* Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. @ 2019-05-28 15:42 Paul Menzel 2019-05-28 17:18 ` Eric Dumazet 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Paul Menzel @ 2019-05-28 15:42 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Jeff Kirsher Cc: intel-wired-lan, Eric Dumazet, netdev, Linux Kernel Mailing List [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 979 bytes --] Dear Linux folks, Occasionally, Linux outputs the message below on the workstation Dell OptiPlex 5040 MT. TCP: net00: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. Linux 4.14.55 and Linux 5.2-rc2 show the message, and the WWW also gives some hits [1][2]. ``` $ sudo ethtool -i net00 driver: e1000e version: 3.2.6-k firmware-version: 0.8-4 expansion-rom-version: bus-info: 0000:00:1f.6 supports-statistics: yes supports-test: yes supports-eeprom-access: yes supports-register-dump: yes supports-priv-flags: no ``` Can the driver e1000e be improved? Any idea, what triggers this, as I do not see it every boot? Download of big files? Kind regards, Paul [1]: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3152971 "Why following error "TCP: ensX: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised" are seen in system log file ?" [2]: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/723007/ [-- Attachment #2: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature --] [-- Type: application/pkcs7-signature, Size: 5174 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. 2019-05-28 15:42 Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised Paul Menzel @ 2019-05-28 17:18 ` Eric Dumazet 2019-05-29 14:49 ` Paul Menzel 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Eric Dumazet @ 2019-05-28 17:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Paul Menzel, Jeff Kirsher Cc: intel-wired-lan, Eric Dumazet, netdev, Linux Kernel Mailing List On 5/28/19 8:42 AM, Paul Menzel wrote: > Dear Linux folks, > > > Occasionally, Linux outputs the message below on the workstation Dell > OptiPlex 5040 MT. > > TCP: net00: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. > > Linux 4.14.55 and Linux 5.2-rc2 show the message, and the WWW also > gives some hits [1][2]. > > ``` > $ sudo ethtool -i net00 > driver: e1000e > version: 3.2.6-k > firmware-version: 0.8-4 > expansion-rom-version: > bus-info: 0000:00:1f.6 > supports-statistics: yes > supports-test: yes > supports-eeprom-access: yes > supports-register-dump: yes > supports-priv-flags: no > ``` > > Can the driver e1000e be improved? > > Any idea, what triggers this, as I do not see it every boot? Download > of big files? > Maybe the driver/NIC can receive frames bigger than MTU, although this would be strange. diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c index c61edd023b352123e2a77465782e0d32689e96b0..cb0194f66125bcba427e6e7e3cacf0c93040ef61 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c @@ -150,8 +150,10 @@ static void tcp_gro_dev_warn(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb, rcu_read_lock(); dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(sock_net(sk), skb->skb_iif); if (!dev || len >= dev->mtu) - pr_warn("%s: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised.\n", - dev ? dev->name : "Unknown driver"); + pr_warn("%s: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised." + " len %u mtu %u\n", + dev ? dev->name : "Unknown driver", + len, dev ? dev->mtu : 0); rcu_read_unlock(); } } ^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. 2019-05-28 17:18 ` Eric Dumazet @ 2019-05-29 14:49 ` Paul Menzel 2019-05-29 16:00 ` Eric Dumazet 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Paul Menzel @ 2019-05-29 14:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eric Dumazet, Jeff Kirsher Cc: intel-wired-lan, Eric Dumazet, netdev, Linux Kernel Mailing List [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2314 bytes --] Dear Eric, Thank you for the quick reply. On 05/28/19 19:18, Eric Dumazet wrote: > On 5/28/19 8:42 AM, Paul Menzel wrote: >> Occasionally, Linux outputs the message below on the workstation Dell >> OptiPlex 5040 MT. >> >> TCP: net00: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. >> >> Linux 4.14.55 and Linux 5.2-rc2 show the message, and the WWW also >> gives some hits [1][2]. >> >> ``` >> $ sudo ethtool -i net00 >> driver: e1000e >> version: 3.2.6-k >> firmware-version: 0.8-4 >> expansion-rom-version: >> bus-info: 0000:00:1f.6 >> supports-statistics: yes >> supports-test: yes >> supports-eeprom-access: yes >> supports-register-dump: yes >> supports-priv-flags: no >> ``` >> >> Can the driver e1000e be improved? >> >> Any idea, what triggers this, as I do not see it every boot? Download >> of big files? >> > Maybe the driver/NIC can receive frames bigger than MTU, although this would be strange. > > diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c > index c61edd023b352123e2a77465782e0d32689e96b0..cb0194f66125bcba427e6e7e3cacf0c93040ef61 100644 > --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c > +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c > @@ -150,8 +150,10 @@ static void tcp_gro_dev_warn(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb, > rcu_read_lock(); > dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(sock_net(sk), skb->skb_iif); > if (!dev || len >= dev->mtu) > - pr_warn("%s: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised.