesh Davda Signed-off-by: Ronghua Zhang Signed-off-by: David S. Miller