linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] net: mvpp2: Extract the correct ethtype from the skb for tx csum offload

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Date:   Thu, 4 Oct 2018 15:13:50 +0200
From:   Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
To:     Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>,
        thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com, gregory.clement@...tlin.com,
        miquel.raynal@...tlin.com, nadavh@...vell.com, stefanc@...vell.com,
        ymarkman@...vell.com, mw@...ihalf.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: mvpp2: Extract the correct ethtype from the
 skb for tx csum offload

Hello Sergei,

On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 12:50:17 +0300
Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com> wrote:

>Hello!
>
>On 10/4/2018 11:03 AM, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
>
>> When offloading the L3 and L4 csum computation on TX, we need to extract
>> the l3_proto from the ethtype, independently of the presence of a vlan
>> tag.
>> 
>> The actual driver uses skb->protocol as-is, resulting in packets with
>> the wrong L4 checksum being sent when there's a vlan tag in the packet
>> header and checksum offloading is enabled.
>> 
>> This commit makes use of vlan_protocol_get() to get the correct ethtype
>> regardless the presence of a vlan tag.  
>             ^ of?
>
>> Fixes: 3f51850 ("ethernet: Add new driver for Marvell Armada 375 network unit")  
>
>     12 hex digits needed here.

Sorry about that, I'll resend with a proper Fixes tag.

Thanks,

Maxime