netdev - Re: [PATCH net 2/2] virtio_net: check L3 protocol for VLAN packets

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Message-ID: <CA+FuTSdrramQiwoUQ7bn+US+CDFWXKr8-Bzb8X1JzJbyMNcK8A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:12:53 -0400
From:   Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
To:     Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Cc:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
        Maxim Mikityanskiy <maximmi@...lanox.com>,
        Mike Pattrick <mpattric@...hat.com>,
        "Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Balazs Nemeth <bnemeth@...hat.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/2] virtio_net: check L3 protocol for VLAN packets

On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 9:16 PM Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Willem,
>
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 09:52:46AM -0400, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> > Segmentation offload requires checksum offload. Packets that request
>
> OK, makes sense.
>
> > GSO but not NEEDS_CSUM are an aberration. We had to go out of our way
> > to handle them because the original implementation did not explicitly
> > flag and drop these. But we should not extend that to new types.
>
> So do you mean, the current gso types are enough, we should not extend to
> handle VLAN headers if no NEEDS_CSUM flag. This patch can be dropped, right?

That's right.

> Although I don't understand why we should not extend to support VLAN GSO.
> I'm OK if you think this patch should be dropped when I re-post patch 1/2 to
> net-next.
>
> Thanks
> Hangbin