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net: Make skb_segment not to compute checksum if network controller supports checksumming

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Problem:
TCP checksum in the output path is not being offloaded during GSO
in the following case:
The network driver does not support scatter-gather but supports
checksum offload with NETIF_F_HW_CSUM.

Cause:
skb_segment calls skb_copy_and_csum_bits if the network driver
does not announce NETIF_F_SG. It does not check if the driver
supports NETIF_F_HW_CSUM.
So for devices which might want to offload checksum but do not support SG
there is currently no way to do so if GSO is enabled.

Solution:
In skb_segment check if the network controller does checksum and if so
call skb_copy_bits instead of skb_copy_and_csum_bits.

Testing:
Without the patch, ran iperf TCP traffic with NETIF_F_HW_CSUM enabled
in the network driver. Observed the TCP checksum offload is not happening
since the skbs received by the driver in the output path have
skb->ip_summed set to CHECKSUM_NONE.

With the patch ran iperf TCP traffic and observed that TCP checksum
is being offloaded with skb->ip_summed set to CHECKSUM_PARTIAL.
Also tested with the patch by disabling NETIF_F_HW_CSUM in the driver
to cover the newly introduced if-else code path in skb_segment.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CA+FuTSeYGYr3Umij+Mezk9CUcaxYwqEe5sPSuXF8jPE2yMFJAw@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Yadu Kishore <kyk.segfault@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Yadu Kishore 2020-03-17 14:08:38 +05:30 committed by David S. Miller
parent fe1f4fc106
commit 1454c9fa91
1 changed files with 15 additions and 8 deletions
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net/core/skbuff.c
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@ -3926,14 +3926,21 @@ normal:
goto perform_csum_check;
if (!sg) {
if (!nskb->remcsum_offload)
nskb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
SKB_GSO_CB(nskb)->csum =
skb_copy_and_csum_bits(head_skb, offset,
skb_put(nskb, len),
len, 0);
SKB_GSO_CB(nskb)->csum_start =
skb_headroom(nskb) + doffset;
if (!csum) {
if (!nskb->remcsum_offload)
nskb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
SKB_GSO_CB(nskb)->csum =
skb_copy_and_csum_bits(head_skb, offset,
skb_put(nskb,
len),
len, 0);
SKB_GSO_CB(nskb)->csum_start =
skb_headroom(nskb) + doffset;
} else {
skb_copy_bits(head_skb, offset,
skb_put(nskb, len),
len);
}
continue;
}