Hi, all
I have some doubt about NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->is_atomic when
analyzing the tcpv4 gro process:
Firstly we set NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->is_atomic to 1 in dev_gro_receive:
https://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/v4.15-rc4/source/net/core/dev.c#L4838
And then in inet_gro_receive, we check the NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->is_atomic
before setting NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->is_atomic according to IP_DF bit in the ip
header:
https://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/v4.15-rc4/source/net/ipv4/af_inet.c#L1319
struct sk_buff **inet_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
.....................
for (p = *head; p; p = p->next) {
........................
/* If the previous IP ID value was based on an atomic
* datagram we can overwrite the value and ignore it.
*/
if (NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->is_atomic) //we
check it here
NAPI_GRO_CB(p)->flush_id = flush_id;
else
NAPI_GRO_CB(p)->flush_id |= flush_id;
}
NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->is_atomic = !!(iph->frag_off & htons(IP_DF)); //we
set it here
NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->flush |= flush;
skb_set_network_header(skb, off);
................................
}
My question is whether we should check the NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->is_atomic or
NAPI_GRO_CB(p)->is_atomic?
If we should check NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->is_atomic, then maybe it is unnecessary
because it is alway true.
If we should check NAPI_GRO_CB(p)->is_atomic, maybe there is a bug here.
So what is the logic here? I am just start analyzing the gro, maybe I miss
something obvious here.