netdev - [net-next PATCH 03/11] net: ravb: Drop IP protocol check from RX csum verification

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Message-Id: <20240930160845.8520-4-paul@pbarker.dev>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:08:37 +0100
From: Paul Barker <paul@...rker.dev>
To: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@...renesas.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
	Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@...natech.se>,
	Biju Das <biju.das.jz@...renesas.com>,
	Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [net-next PATCH 03/11] net: ravb: Drop IP protocol check from RX csum verification

From: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@...renesas.com>

We do not need to confirm that the protocol is IPv4. If the hardware
encounters an unsupported protocol, it will set the checksum value to
0xFFFF.

Signed-off-by: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@...renesas.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
index f1b487152555..f3913c164161 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
@@ -781,8 +781,7 @@ static void ravb_rx_csum_gbeth(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	else
 		skb_trim(skb, skb->len - 2 * sizeof(__sum16));
 
-	/* TODO: IPV6 Rx checksum */
-	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP) && !csum_proto)
+	if (!csum_proto)
 		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 }
 
-- 
2.43.0