netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ip_gre: validate csum_start only if CHECKSUM

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Date:   Sun, 5 Sep 2021 08:53:08 -0700
From:   Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
To:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:     Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>,
        chouhan.shreyansh630@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ip_gre: validate csum_start only if CHECKSUM_PARTIAL

On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 8:24 AM Willem de Bruijn
<willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 7:47 PM Alexander Duyck
> <alexander.duyck@...il.com> wrote:

<snip>

> > You can do it since you have essentially already written half the code.. :)
>
> Sent, but only the ipv4 patch.
>
> I actually do not see an equivalent skb_pull path in ip6_gre.c. Will
> take a closer look later, but don't have time for that now.
>
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/20210905152109.1805619-1-willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com/

So does that mean that commit 9cf448c200ba ("ip6_gre: add validation
for csum_start") is adding overhead that doesn't really address
anything, and is introducing false positives? If so, should we just
revert it?

Thanks,

- Alex