netdev - Re: [net] net: feature check mandating HW

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:05:30 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     rohit maheshwari <rohitm@...lsio.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, secdev@...lsio.com,
        ast@...nel.org, bjorn.topel@...el.com, daniel@...earbox.net,
        andriin@...com, tariqt@...dia.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, ap420073@...il.com, jiri@...lanox.com,
        borisp@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [net] net: feature check mandating HW_CSUM is wrong

On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 02:47:51 +0530 rohit maheshwari wrote:
> On 07/01/21 12:47 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Wed,  6 Jan 2021 23:23:27 +0530 Rohit Maheshwari wrote:  
> >> Mandating NETIF_F_HW_CSUM to enable TLS offload feature is wrong.
> >> And it broke tls offload feature for the drivers, which are still
> >> using NETIF_F_IP_CSUM or NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM. We should use
> >> NETIF_F_CSUM_MASK instead.
> >>
> >> Fixes: ae0b04b238e2 ("net: Disable NETIF_F_HW_TLS_TX when HW_CSUM is disabled")
> >> Signed-off-by: Rohit Maheshwari <rohitm@...lsio.com>  
> > Please use Tariq's suggestion.  
> HW_TLS_TX feature is for both IPv4/v6. And If one device is limited to
> support only IPv4 checksum offload, TLS offload should be allowed for
> that too. So I think putting a check of CSUM_MASK is enough.

If Tariq does not disagree please repost.