Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: skip offload for NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM if ipv6 header contains extension

From: Benoît Monin <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 17:25:26 +0200

10/10/2024 Benoît Monin wrote:
> 07/10/2024 Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> > Benoît Monin wrote:
> > > 07/10/2024 Willem de Bruijn wrote :
> > > > Benoît Monin wrote:
[...]
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Benoît Monin <[email-masked]>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  net/core/dev.c | 4 ++++
> > > > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
> > > > > index ea5fbcd133ae..199831d86ec1 100644
> > > > > --- a/net/core/dev.c
> > > > > +++ b/net/core/dev.c
> > > > > @@ -3639,6 +3639,9 @@ int skb_csum_hwoffload_help(struct sk_buff *skb,
> > > > >  		return 0;
> > > > > 
> > > > >  	if (features & (NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM)) {
> > > > > +		if (ip_hdr(skb)->version == 6 &&
> > > > > +		    skb_network_header_len(skb) != sizeof(struct ipv6hdr))
> > > > > +			goto sw_checksum;
> > 
> > This check depends on skb->transport_header and skb->network_header
> > being set. This is likely true for all CHECKSUM_PARTIAL packets that
> > originate in the local stack. As well as for the injected packets and
> > forwarded packets, as far as I see, so Ack.
> > 
> > Access to the network header at this point likely requires
> > skb_header_pointer, however. As also used in qdisc_pkt_len_init called
> > from the same __dev_queue_xmit_nit.
> > 
> > Perhaps this test should be in can_checksum_protocol, which already
> > checks that the packet is IPv6 when testing NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM.
> > 
> You're right, moving this to can_checksum_protocol() makes more sense. I will 
> do that, retest and post a new version of the patch.
> 
Looking more into it, can_checksum_protocol() is called from multiple places 
where network header length cannot easily extracted, in particular from 
vxlan_features_check().

How about keeping the length check in skb_csum_hwoffload_help() but using 
vlan_get_protocol() to check for IPv6 instead of ip_hdr(skb)->version?

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Benoît