netdev - Re: [Patch net] mlx4: set csum_complete_sw bit when fixing complete csum

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Message-ID: <CAM_iQpVijBedKTnU3A4Oa5tWn_qHDEDmJ4aHXH-7bB4xmU_2DA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 30 Jun 2016 10:08:28 -0700
From:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Tariq Toukan <ttoukan.linux@...il.com>
Cc:	Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>,
	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Shani Michaeli <shanim@...lanox.com>,
	Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...lanox.com>,
	Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...lanox.com>,
	Carol L Soto <clsoto@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch net] mlx4: set csum_complete_sw bit when fixing complete csum

On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Tariq Toukan <ttoukan.linux@...il.com> wrote:
> Hi Cong,
>
>> See below. Does commit f8c6455bb04b944edb69e rely on any firmware
>> change to get an expected checksum?
>>
>> $ lspci -nn | grep -i mellanox
>> 82:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Mellanox Technologies MT27500
>> Family [ConnectX-3] [15b3:1003]
>>
>> $ ethtool -i eth0
>> driver: mlx4_en
>> version: 2.2-1 (Feb 2014)
>> firmware-version: 2.33.5220
>> bus-info: 0000:82:00.0
>
> I used same HW and FW, but was not able to reproduce.
> I have kernel HEAD of net-next: 8a79813c1401 net: ethernet: dwc_eth_qos: use
> phy_ethtool_{get|set}_link_ksettings
>
> I ran regular ping, and ping6. Checksum complete counter increases, but no
> warnings in dmesg.

Thanks for testing it! This helps me a lot to identify the real bug.
Actually the bug is in mirred action instead of mlx4 driver, I have
a patch and just confirmed it fixes the bug. I will send it out in a
few minutes.

Again, thanks a lot for your help!