[libvirt] [PATCH 4/5] conf: add options for disabling segment offloading

Ján Tomko jtomko at redhat.com
Thu Sep 11 11:43:26 UTC 2014


Add the following attributes:
csum, gso, guest_tso4, guest_tso6, guest_ecn
to the <driver> element of network interface
which control the virtio-net device properties
of the same names.
---
 docs/formatdomain.html.in                          | 27 ++++++++
 docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng                      | 25 +++++++
 src/conf/domain_conf.c                             | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/conf/domain_conf.h                             |  5 ++
 .../qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-disable-offloads.xml   | 32 +++++++++
 tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c                            |  1 +
 6 files changed, 171 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-disable-offloads.xml

diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index a2ea758..5b2758a 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -3847,6 +3847,12 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
       <model type='virtio'/>
       <b><driver name='vhost' txmode='iothread' ioeventfd='on' event_idx='off' queues='5'/></b>
     </interface>
+    <interface type='network'>
+      <source network='default'/>
+      <target dev='vnet2'/>
+      <model type='virtio'/>
+      <b><driver csum='off' gso='off' guest_tso4='off' guest_tso6='off' guest_ecn='off'/></b>
+    </interface>
   </devices>
   ...</pre>
 
@@ -3949,6 +3955,27 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
         processor, resulting in much higher throughput.
         <span class="since">Since 1.0.6 (QEMU and KVM only)</span>
       </dd>
+      <dt><code>csum</code></dt>
+      <dd>
+        The <code>csum</code> attribute with possible values <code>on</code>
+        and <code>off</code> controls host-side support for packets with
+        partial checksum values.
+        <span class="since">Since 1.2.9 (QEMU only)</span><br/><br/>
+
+        <b>In general you should leave this option alone, unless you
+        are very certain you know what you are doing.</b>
+      </dd>
+      <dt>segment offloading options</dt>
+      <dd>
+        The attributes <code>gso</code>, <code>guest_tso4</code>,
+        <code>guest_tso6</code>, <code>guest_ecn</code> with possible
+        values of <code>on</code> and <code>off</code> can be used
+        to tune segment offloading.
+        <span class="since">Since 1.2.9 (QEMU only)</span><br/><br/>
+
+        <b>In general you should leave this option alone, unless you
+        are very certain you know what you are doing.</b>
+      </dd>
     </dl>
 
     <h5><a name="elementsNICSTargetOverride">Overriding the target element</a></h5>
diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
index 6ae940a..c5b092f 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
@@ -2373,6 +2373,31 @@
               <optional>
                 <ref name="event_idx"/>
               </optional>
+              <optional>
+                <attribute name="csum">
+                  <ref name="virSwitch"/>
+                </attribute>
+              </optional>
+              <optional>
+                <attribute name="gso">
+                  <ref name="virSwitch"/>
+                </attribute>
+              </optional>
+              <optional>
+                <attribute name="guest_tso4">
+                  <ref name="virSwitch"/>
+                </attribute>
+              </optional>
+              <optional>
+                <attribute name="guest_tso6">
+                  <ref name="virSwitch"/>
+                </attribute>
+              </optional>
+              <optional>
+                <attribute name="guest_ecn">
+                  <ref name="virSwitch"/>
+                </attribute>
+              </optional>
             </group>
           </choice>
           <empty/>
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 0fdfa6f..cc67e35 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -6892,6 +6892,11 @@ virDomainNetDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
     char *ioeventfd = NULL;
     char *event_idx = NULL;
     char *queues = NULL;
+    char *csum = NULL;
+    char *gso = NULL;
+    char *guest_tso4 = NULL;
+    char *guest_tso6 = NULL;
+    char *guest_ecn = NULL;
     char *filter = NULL;
     char *internal = NULL;
     char *devaddr = NULL;
@@ -7015,6 +7020,11 @@ virDomainNetDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
                 ioeventfd = virXMLPropString(cur, "ioeventfd");
                 event_idx = virXMLPropString(cur, "event_idx");
                 queues = virXMLPropString(cur, "queues");
+                csum = virXMLPropString(cur, "csum");
+                gso = virXMLPropString(cur, "gso");
+                guest_tso4 = virXMLPropString(cur, "guest_tso4");
+                guest_tso6 = virXMLPropString(cur, "guest_tso6");
+                guest_ecn = virXMLPropString(cur, "guest_ecn");
             } else if (xmlStrEqual(cur->name, BAD_CAST "filterref")) {
                 if (filter) {
                     virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
@@ -7377,6 +7387,51 @@ virDomainNetDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
             }
             def->driver.virtio.queues = q;
         }
+        if (csum) {
+            if ((val = virTristateSwitchTypeFromString(csum)) <= 0) {
+                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                               _("unknown interface csum mode '%s'"),
+                               csum);
+                goto error;
+            }
+            def->driver.virtio.csum = val;
+        }
+        if (gso) {
+            if ((val = virTristateSwitchTypeFromString(gso)) <= 0) {
+                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                               _("unknown interface gso mode '%s'"),
+                               gso);
+                goto error;
+            }
+            def->driver.virtio.gso = val;
+        }
+        if (guest_tso4) {
+            if ((val = virTristateSwitchTypeFromString(guest_tso4)) <= 0) {
+                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                               _("unknown interface guest_tso4 mode '%s'"),
+                               guest_tso4);
+                goto error;
+            }
+            def->driver.virtio.guest_tso4 = val;
+        }
+        if (guest_tso6) {
+            if ((val = virTristateSwitchTypeFromString(guest_tso6)) <= 0) {
+                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                               _("unknown interface guest_tso6 mode '%s'"),
+                               guest_tso6);
+                goto error;
+            }
+            def->driver.virtio.guest_tso6 = val;
+        }
+        if (guest_ecn) {
+            if ((val = virTristateSwitchTypeFromString(guest_ecn)) <= 0) {
+                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
+                               _("unknown interface guest_ecn mode '%s'"),
+                               guest_ecn);
+                goto error;
+            }
+            def->driver.virtio.guest_ecn = val;
+        }
     }
 