\n", > - dev ? dev->name : "Unknown driver"); > + pr_warn("%s: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised." > + " len %u mtu %u\n", > + dev ? dev->name : "Unknown driver", > + len, dev ? dev->mtu : 0); > rcu_read_unlock(); > } > } I applied your patch on commit 9fb67d643 (Merge tag 'pinctrl-v5.2-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-pinctrl): [ 5507.291769] TCP: net00: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. len 1856 mtu 1500 Kind regards, Paul [-- Attachment #2: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature --] [-- Type: application/pkcs7-signature, Size: 5174 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. 2019-05-29 14:49 ` Paul Menzel @ 2019-05-29 16:00 ` Eric Dumazet 2019-05-29 16:35 ` Stephen Hemminger 2019-07-22 16:04 ` Paul Menzel 0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Eric Dumazet @ 2019-05-29 16:00 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Paul Menzel Cc: Eric Dumazet, Jeff Kirsher, intel-wired-lan, netdev, Linux Kernel Mailing List On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 7:49 AM Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> wrote: > > Dear Eric, > > > Thank you for the quick reply. > > On 05/28/19 19:18, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > On 5/28/19 8:42 AM, Paul Menzel wrote: > > >> Occasionally, Linux outputs the message below on the workstation Dell > >> OptiPlex 5040 MT. > >> > >> TCP: net00: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. > >> > >> Linux 4.14.55 and Linux 5.2-rc2 show the message, and the WWW also > >> gives some hits [1][2]. > >> > >> ``` > >> $ sudo ethtool -i net00 > >> driver: e1000e > >> version: 3.2.6-k > >> firmware-version: 0.8-4 > >> expansion-rom-version: > >> bus-info: 0000:00:1f.6 > >> supports-statistics: yes > >> supports-test: yes > >> supports-eeprom-access: yes > >> supports-register-dump: yes > >> supports-priv-flags: no > >> ``` > >> > >> Can the driver e1000e be improved? > >> > >> Any idea, what triggers this, as I do not see it every boot? Download > >> of big files? > >> > > Maybe the driver/NIC can receive frames bigger than MTU, although this would be strange. > > > > diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c > > index c61edd023b352123e2a77465782e0d32689e96b0..cb0194f66125bcba427e6e7e3cacf0c93040ef61 100644 > > --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c > > +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c > > @@ -150,8 +150,10 @@ static void tcp_gro_dev_warn(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb, > > rcu_read_lock(); > > dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(sock_net(sk), skb->skb_iif); > > if (!dev || len >= dev->mtu) > > - pr_warn("%s: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised.\n", > > - dev ? dev->name : "Unknown driver"); > > + pr_warn("%s: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised." > > + " len %u mtu %u\n", > > + dev ? dev->name : "Unknown driver", > > + len, dev ? dev->mtu : 0); > > rcu_read_unlock(); > > } > > } > > I applied your patch on commit 9fb67d643 (Merge tag 'pinctrl-v5.2-2' of > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-pinctrl): > > [ 5507.291769] TCP: net00: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. len 1856 mtu 1500 The 'GRO' in the warning can be probably ignored, since this NIC does not implement its own GRO. You can confirm this with this debug patch: diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c index 0e09bede42a2bd2c912366a68863a52a22def8ee..014a43ce77e09664bda0568dd118064b006acd67 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c @@ -561,6 +561,9 @@ static void e1000_receive_skb(struct e1000_adapter *adapter, if (staterr & E1000_RXD_STAT_VP) __vlan_hwaccel_put_tag(skb, htons(ETH_P_8021Q), tag); + if (skb->len > netdev->mtu) + pr_err_ratelimited("received packet bigger (%u) than MTU (%u)\n", + skb->len, netdev->mtu); napi_gro_receive(&adapter->napi, skb); } ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. 