linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 3/4] vmxnet3: add geneve and vxlan tunnel offload support

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 28 May 2020 21:18:34 +0000
From:   Ronak Doshi <doshir@...are.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Pv-drivers <Pv-drivers@...are.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 3/4] vmxnet3: add geneve and vxlan tunnel
 offload support


On 5/28/20, 12:35 PM, "Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>    On Thu, 28 May 2020 11:36:14 -0700 Ronak Doshi wrote:
>    > @@ -1168,13 +1220,21 @@ vmxnet3_rx_csum(struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter,
>    >  		    (le32_to_cpu(gdesc->dword[3]) &
>    >  		     VMXNET3_RCD_CSUM_OK) == VMXNET3_RCD_CSUM_OK) {
>    >  			skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
>    > -			BUG_ON(!(gdesc->rcd.tcp || gdesc->rcd.udp));
>    > -			BUG_ON(gdesc->rcd.frg);
>    > +			BUG_ON(!(gdesc->rcd.tcp || gdesc->rcd.udp) &&
>    > +			       !(le32_to_cpu(gdesc->dword[0]) &
>    > +				 (1UL << VMXNET3_RCD_HDR_INNER_SHIFT)));
>    > +			BUG_ON(gdesc->rcd.frg &&
>    > +			       !(le32_to_cpu(gdesc->dword[0]) &
>    > +				 (1UL << VMXNET3_RCD_HDR_INNER_SHIFT)));
>    
>    Seems fairly extreme to trigger BUG_ONs if rx descriptor doesn't
>    contain valid checksum offload flags :S WARN_ON_ONCE() and ignore 
>    checsum or drop packet would be more than sufficient.
    
Hello Jakub,

Good point. However, I did not want to change the behavior in this patch,
so kept it as is. If required, this can be done in future separate patch.

Thanks