netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] IPSec offload improvements

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Message-ID: <20170803110241.GJ2631@secunet.com>
Date:   Thu, 3 Aug 2017 13:02:41 +0200
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     <ilant@...lanox.com>
CC:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] IPSec offload improvements

On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 12:49:03PM +0300, ilant@...lanox.com wrote:
> From: Ilan Tayari <ilant@...lanox.com>
> 
> Hi Steffen,
> 
> This patchset introduces several improvements to IPSec offload.
> We would like to see these merged in 4.14.
> 
> Patches 1-4 add RX checksum offload support.
> This gives a big performance boost.
> These patches have been submitted before but were not merged.
> Note that patches 1-2 changed slightly with a call to skb_pull_rcsum.
> 
> Patch 5 adds automatic loading of XFRM offload modules, but only
> if crypto-offload is explicitly requested by user.
> This avoid issues in the field where user forgets to load the
> module manually and so crypto-offload does not happen.
> 
> Patch 6 fixes the leftover xfrm_offload in RX SKBs.
> This solves some issues with forwarding.
> 
> Patch 7 allows IPSec GSO on local sockets, with or without
> crypto-offload.
> This also gives a large performance boost.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ilan.
> 
> Ilan Tayari (4):
>   esp4: Support RX checksum with crypto offload
>   esp6: Support RX checksum with crypto offload
>   xfrm: Auto-load xfrm offload modules
>   xfrm: Clear RX SKB secpath xfrm_offload
> 
> Steffen Klassert (1):
>   net: Allow IPsec GSO for local sockets
> 
> Yossi Kuperman (2):
>   xfrm6: Fix CHECKSUM_COMPLETE after IPv6 header push
>   esp6: Fix RX checksum after header pull

All applied to ipsec-next, thanks a lot!