netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] gso: fix dodgy bit handling for GSO_UDP

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Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:27:51 -0500
From: Yan Zhai <yan@...udflare.com>
To: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Cc: "open list:NETWORKING [TCP]" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, kernel-team@...udflare.com, 
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
	Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>, Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>, 
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, Andrew Melnychenko <andrew@...nix.com>, 
	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>, open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"open list:SCTP PROTOCOL" <linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] gso: fix dodgy bit handling for GSO_UDP_L4

On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 12:38 PM Willem de Bruijn
<willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 1:28 PM Yan Zhai <yan@...udflare.com> wrote:
> >
> > Commit 1fd54773c267 ("udp: allow header check for dodgy GSO_UDP_L4
> > packets.") checks DODGY bit for UDP, but for packets that can be fed
> > directly to the device after gso_segs reset, it actually falls through
> > to fragmentation:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAJPywTKDdjtwkLVUW6LRA2FU912qcDmQOQGt2WaDo28KzYDg+A@mail.gmail.com/
> >
> > This change restores the expected behavior of GSO_UDP_L4 packets.
> >
> > Fixes: 1fd54773c267 ("udp: allow header check for dodgy GSO_UDP_L4 packets.")
> > Suggested-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Yan Zhai <yan@...udflare.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
>
> for next time: places hyperlinks in the block of tags at the bottom of
> the commit as "Link: ${URL}"

Good to learn, thanks!
--
Yan