From 82d0dd8f8aa11249944fe39cd0d75a1524ec22ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Rafa=C5=82=20Mi=C5=82ecki?= Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 10:21:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] bcm53xx: disable GRO by default at kernel level MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This improves NAT masquarade network performance. An alternative to kernel change would be runtime setup but that requires ethtool and identifying relevant network interface and all related switch ports interfaces. Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki --- .../600-net-disable-GRO-by-default.patch | 36 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 target/linux/bcm53xx/patches-5.10/600-net-disable-GRO-by-default.patch diff --git a/target/linux/bcm53xx/patches-5.10/600-net-disable-GRO-by-default.patch b/target/linux/bcm53xx/patches-5.10/600-net-disable-GRO-by-default.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..506e6f5b99 --- /dev/null +++ b/target/linux/bcm53xx/patches-5.10/600-net-disable-GRO-by-default.patch @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +From: =?UTF-8?q?Rafa=C5=82=20Mi=C5=82ecki?= +Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 10:01:18 +0200 +Subject: [PATCH] net: disable GRO by default +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit + +In many cases GRO improves network performance however it comes at a +cost of chacksums calculations. In case of slow CPU and missing hardware +csum calculation support GRO can actually decrease network speed. + +On BCM4708 *disabling* GRO results in following NAT masquarade speed +changes: +1. 364 Mb/s → 396 Mb/s (packet steering disabled) +2. 341 Mb/s → 566 Mb/s (packet steering enabled) + +Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki +--- + include/linux/netdev_features.h | 4 ++-- + 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) + +--- a/include/linux/netdev_features.h ++++ b/include/linux/netdev_features.h +@@ -231,10 +231,10 @@ static inline int find_next_netdev_feature(u64 feature, unsigned long start) + #define NETIF_F_UPPER_DISABLES NETIF_F_LRO + + /* changeable features with no special hardware requirements */ +-#define NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES (NETIF_F_GSO | NETIF_F_GRO) ++#define NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES (NETIF_F_GSO) + + /* Changeable features with no special hardware requirements that defaults to off. */ +-#define NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES_OFF NETIF_F_GRO_FRAGLIST ++#define NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES_OFF (NETIF_F_GRO_FRAGLIST | NETIF_F_GRO) + + #define NETIF_F_VLAN_FEATURES (NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER | \ + NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX | \ -- 2.30.2