net: Add a netdev software feature set that defaults to off.

The previous patch added the NETIF_F_GRO_FRAGLIST feature.
This is a software feature that should default to off.
Current software features default to on, so add a new
feature set that defaults to off.

Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>

Author: klassert

include/linux/netdev_features.h

@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ static inline int find_next_netdev_feature(u64 feature, unsigned long start)
 /* changeable features with no special hardware requirements */
 #define NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES	(NETIF_F_GSO | NETIF_F_GRO)
 
+/* Changeable features with no special hardware requirements that defaults to off. */
+#define NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES_OFF	NETIF_F_GRO_FRAGLIST
+
 #define NETIF_F_VLAN_FEATURES	(NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER | \
 				 NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX | \
 				 NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX | \

net/core/dev.c

@@ -9283,7 +9283,7 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 	/* Transfer changeable features to wanted_features and enable
 	 * software offloads (GSO and GRO).
 	 */
-	dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES;
+	dev->hw_features |= (NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES | NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES_OFF);
 	dev->features |= NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES;
 
 	if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_udp_tunnel_add) {