netdev - Re: [PATCH] xen: netfront: Drop GSO SKBs which do not have csum

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Date:	Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:55:40 -0800
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...citrix.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen: netfront: Drop GSO SKBs which do not have csum_blank.

On 01/22/2011 01:43 AM, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-01-22 at 00:58 +0000, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: 
>> On 01/05/2011 05:23 AM, Ian Campbell wrote:
>>> The Linux network stack expects all GSO SKBs to have ip_summed ==
>>> CHECKSUM_PARTIAL (which implies that the frame contains a partial
>>> checksum) and the Xen network ring protocol similarly expects an SKB
>>> which has GSO set to also have NETRX_csum_blank (which also implies a
>>> partial checksum). Therefore drop such frames on receive otherwise
>>> they will trigger the warning in skb_gso_segment.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
>>> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
>>> Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com
>>> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/net/xen-netfront.c |    5 +++++
>>>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
>>> index cdbeec9..8b8c480 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
>>> @@ -836,6 +836,11 @@ static int handle_incoming_queue(struct net_device *dev,
>>>  				dev->stats.rx_errors++;
>>>  				continue;
>>>  			}
>>> +		} else if (skb_is_gso(skb)) {
>>> +			kfree_skb(skb);
>>> +			packets_dropped++;
>>> +			dev->stats.rx_errors++;
>>> +			continue;
>> This looks redundant; why not something like:
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
>> index 47e6a71..c1b8f64 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
>> @@ -852,13 +852,12 @@ static int handle_incoming_queue(struct net_device *dev,
>>  		/* Ethernet work: Delayed to here as it peeks the header. */
>>  		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
>>  
>> -		if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
>> -			if (skb_checksum_setup(skb)) {
>> -				kfree_skb(skb);
>> -				packets_dropped++;
>> -				dev->stats.rx_errors++;
>> -				continue;
>> -			}
>> +		if (skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL ||
>> +		    skb_checksum_setup(skb)) {
> That drops non-partial skbs. However they are fine unless they also
> claim to be gso.
>
> Perhaps you meant "skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL && !
> skb_checksum_setup(skb)" which I think works but doesn't allow us to
> correctly chain the gso check onto the else.

No, I didn't mean to drop the skb_is_gso() test.  But still, the if()s
can be folded to share the same body.

    J
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