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virtio_net: document VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS

PATCH New Michael S. Tsirkin 1 participant 1 message Jun 29, 2015

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Michael S. Tsirkin

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PATCH 1/1 virtio_net: document VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS

Document VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS and the
relevant feature bits.

Will allow ethtool control of the offloads down the road.

Reported-by Yan Vugenfirer <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]>
---
 include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h +16 -0
index 7bbee79..ec32293 100644
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 /* The feature bitmap for virtio net */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_CSUM	0	/* Host handles pkts w/ partial csum */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM	1	/* Guest handles pkts w/ partial csum */
+#define VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS 2 /* Dynamic offload configuration. */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC	5	/* Host has given MAC address. */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO4	7	/* Guest can handle TSOv4 in. */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO6	8	/* Guest can handle TSOv6 in. */

@@ -226,4 +227,19 @@ struct virtio_net_ctrl_mq {
  #define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MQ_VQ_PAIRS_MIN        1
  #define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MQ_VQ_PAIRS_MAX        0x8000
 
+/*
+ * Control network offloads
+ *
+ * Reconfigures the network offloads that Guest can handle.
+ *
+ * Available with the VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS feature bit.
+ *
+ * Command data format matches the feature bit mask exactly.
+ *
+ * See VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_* for the list of offloads
+ * that can be enabled/disabled.
+ */
+#define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS   5
+#define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS_SET        0
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_VIRTIO_NET_H */
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