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Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 12:43:34 -0700
From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] veth: remove hardware checksum feature
On 08/07/2013 07:52 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 18:54 -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
>
>> Maybe we should just do the csum calc in the kernel if packet is
>> about to be sent up to user-space via af_packet? I think that
>> would keep the expected behaviour, and hopefully not loose any of the performance
>> benefits for cases where the packet never leaves the kernel?
>
> I think you are rephrasing what I suggested ;)
>
> I'll send a patch asap, unless someone beats me.
I'll be happy to test.
And a slightly related question if you have the time:
My kernel-mode bridge was breaking as well, but this appears to
be a bug in my code. I had this code (since 2009, at least):
// Evidently this fixes issues with sending between NICs
// that support and do not support hw-csum.
skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
It seems that at some point, this fixed some problem I saw, but it was long
ago. If I remove this, then the 3.9 kernel bridges just fine between
the VETH and a physical interface.
I do not see any modification of the ip_summed in the bridge code.
So, the question is: Is there any time that I *should* be mucking with
skb->ip_summed when bridging pkts from one device to another on modern
kernels? I'm using the ptype_all hook to grab packets, and ndo_start_xmit
to send them, in case that matters.
Thanks,
Ben
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Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
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