2019-05-29 16:00 ` Eric Dumazet @ 2019-05-29 16:35 ` Stephen Hemminger 2019-05-30 22:52 ` Alexander Duyck 2019-07-22 16:04 ` Paul Menzel 1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2019-05-29 16:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eric Dumazet Cc: Paul Menzel, Eric Dumazet, Jeff Kirsher, intel-wired-lan, netdev, Linux Kernel Mailing List On Wed, 29 May 2019 09:00:54 -0700 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 7:49 AM Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> wrote: > > > > Dear Eric, > > > > > > Thank you for the quick reply. > > > > On 05/28/19 19:18, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > > On 5/28/19 8:42 AM, Paul Menzel wrote: > > > > >> Occasionally, Linux outputs the message below on the workstation Dell > > >> OptiPlex 5040 MT. > > >> > > >> TCP: net00: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. > > >> > > >> Linux 4.14.55 and Linux 5.2-rc2 show the message, and the WWW also > > >> gives some hits [1][2]. > > >> > > >> ``` > > >> $ sudo ethtool -i net00 > > >> driver: e1000e > > >> version: 3.2.6-k > > >> firmware-version: 0.8-4 > > >> expansion-rom-version: > > >> bus-info: 0000:00:1f.6 > > >> supports-statistics: yes > > >> supports-test: yes > > >> supports-eeprom-access: yes > > >> supports-register-dump: yes > > >> supports-priv-flags: no > > >> ``` > > >> > > >> Can the driver e1000e be improved? > > >> > > >> Any idea, what triggers this, as I do not see it every boot? Download > > >> of big files? > > >> > > > Maybe the driver/NIC can receive frames bigger than MTU, although this would be strange. > > > > > > diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c > > > index c61edd023b352123e2a77465782e0d32689e96b0..cb0194f66125bcba427e6e7e3cacf0c93040ef61 100644 > > > --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c > > > +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c > > > @@ -150,8 +150,10 @@ static void tcp_gro_dev_warn(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb, > > > rcu_read_lock(); > > > dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(sock_net(sk), skb->skb_iif); > > > if (!dev || len >= dev->mtu) > > > - pr_warn("%s: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised.\n", > > > - dev ? dev->name : "Unknown driver"); > > > + pr_warn("%s: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised." > > > + " len %u mtu %u\n", > > > + dev ? dev->name : "Unknown driver", > > > + len, dev ? dev->mtu : 0); > > > rcu_read_unlock(); > > > } > > > } > > > > I applied your patch on commit 9fb67d643 (Merge tag 'pinctrl-v5.2-2' of > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-pinctrl): > > > > [ 5507.291769] TCP: net00: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. len 1856 mtu 1500 > > > The 'GRO' in the warning can be probably ignored, since this NIC does > not implement its own GRO. > > You can confirm this with this debug patch: > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c > b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c > index 0e09bede42a2bd2c912366a68863a52a22def8ee..014a43ce77e09664bda0568dd118064b006acd67 > 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c > @@ -561,6 +561,9 @@ static void e1000_receive_skb(struct e1000_adapter *adapter, > if (staterr & E1000_RXD_STAT_VP) > __vlan_hwaccel_put_tag(skb, htons(ETH_P_8021Q), tag); > > + if (skb->len > netdev->mtu) > + pr_err_ratelimited("received packet bigger (%u) than > MTU (%u)\n", > + skb->len, netdev->mtu); > napi_gro_receive(&adapter->napi, skb); > } I think e1000 is one of those devices that only has receive limit as power of 2. Therefore frames up to 2K can be received. There always some confusion in Linux about whether MTU is transmit only or devices have to enforce it on receive. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. 2019-05-29 16:35 ` Stephen Hemminger @ 2019-05-30 22:52 ` Alexander Duyck 2019-05-30 23:56 ` Eric Dumazet 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Alexander Duyck @ 2019-05-30 22:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: Eric Dumazet, Paul Menzel, Eric Dumazet, Jeff Kirsher, intel-wired-lan, netdev, Linux Kernel Mailing List On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 9:38 AM Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> wrote: > > On Wed, 29 May 2019 09:00:54 -0700 > Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 7:49 AM Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Eric, > > > > > > > > > Thank you for the quick reply. > > > > > > On 05/28/19 19:18, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > > > On 5/28/19 8:42 AM, Paul Menzel wrote: > > > > > > >> Occasionally, Linux outputs the message below on the workstation Dell > > > >> OptiPlex 