On Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:47:21 -0500 (EST) David Miller <da...@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Stephen Hemminger <step...@networkplumber.org> > Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 10:17:47 -0800 > > > This pair of patchesimproves the performance when running > > containers in an environment where underlying device has lower > > GSO maximum (such as Azure). > > > > With containers a veth pair is created and one end is attached > > to the bridge device. The bridge device correctly reports > > computes GSO parameters that are the minimum of the lower devices. > > > > The problem is that the other end of the veth device (in container) > > reports the full GSO size. This patch propogates the upper > > (bridge device) parameters to the other end of the veth device. > > > > Please consider it as alternative to the sysfs GSO changes. > > I like this approach a lot, please resubmit this formally. Will do and add netif_needs_gso check as well.
