[Bug 2021830] [NEW] GVE: Performance improvement for "jumbo" frames

[Khaled El Mously]

Public bug reported:

This patch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=82fd151d38d9fda714c5bb2e9e79ecd6bdc72da6
is a performance improvement fix for handling 9k frames on gvnic and is
being requested by GCP for the 5.19 kernel.


Testing: 
 - Boot tested with gvnic, tested basic networking functionality


Regression potential:
 - Small regression potential - impact limited to the gvnic driver ("gve")

** Affects: linux-gcp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: linux-gcp (Ubuntu Kinetic)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: linux-gcp (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** No longer affects: debootstrap (Ubuntu)

** Also affects: linux-gcp (Ubuntu Kinetic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  GVE: Performance improvement for "jumbo" frames

Status in linux-gcp package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux-gcp source package in Kinetic:
  New

Bug description:
  This patch
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=82fd151d38d9fda714c5bb2e9e79ecd6bdc72da6
  is a performance improvement fix for handling 9k frames on gvnic and
  is being requested by GCP for the 5.19 kernel.

  
  Testing: 
   - Boot tested with gvnic, tested basic networking functionality


  Regression potential:
   - Small regression potential - impact limited to the gvnic driver ("gve")

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