struct veth_rq {
        struct napi_struct      xdp_napi;
+       struct napi_struct __rcu *napi; /* points to xdp_napi when the latter is initialized */
        struct net_device       *dev;
        struct bpf_prog __rcu   *xdp_prog;
        struct xdp_mem_info     xdp_mem;
        struct veth_rq *rq = NULL;
        struct net_device *rcv;
        int length = skb->len;
-       bool rcv_xdp = false;
+       bool use_napi = false;
        int rxq;
 
        rcu_read_lock();
        rxq = skb_get_queue_mapping(skb);
        if (rxq < rcv->real_num_rx_queues) {
                rq = &rcv_priv->rq[rxq];
-               rcv_xdp = rcu_access_pointer(rq->xdp_prog);
+
+               /* The napi pointer is available when an XDP program is
+                * attached or when GRO is enabled
+                */
+               use_napi = rcu_access_pointer(rq->napi);
                skb_record_rx_queue(skb, rxq);
        }
 
        skb_tx_timestamp(skb);
-       if (likely(veth_forward_skb(rcv, skb, rq, rcv_xdp) == NET_RX_SUCCESS)) {
-               if (!rcv_xdp)
+       if (likely(veth_forward_skb(rcv, skb, rq, use_napi) == NET_RX_SUCCESS)) {
+               if (!use_napi)
                        dev_lstats_add(dev, length);
        } else {
 drop:
                atomic64_inc(&priv->dropped);
        }
 
-       if (rcv_xdp)
+       if (use_napi)
                __veth_xdp_flush(rq);
 
        rcu_read_unlock();
        return done;
 }
 
-static int veth_napi_add(struct net_device *dev)
+static int __veth_napi_enable(struct net_device *dev)
 {
        struct veth_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
        int err, i;
                struct veth_rq *rq = &priv->rq[i];
 
                napi_enable(&rq->xdp_napi);
+               rcu_assign_pointer(priv->rq[i].napi, &priv->rq[i].xdp_napi);
        }
 
        return 0;
        for (i = 0; i < dev->real_num_rx_queues; i++) {
                struct veth_rq *rq = &priv->rq[i];
 
+               rcu_assign_pointer(priv->rq[i].napi, NULL);
                napi_disable(&rq->xdp_napi);
                __netif_napi_del(&rq->xdp_napi);
        }
        }
 }
 
+static bool veth_gro_requested(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+       return !!(dev->wanted_features & NETIF_F_GRO);
+}
+
 static int veth_enable_xdp(struct net_device *dev)
 {
+       bool napi_already_on = veth_gro_requested(dev) && (dev->flags & IFF_UP);
        struct veth_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
        int err, i;
 
                for (i = 0; i < dev->real_num_rx_queues; i++) {
                        struct veth_rq *rq = &priv->rq[i];
 
-                       netif_napi_add(dev, &rq->xdp_napi, veth_poll, NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT);
+                       if (!napi_already_on)
+                               netif_napi_add(dev, &rq->xdp_napi, veth_poll, NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT);
                        err = xdp_rxq_info_reg(&rq->xdp_rxq, dev, i, rq->xdp_napi.napi_id);
                        if (err < 0)
                                goto err_rxq_reg;
                        rq->xdp_mem = rq->xdp_rxq.mem;
                }
 
-               err = veth_napi_add(dev);
-               if (err)
-                       goto err_rxq_reg;
+               if (!napi_already_on) {
+                       err = __veth_napi_enable(dev);
+                       if (err)
+                               goto err_rxq_reg;
+
+                       if (!veth_gro_requested(dev)) {
+                               /* user-space did not require GRO, but adding XDP
+                                * is supposed to get GRO working
+                                */
+                               dev->features |= NETIF_F_GRO;
+                               netdev_features_change(dev);
+                       }
+               }
        }
 
