netdev - UFO csum - udp4_hwcsum

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Date:	Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:41:39 +0000
From:	Kostya B <bkostya@...mail.com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: UFO csum - udp4_hwcsum_outgoing

Hi,
Suppose a network driver with both TSO and UFO support (2.6.22.18). 
Normally on Tx, all outgoing skb are checksummed as PARTIAL. However, the udp4_hwcsum_outgoing() could change it to be CHECKSUM_NONE.

In that case such skb  becomes netif_needs_gso() and wrongly ask for software gso:

	return skb_is_gso(skb) &&
	       (!skb_gso_ok(skb, dev->features) ||
		unlikely(skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL));

Is that intentional? It looks quite weird, because UFO drivers declare NETIF_F_HW_CSUM.
Furthermore it treated by __software__  skb_gso_segment() and fails on 

BUG_ON(skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list); 

Please advice.

- Kostya

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