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Interface offload options are not applied correctly
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Hello,

Configuring GRO or LRO via set commands does not actually enable them in my case.

set interfaces ethernet eth0 offload gro
set interfaces ethernet eth0 offload lro
commit
admin@vyos:~$ show interfaces ethernet eth0 physical offload
rx-checksumming               on
tx-checksumming               on
tx-checksum-ip-generic        on
scatter-gather                on
tx-scatter-gather             on
tcp-segmentation-offload      on
tx-tcp-segmentation           on
tx-tcp-mangleid-segmentation  off
tx-tcp6-segmentation          on
udp-fragmentation-offload     off
generic-segmentation-offload  off
generic-receive-offload       off
large-receive-offload         off
rx-vlan-offload               on
tx-vlan-offload               on
receive-hashing               on
highdma                       on
tx-nocache-copy               off
admin@vyos:~$ ethtool -k eth0 | grep -v fixed
Features for eth0:
rx-checksumming: on
tx-checksumming: on
        tx-checksum-ip-generic: on
scatter-gather: on
        tx-scatter-gather: on
tcp-segmentation-offload: on
        tx-tcp-segmentation: on
        tx-tcp-mangleid-segmentation: off
        tx-tcp6-segmentation: on
udp-fragmentation-offload: off
generic-segmentation-offload: off
generic-receive-offload: off
large-receive-offload: off
rx-vlan-offload: on
tx-vlan-offload: on
receive-hashing: on
highdma: on
tx-nocache-copy: off

Using ethtool instead seems to work fine.

admin@vyos:~$ ethtool -K eth0 gro on lro on
admin@vyos:~$ show interfaces ethernet eth0 physical offload
rx-checksumming               on
tx-checksumming               on
tx-checksum-ip-generic        on
scatter-gather                on
tx-scatter-gather             on
tcp-segmentation-offload      on
tx-tcp-segmentation           on
tx-tcp-mangleid-segmentation  off
tx-tcp6-segmentation          on
udp-fragmentation-offload     off
generic-segmentation-offload  off
generic-receive-offload       on
large-receive-offload         on
rx-vlan-offload               on
tx-vlan-offload               on
receive-hashing               on
highdma                       on
tx-nocache-copy               off
admin@vyos:~$ ethtool -k eth0 | grep -v fixed
Features for eth0:
rx-checksumming: on
tx-checksumming: on
        tx-checksum-ip-generic: on
scatter-gather: on
        tx-scatter-gather: on
tcp-segmentation-offload: on
        tx-tcp-segmentation: on
        tx-tcp-mangleid-segmentation: off
        tx-tcp6-segmentation: on
udp-fragmentation-offload: off
generic-segmentation-offload: off
generic-receive-offload: on
large-receive-offload: on
rx-vlan-offload: on
tx-vlan-offload: on
receive-hashing: on
highdma: on
tx-nocache-copy: off

Host information:

admin@vyos:~$ show version

Version:          VyOS 1.3.1
Release train:    equuleus

Built by:         root@5f2755e61bd6
Built on:         Wed 23 Mar 2022 08:00 UTC
Build UUID:       4f465768-6ee2-46ea-8ad3-ae17493b5de3
Build commit ID:  1c96b450e598ed

Architecture:     x86_64
Boot via:         installed image
System type:      VMware guest

Hardware vendor:  VMware, Inc.
Hardware model:   VMware Virtual Platform
Hardware S/N:     VMware-56 4d 02 ec de ca 71 0b-a3 71 6a 5f 6b 88 98 b7
Hardware UUID:    ec024d56-cade-0b71-a371-6a5f6b8898b7

Copyright:        VyOS maintainers and contributors

Details

Difficulty level
Easy (less than an hour)
Version
1.3.1
Why the issue appeared?
Implementation mistake
Is it a breaking change?
Perfectly compatible
Issue type
Bug (incorrect behavior)

Related Objects

Mentioned In
1.3.2
1.3.2

Event Timeline

Waester created this task.Aug 28 2022, 2:46 PM
pasik added a subscriber: pasik.Aug 28 2022, 4:06 PM
syncer edited projects, added VyOS 1.3 Equuleus (1.3.3); removed VyOS 1.3 Equuleus.Aug 29 2022, 7:03 AM
Viacheslav added a project: VyOS 1.4 Sagitta.EditedAug 29 2022, 1:31 PM
Viacheslav added a subscriber: Viacheslav.

The same for VyOS 1.4-rolling-202208290458

vyos@r14# set interfaces ethernet eth0 offload gro
[edit]
vyos@r14# commit

vyos@r14# sudo python3
Python 3.9.2 (default, Feb 28 2021, 17:03:44) 
[GCC 10.2.1 20210110] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from vyos.ifconfig import EthernetIf
>>> i = EthernetIf('eth0')
>>> i.set_gro(True)
False
>>>

It can be bug in the codebase https://github.com/vyos/vyos-1x/blob/edb2d72c3487b06fffd67dde203219b3c1bd7443/python/vyos/ifconfig/ethernet.py#L239
For example lro, sg, tso checks gro

c-po changed the task status from Open to Confirmed.Aug 29 2022, 6:17 PM
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c-po triaged this task as Normal priority.
c-po changed Issue type from Unspecified (please specify) to Bug (incorrect behavior).
c-po changed the task status from Confirmed to Needs testing.Aug 29 2022, 6:47 PM
c-po changed Difficulty level from Unknown (require assessment) to Easy (less than an hour).
c-po changed Why the issue appeared? from Will be filled on close to Implementation mistake.
c-po changed Is it a breaking change? from Unspecified (possibly destroys the router) to Perfectly compatible.
c-po moved this task from Need Triage to Finished on the VyOS 1.4 Sagitta board.
c-po closed this task as Resolved.Aug 29 2022, 6:49 PM
c-po moved this task from Need Triage to Finished on the VyOS 1.3 Equuleus (1.3.3) board.
c-po moved this task from Finished to In Progress on the VyOS 1.3 Equuleus (1.3.3) board.
c-po edited projects, added VyOS 1.3 Equuleus (1.3.2); removed VyOS 1.3 Equuleus (1.3.3).
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dmbaturin renamed this task from Interface offload options not being applied correctly to Interface offload options are not applied correctly.Sep 5 2022, 11:10 AM
dmbaturin mentioned this in 1.3.2.Sep 5 2022, 3:14 PM
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