-       for (i = 0; i < dev->real_num_rx_queues; i++)
+       for (i = 0; i < dev->real_num_rx_queues; i++) {
                rcu_assign_pointer(priv->rq[i].xdp_prog, priv->_xdp_prog);
+               rcu_assign_pointer(priv->rq[i].napi, &priv->rq[i].xdp_napi);
+       }
 
        return 0;
 err_reg_mem:
                struct veth_rq *rq = &priv->rq[i];
 
                xdp_rxq_info_unreg(&rq->xdp_rxq);
-               netif_napi_del(&rq->xdp_napi);
+               if (!napi_already_on)
+                       netif_napi_del(&rq->xdp_napi);
        }
 
        return err;
 
        for (i = 0; i < dev->real_num_rx_queues; i++)
                rcu_assign_pointer(priv->rq[i].xdp_prog, NULL);
-       veth_napi_del(dev);
+
+       if (!netif_running(dev) || !veth_gro_requested(dev)) {
+               veth_napi_del(dev);
+
+               /* if user-space did not require GRO, since adding XDP
+                * enabled it, clear it now
+                */
+               if (!veth_gro_requested(dev) && netif_running(dev)) {
+                       dev->features &= ~NETIF_F_GRO;
+                       netdev_features_change(dev);
+               }
+       }
+
        for (i = 0; i < dev->real_num_rx_queues; i++) {
                struct veth_rq *rq = &priv->rq[i];
 
        }
 }
 
+static int veth_napi_enable(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+       struct veth_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+       int err, i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < dev->real_num_rx_queues; i++) {
+               struct veth_rq *rq = &priv->rq[i];
+
+               netif_napi_add(dev, &rq->xdp_napi, veth_poll, NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT);
+       }
+
+       err = __veth_napi_enable(dev);
+       if (err) {
+               for (i = 0; i < dev->real_num_rx_queues; i++) {
+                       struct veth_rq *rq = &priv->rq[i];
+
+                       netif_napi_del(&rq->xdp_napi);
+               }
+               return err;
+       }
+       return err;
+}
+
 static int veth_open(struct net_device *dev)
 {
        struct veth_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
                err = veth_enable_xdp(dev);
                if (err)
                        return err;
+       } else if (veth_gro_requested(dev)) {
+               err = veth_napi_enable(dev);
+               if (err)
+                       return err;
        }
 
        if (peer->flags & IFF_UP) {
 
        if (priv->_xdp_prog)
                veth_disable_xdp(dev);
+       else if (veth_gro_requested(dev))
+               veth_napi_del(dev);
 
        return 0;
 }
                if (peer_priv->_xdp_prog)
                        features &= ~NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
        }
+       if (priv->_xdp_prog)
+               features |= NETIF_F_GRO;
 
        return features;
 }
 
+static int veth_set_features(struct net_device *dev,
+                            netdev_features_t features)
+{
+       netdev_features_t changed = features ^ dev->features;
+       struct veth_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+       int err;
+
+       if (!(changed & NETIF_F_GRO) || !(dev->flags & IFF_UP) || priv->_xdp_prog)
+               return 0;
+
+       if (features & NETIF_F_GRO) {
+               err = veth_napi_enable(dev);
+               if (err)
+                       return err;
+       } else {
+               veth_napi_del(dev);
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static void veth_set_rx_headroom(struct net_device *dev, int new_hr)
 {
        struct veth_priv *peer_priv, *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 #endif
        .ndo_get_iflink         = veth_get_iflink,
        .ndo_fix_features       = veth_fix_features,
+       .ndo_set_features       = veth_set_features,
        .ndo_features_check     = passthru_features_check,
        .ndo_set_rx_headroom    = veth_set_rx_headroom,
        .ndo_bpf                = veth_xdp,
 
 static struct rtnl_link_ops veth_link_ops;
 
+static void veth_disable_gro(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+       dev->features &= ~NETIF_F_GRO;
+       dev->wanted_features &= ~NETIF_F_GRO;
+       netdev_update_features(dev);
+}
+
 static int veth_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
                        struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
                        struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
        if (err < 0)
                goto err_register_peer;
 
+       /* keep GRO disabled by default to be consistent with the established
+        * veth behavior
+        */
+       veth_disable_gro(peer);
        netif_carrier_off(peer);
 
        err = rtnl_configure_link(peer, ifmp);
        priv = netdev_priv(peer);
        rcu_assign_pointer(priv->peer, dev);
 
+       veth_disable_gro(dev);
        return 0;
 
 err_register_dev: