[PATCH 2/2] virtio-net: add default_mtu configuration field

[Victor Kaplansky <victork@redhat.com>]

Sometimes it is essential for libvirt to be able to configure MTU
on guest's NICs to a value different from 1500.

The change adds a new field to configuration area of network
devices. It will be used to pass initial MTU from the device to
the driver, and to pass modified MTU from driver to the device
when a new MTU is assigned by the guest OS.

In addition, in order to support backward and forward
compatibility, we introduce a new feature bit called
VIRTIO_NET_F_DEFAULT_MTU.

Signed-off-by: Victor Kaplansky <victork@redhat.com>
---
 content.tex | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content.tex b/content.tex
index 37e6a18..5aba1de 100644
--- a/content.tex
+++ b/content.tex
@@ -3078,6 +3078,13 @@ features.
 
 \item[VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR(23)] Set MAC address through control
     channel.
+
+\item[VIRTIO_NET_F_DEFAULT_MTU(24)] Default MTU is supported.  If
+    set by the device, device is able to advise driver about initial
+    MTU to be used. If it remains set after negotiation, the driver
+    can use \field{default_mtu} as initial value, and will report MTU
+    changes to the device.
+
 \end{description}
 
 \subsubsection{Feature bit requirements}\label{sec:Device Types / Network Device / Feature bits / Feature bit requirements}
@@ -3128,6 +3135,7 @@ struct virtio_net_config {
         u8 mac[6];
         le16 status;
         le16 max_virtqueue_pairs;
+        le16 default_mtu;
 };
 \end{lstlisting}
 
@@ -3148,6 +3156,16 @@ struct virtio_net_config {
     \field{max_virtqueue_pairs} is valid only if VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ is
     set and should not be modified by the driver.
 
+\item [\field{default_mtu}] is a hint to the driver set by
+    the device. It is valid during feature negotiation only if
+    VIRTIO_NET_F_DEFAULT_MTU is set and holds the initial value of
+    MTU to be used by the driver. If VIRTIO_NET_F_DEFAULT_MTU remains
+    set after negotiation, the driver should use the
+    \field{default_mtu} as initial value, and also should report MTU
+    changes to the device by \field{default_mtu} writes.  Such
+    reporting will be used for debugging purposes.
+
+
 \end{description}
 
 
-- 
--Victor