From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] virtio-net: don't do header check for dodgy gso packets Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 11:31:49 +0200 Message-ID: <20141203093149.GA9487@redhat.com> References: <1417588844-11095-1-git-send-email-jasowang@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org To: Jason Wang Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1417588844-11095-1-git-send-email-jasowang@redhat.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org Errors-To: virtualization-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 03, 2014 at 02:40:44PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > There's no need to do header check for virito-net since: s/virito/virtio/ > > - Host set dodgy for all gso packets from guest and check the header. s/set/sets/ > - Host should prepare for all kinds of evil packets from guest, since s/prepare/be prepared/ > malicious guest can send any kinds of packet. > > So this patch sets NETIF_F_GSO_ROBUST for virtio-net to skip the check. > > Cc: Rusty Russell > Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin > Signed-off-by: Jason Wang with the comment fixes: Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin > --- > drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 2 ++ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c > index b0bc8ea..4cd242b 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c > +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c > @@ -1760,6 +1760,8 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev) > if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_ECN)) > dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_TSO_ECN; > > + dev->features |= NETIF_F_GSO_ROBUST; > + > if (gso) > dev->features |= dev->hw_features & NETIF_F_ALL_TSO; > /* (!csum && gso) case will be fixed by register_netdev() */ > -- > 1.9.1 > > _______________________________________________ > Virtualization mailing list > Virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization