netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: reenable NETIF_F_IPV6

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Message-Id: 
 <173587083301.2085646.12235810630024319748.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 02:20:33 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
 edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com, benoit.monin@....fr,
 willemb@...gle.com, syzkaller@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: reenable NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM offload for BIG TCP
 packets

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Wed,  1 Jan 2025 11:47:40 -0500 you wrote:
> From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
> 
> The blamed commit disabled hardware offoad of IPv6 packets with
> extension headers on devices that advertise NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM,
> based on the definition of that feature in skbuff.h:
> 
>  *   * - %NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM
>  *     - Driver (device) is only able to checksum plain
>  *       TCP or UDP packets over IPv6. These are specifically
>  *       unencapsulated packets of the form IPv6|TCP or
>  *       IPv6|UDP where the Next Header field in the IPv6
>  *       header is either TCP or UDP. IPv6 extension headers
>  *       are not supported with this feature. This feature
>  *       cannot be set in features for a device with
>  *       NETIF_F_HW_CSUM also set. This feature is being
>  *       DEPRECATED (see below).
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: reenable NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM offload for BIG TCP packets
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/68e068cabd2c

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