netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] packet: Add GSO/checksum offload support to af

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:25:08 -0800
From:	Sridhar Samudrala <sri@...ibm.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] packet: Add GSO/checksum offload support
 to af_packet sockets

On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 21:53 +1300, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 12:30:19PM -0800, Sridhar Samudrala wrote:
> >
> > +	if (po->vnet_hdr) {
> > +		err = -EINVAL;
> > +		if (dev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER)
> > +			goto out_unlock;
> 
> We shouldn't have Ethernet-specific code in AF_PACKET.  What's
> more, just because the device type is Ethernet it doesn't mean
> that the packet is going to have an Ethernet header.

This check is to dis-allow processing of packets with virtio_net_hdr
destined for non-ethernet devices.
Is it OK if i add a check in packet_bind() to not allow binding to
a non-ethernet device when PACKET_VNET_HDR option is set?

I need to figure out a way to set the skb protocol correctly based
on the packet. Any clues?
Michael has posted a prototype patch that addresses this. Do you 
agree with this approach?
   http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/1/6/56

Did you get a chance to look at my other patch that adds a check
for VLAN packets in skb_gso_segment() to address a bug when sending
large VLAN packets from a guest?
  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/150198

Thanks
Sridhar

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