     def->linkstate = VIR_DOMAIN_NET_INTERFACE_LINK_STATE_DEFAULT;
@@ -7434,6 +7489,11 @@ virDomainNetDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
     VIR_FREE(ioeventfd);
     VIR_FREE(event_idx);
     VIR_FREE(queues);
+    VIR_FREE(csum);
+    VIR_FREE(gso);
+    VIR_FREE(guest_tso4);
+    VIR_FREE(guest_tso6);
+    VIR_FREE(guest_ecn);
     VIR_FREE(filter);
     VIR_FREE(type);
     VIR_FREE(internal);
@@ -16421,6 +16481,27 @@ virDomainVirtioNetDriverFormat(char **outstr,
     if (def->driver.virtio.queues)
         virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "queues='%u' ", def->driver.virtio.queues);
 
+    if (def->driver.virtio.csum) {
+        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "csum='%s' ",
+                          virTristateSwitchTypeToString(def->driver.virtio.csum));
+    }
+    if (def->driver.virtio.gso) {
+        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "gso='%s' ",
+                          virTristateSwitchTypeToString(def->driver.virtio.gso));
+    }
+    if (def->driver.virtio.guest_tso4) {
+        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "guest_tso4='%s' ",
+                          virTristateSwitchTypeToString(def->driver.virtio.guest_tso4));
+    }
+    if (def->driver.virtio.guest_tso6) {
+        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "guest_tso6='%s' ",
+                          virTristateSwitchTypeToString(def->driver.virtio.guest_tso6));
+    }
+    if (def->driver.virtio.guest_ecn) {
+        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "guest_ecn='%s' ",
+                          virTristateSwitchTypeToString(def->driver.virtio.guest_ecn));
+    }
+
     virBufferTrim(&buf, " ", -1);
 
     if (virBufferCheckError(&buf) < 0)
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index efae2f5..99a6aa9 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -895,6 +895,11 @@ struct _virDomainNetDef {
             virTristateSwitch ioeventfd;
             virTristateSwitch event_idx;
             unsigned int queues; /* Multiqueue virtio-net */
+            virTristateSwitch csum;
+            virTristateSwitch gso;
+            virTristateSwitch guest_tso4;
+            virTristateSwitch guest_tso6;
+            virTristateSwitch guest_ecn;
         } virtio;
     } driver;
     union {
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-disable-offloads.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-disable-offloads.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5603604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/qemuxml2argv-net-virtio-disable-offloads.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest7'/>
+      <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/>
+      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/>
+    </disk>
+    <controller type='usb' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='ide' index='0'/>
+    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
+    <interface type='user'>
+      <mac address='00:22:44:66:88:aa'/>
+      <model type='virtio'/>
+      <driver csum='off' gso='off' guest_tso4='off' guest_tso6='off' guest_ecn='off'/>
+    </interface>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
index 34cdb97..183c13f 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2xmltest.c
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST("net-user");
     DO_TEST("net-virtio");
     DO_TEST("net-virtio-device");
+    DO_TEST("net-virtio-disable-offloads");
     DO_TEST("net-eth");
     DO_TEST("net-eth-ifname");
     DO_TEST("net-virtio-network-portgroup");
-- 
1.8.5.5




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