netdev - Re: [PATCH net] sctp: call gso_reset_checksum when computing checksum in sctp_gso

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Message-Id: <20190213.163309.1448482672803486233.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 13 Feb 2019 16:33:09 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     lucien.xin@...il.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org, marcelo.leitner@...il.com,
        nhorman@...driver.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] sctp: call gso_reset_checksum when computing
 checksum in sctp_gso_segment

From: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 18:47:30 +0800

> Jianlin reported a panic when running sctp gso over gre over vlan device:
 ...
> It was caused by SKB_GSO_CB(skb)->csum_start not set in sctp_gso_segment.
> sctp_gso_segment() calls skb_segment() with 'feature | NETIF_F_HW_CSUM',
> which causes SKB_GSO_CB(skb)->csum_start not to be set in skb_segment().
> 
> For TCP/UDP, when feature supports HW_CSUM, CHECKSUM_PARTIAL will be set
> and gso_reset_checksum will be called to set SKB_GSO_CB(skb)->csum_start.
> 
> So SCTP should do the same as TCP/UDP, to call gso_reset_checksum() when
> computing checksum in sctp_gso_segment.
> 
> Reported-by: Jianlin Shi <jishi@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.