Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx4_en: Force CHECKSUM_NONE for short ethernet frames

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@mellanox.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:02:43 +0200

> From: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@mellanox.com>
> 
> When an ethernet frame is padded to meet the minimum ethernet frame
> size, the padding octets are not covered by the hardware checksum.
> Fortunately the padding octets are usually zero's, which don't affect
> checksum. However, it is not guaranteed. For example, switches might
> choose to make other use of these octets.
> This repeatedly causes kernel hardware checksum fault.
> 
> Prior to the cited commit below, skb checksum was forced to be
> CHECKSUM_NONE when padding is detected. After it, we need to keep
> skb->csum updated. However, fixing up CHECKSUM_COMPLETE requires to
> verify and parse IP headers, it does not worth the effort as the packets
> are so small that CHECKSUM_COMPLETE has no significant advantage.
> 
> Fixes: 88078d98d1bb ("net: pskb_trim_rcsum() and CHECKSUM_COMPLETE are friends")
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@mellanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@mellanox.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Hi Dave,
> Please queue for -stable >= v4.18.

Please look into Eric's feedback and update the comment as needed.

Thank you.