From: Jon Kohler <jon@nutanix.com>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>,
"Jason Wang" <jasowang@redhat.com>,
"Xuan Zhuo" <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>,
"Eugenio Pérez" <eperezma@redhat.com>,
"Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
virtualization@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jon Kohler <jon@nutanix.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] virtio-net: avoid unnecessary checksum calculation on guest RX
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:51:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251125175117.995179-1-jon@nutanix.com> (raw)
Commit a2fb4bc4e2a6 ("net: implement virtio helpers to handle UDP
GSO tunneling.") inadvertently altered checksum offload behavior
for guests not using UDP GSO tunneling.
Before, tun_put_user called tun_vnet_hdr_from_skb, which passed
has_data_valid = true to virtio_net_hdr_from_skb.
After, tun_put_user began calling tun_vnet_hdr_tnl_from_skb instead,
which passes has_data_valid = false into both call sites.
This caused virtio hdr flags to not include VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID
for SKBs where skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY. As a result,
guests are forced to recalculate checksums unnecessarily.
Restore the previous behavior by ensuring has_data_valid = true is
passed in the !tnl_gso_type case.
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Fixes: a2fb4bc4e2a6 ("net: implement virtio helpers to handle UDP GSO tunneling.")
Signed-off-by: Jon Kohler <jon@nutanix.com>
---
include/linux/virtio_net.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index b673c31569f3..570c6dd1666d 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ virtio_net_hdr_tnl_from_skb(const struct sk_buff *skb,
tnl_gso_type = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & (SKB_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL |
SKB_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL_CSUM);
if (!tnl_gso_type)
- return virtio_net_hdr_from_skb(skb, hdr, little_endian, false,
+ return virtio_net_hdr_from_skb(skb, hdr, little_endian, true,
vlan_hlen);
/* Tunnel support not negotiated but skb ask for it. */
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2025-11-25 17:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-25 17:51 Jon Kohler [this message]
2025-11-25 17:57 ` [PATCH net-next] virtio-net: avoid unnecessary checksum calculation on guest RX Paolo Abeni
2025-11-25 17:59 ` Paolo Abeni
2025-11-25 20:00 ` Jon Kohler
2025-11-26 0:03 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-11-26 11:16 ` Paolo Abeni
2025-11-26 12:30 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2025-11-26 19:00 ` Jon Kohler
2025-11-26 18:58 ` Jon Kohler
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