netdev - [PATCH net-next 3/8] net: qualcomm: rmnet: show that an intermediate sum is zero

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Date:   Sat, 12 Jun 2021 09:37:31 -0500
From:   Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
To:     subashab@...eaurora.org, stranche@...eaurora.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     bjorn.andersson@...aro.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 3/8] net: qualcomm: rmnet: show that an intermediate sum is zero

This patch simply demonstrates that a checksum value computed when
verifying an offloaded transport checksum value for both IPv4 and
IPv6 is (normally) 0.  It can be squashed into the next patch.

Signed-off-by: Alex Elder <elder@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_data.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_data.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_data.c
index 1b170e9189d8a..51909b8fa8a80 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_data.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/rmnet/rmnet_map_data.c
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ rmnet_map_ipv4_dl_csum_trailer(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					 ip4h->protocol, 0);
 	pseudo_csum = csum16_add(ip_payload_csum, (__force __be16)pseudo_csum);
 
+	/* The trailer checksum *includes* the checksum in the transport
+	 * header.  Adding that to the pseudo checksum will yield 0xffff
+	 * ("negative 0") if the message arrived intact.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON((__sum16)~pseudo_csum);
 	csum_value_final = ~csum16_sub(pseudo_csum, (__force __be16)*csum_field);
 
 	if (unlikely(!csum_value_final)) {
@@ -150,6 +155,10 @@ rmnet_map_ipv6_dl_csum_trailer(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				       length, ip6h->nexthdr, 0);
 	pseudo_csum = csum16_add(ip6_payload_csum, (__force __be16)pseudo_csum);
 
+	/* Adding the payload checksum to the pseudo checksum yields 0xffff
+	 * ("negative 0") if the message arrived intact.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON((__sum16)~pseudo_csum);
 	csum_value_final = ~csum16_sub(pseudo_csum, (__force __be16)*csum_field);
 
 	if (unlikely(csum_value_final == 0)) {
-- 
2.27.0