5040 MT. > > > >> > > > >> TCP: net00: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. > > > >> > > > >> Linux 4.14.55 and Linux 5.2-rc2 show the message, and the WWW also > > > >> gives some hits [1][2]. > > > >> > > > >> ``` > > > >> $ sudo ethtool -i net00 > > > >> driver: e1000e > > > >> version: 3.2.6-k > > > >> firmware-version: 0.8-4 > > > >> expansion-rom-version: > > > >> bus-info: 0000:00:1f.6 > > > >> supports-statistics: yes > > > >> supports-test: yes > > > >> supports-eeprom-access: yes > > > >> supports-register-dump: yes > > > >> supports-priv-flags: no > > > >> ``` > > > >> > > > >> Can the driver e1000e be improved? > > > >> > > > >> Any idea, what triggers this, as I do not see it every boot? Download > > > >> of big files? > > > >> > > > > Maybe the driver/NIC can receive frames bigger than MTU, although this would be strange. > > > > > > > > diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c > > > > index c61edd023b352123e2a77465782e0d32689e96b0..cb0194f66125bcba427e6e7e3cacf0c93040ef61 100644 > > > > --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c > > > > +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c > > > > @@ -150,8 +150,10 @@ static void tcp_gro_dev_warn(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb, > > > > rcu_read_lock(); > > > > dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(sock_net(sk), skb->skb_iif); > > > > if (!dev || len >= dev->mtu) > > > > - pr_warn("%s: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised.\n", > > > > - dev ? dev->name : "Unknown driver"); > > > > + pr_warn("%s: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised." > > > > + " len %u mtu %u\n", > > > > + dev ? dev->name : "Unknown driver", > > > > + len, dev ? dev->mtu : 0); > > > > rcu_read_unlock(); > > > > } > > > > } > > > > > > I applied your patch on commit 9fb67d643 (Merge tag 'pinctrl-v5.2-2' of > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-pinctrl): > > > > > > [ 5507.291769] TCP: net00: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. len 1856 mtu 1500 > > > > > > The 'GRO' in the warning can be probably ignored, since this NIC does > > not implement its own GRO. > > > > You can confirm this with this debug patch: > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c > > b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c > > index 0e09bede42a2bd2c912366a68863a52a22def8ee..014a43ce77e09664bda0568dd118064b006acd67 > > 100644 > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c > > @@ -561,6 +561,9 @@ static void e1000_receive_skb(struct e1000_adapter *adapter, > > if (staterr & E1000_RXD_STAT_VP) > > __vlan_hwaccel_put_tag(skb, htons(ETH_P_8021Q), tag); > > > > + if (skb->len > netdev->mtu) > > + pr_err_ratelimited("received packet bigger (%u) than > > MTU (%u)\n", > > + skb->len, netdev->mtu); > > napi_gro_receive(&adapter->napi, skb); > > } > > I think e1000 is one of those devices that only has receive limit as power of 2. > Therefore frames up to 2K can be received. > > There always some confusion in Linux about whether MTU is transmit only or devices > have to enforce it on receive. Actually I think there are some parts that don't have any receive limits that are supported by the e1000 part. What ends up happening is that we only drop the packet if it spans more than one buffer if I recall correctly, and buffer size is determined by MTU. I always thought MTU only applied to transmit since it is kind of in the name. As a result I am pretty sure igb and ixgbe will be able to trigger this warning under certain circumstances as well. Also what about the case where someone sets the MTU to less than 1500? I think most NICs probably don't update their limits in such a case and wouldn't it also trigger a similar error? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. 2019-05-30 22:52 ` Alexander Duyck @ 2019-05-30 23:56 ` Eric Dumazet 0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Eric Dumazet @ 2019-05-30 23:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Alexander Duyck, Stephen Hemminger Cc: Eric Dumazet, Paul Menzel, Jeff Kirsher, intel-wired-lan, netdev, Linux Kernel Mailing List On 5/30/19 3:52 PM, Alexander Duyck wrote: > Actually I think there are some parts that don't have any receive > limits that are supported by the e1000 part. What ends up happening is > that we only drop the packet if it spans more than one buffer if I > recall correctly, and buffer size is determined by MTU. > > I always thought MTU only applied to transmit since it is kind of in > the name. As a result I am pretty sure igb and ixgbe will be able to > trigger this warning under certain circumstances as well. Also what > about the case where someone sets the MTU