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-rw-r--r--man/systemd.netdev.xml10
-rw-r--r--src/network/networkd-netdev-gperf.gperf1
-rw-r--r--src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.c3
-rw-r--r--src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.h1
4 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd.netdev.xml b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
index 01c31c5ef5..ff7b85453f 100644
--- a/man/systemd.netdev.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.netdev.xml
@@ -563,6 +563,16 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>VnetHeader=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Configures
+ IFF_VNET_HDR flag for a tap device. It allows sending
+ and receiving larger Generic Segmentation Offload (GSO)
+ packets. This may increase throughput significantly.
+ Defaults to
+ <literal>no</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
<term><varname>User=</varname></term>
<listitem><para>User to grant access to the
<filename>/dev/net/tun</filename> device.</para>
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-netdev-gperf.gperf b/src/network/networkd-netdev-gperf.gperf
index 66ed2e013c..010c106610 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-netdev-gperf.gperf
+++ b/src/network/networkd-netdev-gperf.gperf
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Tun.Group, config_parse_string, 0,
Tap.OneQueue, config_parse_bool, 0, offsetof(TunTap, one_queue)
Tap.MultiQueue, config_parse_bool, 0, offsetof(TunTap, multi_queue)
Tap.PacketInfo, config_parse_bool, 0, offsetof(TunTap, packet_info)
+Tap.VnetHeader, config_parse_bool, 0, offsetof(TunTap, vnet_hdr)
Tap.User, config_parse_string, 0, offsetof(TunTap, user_name)
Tap.Group, config_parse_string, 0, offsetof(TunTap, group_name)
Bond.Mode, config_parse_bond_mode, 0, offsetof(Bond, mode)
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.c b/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.c
index 378312f091..ba84e802fc 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.c
+++ b/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.c
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ static int netdev_fill_tuntap_message(NetDev *netdev, struct ifreq *ifr) {
if (t->multi_queue)
ifr->ifr_flags |= IFF_MULTI_QUEUE;
+ if (t->vnet_hdr)
+ ifr->ifr_flags |= IFF_VNET_HDR;
+
strncpy(ifr->ifr_name, netdev->ifname, IFNAMSIZ-1);
return 0;
diff --git a/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.h b/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.h
index b804875bbb..29f8bb0ea5 100644
--- a/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.h
+++ b/src/network/networkd-netdev-tuntap.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct TunTap {
bool one_queue;
bool multi_queue;
bool packet_info;
+ bool vnet_hdr;
};
extern const NetDevVTable tun_vtable;