> -----Original Message----- > From: Vitaly Kuznetsov [mailto:vkuzn...@redhat.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 11:58 AM > To: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> > Cc: net...@vger.kernel.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; > de...@linuxdriverproject.org; KY Srinivasan <k...@microsoft.com>; Haiyang > Zhang <haiya...@microsoft.com>; Stephen Hemminger > <sthem...@microsoft.com>; Mohammed Gamal <mmo...@redhat.com> > Subject: Re: [PATCH net] hv_netvsc: preserve hw_features on > mtu/channels/ringparam changes > > Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> writes: > > > On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 16:22:05 +0100 > > Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuzn...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > Yes, this looks like a real issue. > > > >> + /* Query hardware capabilities if we're called from netvsc_probe() */ > >> + if (!net->hw_features) { > >> + ret = rndis_netdev_set_hwcaps(net_device, rndis_device); > >> + if (ret != 0) > >> + goto err_dev_remv; > >> + } > >> + > > > > Rather than conditional behavior in rndis_filter_device_add, it would > > be cleaner to make the call to get hardware capabilities there. > > > > Please respin and make the query of host a separate function. > > You mean call rndis_netdev_set_hwcaps() from netvsc_probe()? Will do. > > One question though: in case we'll be avoiding > rndis_filter_set_offload_params() call on mtu/channels/ringparam changes - > - can we trust the host to preserve what was there before the RNDIS reset? > In case not we'll have to untangle what is > rndis_netdev_set_hwcaps() in my patch splitting it into two: hw_features > setup and rndis_filter_set_offload_params() and leaving the later in > rndis_filter_device_add().
After remove/re-add RNDIS dev, you should pass the parameters to the host again. Thanks, - Haiyang _______________________________________________ devel mailing list de...@linuxdriverproject.org http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