to less than 1500? I think > most NICs probably don't update their limits in such a case and > wouldn't it also trigger a similar error? > Linux does not have a notion of MRU, mtu is used for both tx and rx. Most NIC drivers allocate skb of the maximal size (derived from netdev->mtu) and program the NIC to drop packets bigger than X bytes (X also derived from netdev->mtu) Another interesting point is that Paul host is receiving big packets, that means that one host in his local network is overriding the 1500 MTU :) Eventually we could add a netdev->mru and allow few drivers to set their maximal mru, if bigger than netdev->mtu. e1000e would probably set netdev->mru to 2048 - sizeof(ethernet headers), if the driver is operating at MTU = 1500 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. 2019-05-29 16:00 ` Eric Dumazet 2019-05-29 16:35 ` Stephen Hemminger @ 2019-07-22 16:04 ` Paul Menzel 1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Paul Menzel @ 2019-07-22 16:04 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eric Dumazet Cc: Eric Dumazet, Jeff Kirsher, intel-wired-lan, netdev, Linux Kernel Mailing List [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 3655 bytes --] Dear Eric, Sorry for the late reply. On 5/29/19 6:00 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote: > On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 7:49 AM Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> wrote: >> On 05/28/19 19:18, Eric Dumazet wrote: >>> On 5/28/19 8:42 AM, Paul Menzel wrote: >> >>>> Occasionally, Linux outputs the message below on the workstation Dell >>>> OptiPlex 5040 MT. >>>> >>>> TCP: net00: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. >>>> >>>> Linux 4.14.55 and Linux 5.2-rc2 show the message, and the WWW also >>>> gives some hits [1][2]. >>>> >>>> ``` >>>> $ sudo ethtool -i net00 >>>> driver: e1000e >>>> version: 3.2.6-k >>>> firmware-version: 0.8-4 >>>> expansion-rom-version: >>>> bus-info: 0000:00:1f.6 >>>> supports-statistics: yes >>>> supports-test: yes >>>> supports-eeprom-access: yes >>>> supports-register-dump: yes >>>> supports-priv-flags: no >>>> ``` >>>> >>>> Can the driver e1000e be improved? >>>> >>>> Any idea, what triggers this, as I do not see it every boot? Download >>>> of big files? >>>> >>> Maybe the driver/NIC can receive frames bigger than MTU, although this would be strange. >>> >>> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c >>> index c61edd023b352123e2a77465782e0d32689e96b0..cb0194f66125bcba427e6e7e3cacf0c93040ef61 100644 >>> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c >>> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c >>> @@ -150,8 +150,10 @@ static void tcp_gro_dev_warn(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb, >>> rcu_read_lock(); >>> dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(sock_net(sk), skb->skb_iif); >>> if (!dev || len >= dev->mtu) >>> - pr_warn("%s: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised.\n", >>> - dev ? dev->name : "Unknown driver"); >>> + pr_warn("%s: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised." >>> + " len %u mtu %u\n", >>> + dev ? dev->name : "Unknown driver", >>> + len, dev ? dev->mtu : 0); >>> rcu_read_unlock(); >>> } >>> } >> >> I applied your patch on commit 9fb67d643 (Merge tag 'pinctrl-v5.2-2' of >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linusw/linux-pinctrl): >> >> [ 5507.291769] TCP: net00: Driver has suspect GRO implementation, TCP performance may be compromised. len 1856 mtu 1500 > > > The 'GRO' in the warning can be probably ignored, since this NIC does > not implement its own GRO. > > You can confirm this with this debug patch: > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c > b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c > index 0e09bede42a2bd2c912366a68863a52a22def8ee..014a43ce77e09664bda0568dd118064b006acd67 > 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c > @@ -561,6 +561,9 @@ static void e1000_receive_skb(struct e1000_adapter *adapter, > if (staterr & E1000_RXD_STAT_VP) > __vlan_hwaccel_put_tag(skb, htons(ETH_P_8021Q), tag); > > + if (skb->len > netdev->mtu) > + pr_err_ratelimited("received packet bigger (%u) than > MTU (%u)\n", > + skb->len, netdev->mtu); > napi_gro_receive(&adapter->napi, skb); > } With this patch applied, I unfortunately could not trigger the condition anymore. No idea why. Or is that expected? (As a side note, plain Linux 5.2.2 still shows the warning.) Kind regards, Paul [-- Attachment #2: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature --] [-- Type: application/pkcs7-signature, Size: 5174 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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