From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: davem@davemloft.net
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com,
andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
donald.hunter@gmail.com, ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net,
hawk@kernel.org, john.fastabend@gmail.com, sdf@fomichev.me,
razor@blackwall.org, dw@davidwei.uk, bpf@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next] netlink: specs: netdev: update doc for xsk tx-checksum and zc-max-segs
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:16:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260916021608.1702731-1-kuba@kernel.org> (raw)
Minor touch ups to the XSK-related doc strings in the netdev spec.
Tx checksum is (obviously?) Layer 4 (TCP/UDP), not Layer 3 (IP).
The xdp_zc_max_segs change is more subtle, I guess, but to kernel devs
saying "frags" may sound like the number of skb frags. The value includes
the head in this case. The default of 1 means single buffer, XDP_USE_SG
sockets are refused when it is 1. Let's use the word "buffer" instead
of "frag".
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
---
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---
Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml | 5 +++--
include/uapi/linux/netdev.h | 2 +-
tools/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h | 2 +-
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml
index 3e3f03bd5c29..e13461cf3fc3 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/netdev.yaml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ doc: >-
-
name: tx-checksum
doc: >-
- L3 checksum HW offload is supported by the driver.
+ L4 checksum HW offload is supported by the driver.
-
name: tx-launch-time-fifo
doc: >-
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ doc: >-
enum: xdp-act
-
name: xdp-zc-max-segs
- doc: max fragment count supported by ZC driver
+ doc: max buffer count per packet supported by ZC driver,
+ including the head buffer
type: u32
checks:
min: 1
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h b/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h
index 35ff083221c7..9026e0414fbe 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ enum netdev_xdp_rx_metadata {
* enum netdev_xsk_flags
* @NETDEV_XSK_FLAGS_TX_TIMESTAMP: HW timestamping egress packets is supported
* by the driver.
- * @NETDEV_XSK_FLAGS_TX_CHECKSUM: L3 checksum HW offload is supported by the
+ * @NETDEV_XSK_FLAGS_TX_CHECKSUM: L4 checksum HW offload is supported by the
* driver.
* @NETDEV_XSK_FLAGS_TX_LAUNCH_TIME_FIFO: Launch time HW offload is supported
* by the driver.
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h
index 35ff083221c7..9026e0414fbe 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/netdev.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ enum netdev_xdp_rx_metadata {
* enum netdev_xsk_flags
* @NETDEV_XSK_FLAGS_TX_TIMESTAMP: HW timestamping egress packets is supported
* by the driver.
- * @NETDEV_XSK_FLAGS_TX_CHECKSUM: L3 checksum HW offload is supported by the
+ * @NETDEV_XSK_FLAGS_TX_CHECKSUM: L4 checksum HW offload is supported by the
* driver.
* @NETDEV_XSK_FLAGS_TX_LAUNCH_TIME_FIFO: Launch time HW offload is supported
* by the driver.
--
2.55.0
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