linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: dsa: tag_ksz: dont let the hardware process the layer 4 checksum

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Message-ID: <20210719082420.d7qid2hld26v6kdb@skbuf>
Date:   Mon, 19 Jul 2021 11:24:20 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Lino Sanfilippo <LinoSanfilippo@....de>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, woojung.huh@...rochip.com,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: dsa: tag_ksz: dont let the hardware process the
 layer 4 checksum

On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 10:20:13AM +0200, Lino Sanfilippo wrote:
> Should I then resend the series with patch 1 handling the NETIF_F_SG and
> NETIF_F_FRAGLIST flags (i.e. deleting them if tailroom is needed) in
> dsa_slave_setup_tagger() as you suggested and patch 2 as it is?

Yup. The TX checksum offload flag on DSA interfaces is definitely
net-next material if we want to do it properly, so we can revisit it
there. Thanks.