tcp: Apply device TSO segment limit earlier

Cache the device gso_max_segs in sock::sk_gso_max_segs and use it to
limit the size of TSO skbs.  This avoids the need to fall back to
software GSO for local TCP senders.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 6b654b3ddfda..8f67ced8d6a8 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1458,6 +1458,7 @@ void sk_setup_caps(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst)
                 } else {
                         sk->sk_route_caps |= NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_HW_CSUM;
                         sk->sk_gso_max_size = dst->dev->gso_max_size;
+                        sk->sk_gso_max_segs = dst->dev->gso_max_segs;
                 }
         }
 }