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Jon Kohler 1cd1c47234 virtio-net: avoid unnecessary checksum calculation on guest RX
Commit a2fb4bc4e2 ("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, but only from tun side, as
virtio_net_hdr_tnl_from_skb() is used also by the virtio_net driver,
which in turn must not use VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID on tx.

cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: a2fb4bc4e2 ("net: implement virtio helpers to handle UDP GSO tunneling.")
Signed-off-by: Jon Kohler <jon@nutanix.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251125222754.1737443-1-jon@nutanix.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-11-26 19:45:54 -08:00
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