@@ -2461,6 +2461,9 @@ start_port(portid_t pid)
 		}
 
 		if (port->need_reconfig > 0) {
+			struct rte_eth_dev_conf_info dev_conf_info;
+			int k;
+
 			port->need_reconfig = 0;
 
 			if (flow_isolate_all) {

@@ -2498,6 +2501,36 @@ start_port(portid_t pid)
 				port->need_reconfig = 1;
 				return -1;
 			}
+			/* get offloads */
+			if (0 !=
+				eth_dev_conf_info_get_print_err(pi,
+							&dev_conf_info)) {
+				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
+				    "rte_eth_dev_conf_info_get() failed\n");
+				return -1;
+			}
+			/* Apply Rx offloads configuration */
+			if (dev_conf_info.rx_offloads !=
+				port->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads) {
+				port->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads =
+					dev_conf_info.rx_offloads;
+				for (k = 0;
+				     k < port->dev_info.max_rx_queues;
+				     k++)
+					port->rx_conf[k].offloads =
+						dev_conf_info.rx_offloads;
+			}
+			/* Apply Tx offloads configuration */
+			if (dev_conf_info.tx_offloads !=
+				port->dev_conf.txmode.offloads) {
+				port->dev_conf.txmode.offloads =
+					dev_conf_info.tx_offloads;
+				for (k = 0;
+				     k < port->dev_info.max_tx_queues;
+				     k++)
+					port->tx_conf[k].offloads =
+						dev_conf_info.tx_offloads;
+			}
 		}
 		if (port->need_reconfig_queues > 0) {
 			port->need_reconfig_queues = 0;

@@ -950,6 +950,8 @@ void show_gro(portid_t port_id);
 void setup_gso(const char *mode, portid_t port_id);
 int eth_dev_info_get_print_err(uint16_t port_id,
 			struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info);
+int eth_dev_conf_info_get_print_err(uint16_t port_id,
+			struct rte_eth_dev_conf_info *dev_info);
 void eth_set_promisc_mode(uint16_t port_id, int enable);
 void eth_set_allmulticast_mode(uint16_t port, int enable);
 int eth_link_get_nowait_print_err(uint16_t port_id, struct rte_eth_link *link);

@@ -440,6 +440,21 @@ eth_dev_info_get_print_err(uint16_t port_id,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int
+eth_dev_conf_info_get_print_err(uint16_t port_id,
+				struct rte_eth_dev_conf_info *dev_conf_info)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = rte_eth_dev_conf_info_get(port_id, dev_conf_info);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"Error during getting device config (port %u) info: %s\n",
+			port_id, strerror(-ret));
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 void
 eth_set_promisc_mode(uint16_t port, int enable)
 {

@@ -3458,6 +3458,33 @@ rte_eth_dev_info_get(uint16_t port_id, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int
+rte_eth_dev_conf_info_get(uint16_t port_id,
+				struct rte_eth_dev_conf_info *dev_conf_info)
+{
+	struct rte_eth_dev *dev;
+
+	RTE_ETH_VALID_PORTID_OR_ERR_RET(port_id, -ENODEV);
+	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
+
+	if (dev_conf_info == NULL) {
+		RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "Cannot get ethdev port %u config info to NULL\n",
+			port_id);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Init dev_conf_info before port_id check since caller does not have
+	 * return status and does not know if get is successful or not.
+	 */
+	memset(dev_conf_info, 0, sizeof(struct rte_eth_dev_conf_info));
+
+	dev_conf_info->rx_offloads = dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads;
+	dev_conf_info->tx_offloads = dev->data->dev_conf.txmode.offloads;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int
 rte_eth_dev_get_supported_ptypes(uint16_t port_id, uint32_t ptype_mask,
 				 uint32_t *ptypes, int num)

@@ -1587,6 +1587,15 @@ struct rte_eth_dev_info {
 	void *reserved_ptrs[2];   /**< Reserved for future fields */
 };
 
+/**
+ * Ethernet device configuration information structure.
+ * Used to retrieve information about configured device.
+ */
+struct rte_eth_dev_conf_info {
+	uint64_t rx_offloads; /**rxmode offloads */
+	uint64_t tx_offloads; /**txmode offloads */
+};
+
 /**
  * RX/TX queue states
  */

@@ -3058,6 +3067,23 @@ int rte_eth_macaddr_get(uint16_t port_id, struct rte_ether_addr *mac_addr);
  */
 int rte_eth_dev_info_get(uint16_t port_id, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info);
 
+/**
+ * Retrieve the contextual information of an Ethernet device.
+ *
+ * @param port_id
+ *   The port identifier of the Ethernet device.
+ * @param dev_conf_info
+ *   A pointer to a structure of type *rte_eth_dev_conf_info* to be filled with
+ *   the contextual information of the Ethernet device.
+ * @return
+ *   - (0) if successful.
+ *   - (-ENOTSUP) if support for dev_infos_get() does not exist for the device.
+ *   - (-ENODEV) if *port_id* invalid.
+ *   - (-EINVAL) if bad parameter.
+ */
+int rte_eth_dev_conf_info_get(uint16_t port_id,
+				struct rte_eth_dev_conf_info *dev_conf_info);
+
 /**
  * Retrieve the firmware version of a device.
  *