linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH ipsec v6] xfrm: replay: Fix ESN wrap around for GSO

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Date:   Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:04:47 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Cc:     Christian Langrock <christian.langrock@...unet.com>,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH ipsec v6] xfrm: replay: Fix ESN wrap around for GSO

On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 08:16:33AM +0200, Steffen Klassert wrote:
>
> That is because with this patch, the sequence number from the xfrm_state
> is assigned to the skb and advanced by the number of segments while
> holding the state lock, as it was before. The sequence numbers this
> patch operates on are exclusive and private to that skb (and its
> segments). The next skb will checkout the correct number from the
> xfrm_state regardless on which cpu it comes.

Thanks for the explanation Steffen.
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