[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/enic: set L4 checksum flags for IPv6 packets

Hyong Youb Kim hyonkim at cisco.com
Wed Jan 24 18:48:24 CET 2018


On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 05:45:48PM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 1/24/2018 5:30 PM, Hyong Youb Kim wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 05:18:37PM +0000, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> >> On 1/23/2018 1:05 AM, John Daley wrote:
> >>> From: Hyong Youb Kim <hyonkim at cisco.com>
> >>>
> >>> enic_cq_rx_to_pkt_flags() currently sets checksum good/bad flags only
> >>> for IPv4.  The hardware actually validates the TCP/UDP checksum of
> >>> IPv6 packets too. Set PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_{GOOD,BAD} accordingly.
> > [...]
> >>>  	/* checksum flags */
> >>> -	if (mbuf->packet_type & RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4) {
> >>> +	if (mbuf->packet_type & (RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4 | RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV6)) {
> >>>  		if (!enic_cq_rx_desc_csum_not_calc(cqrd)) {
> >>>  			uint32_t l4_flags;
> >>>  			l4_flags = mbuf->packet_type & RTE_PTYPE_L4_MASK;
> >>>  
> >>>  			if (enic_cq_rx_desc_ipv4_csum_ok(cqrd))
> >>>  				pkt_flags |= PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD;
> >>> -			else
> >>> +			else if (mbuf->packet_type & RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4)
> >>
> >> This looks like conflicting with commit log.
> >> Is pkt_flags intentionally not set for this case?
> >> If so can you update commit log to say only PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_GOOD set for ipv6?
> >>
> >>>  				pkt_flags |= PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_BAD;
> > 
> > Yes, it is intentional. IPv6 has no IP header checksum, and
> > PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM_{GOOD,BAD} does not apply. So, the code does not set
> > PKT_RX_IP_CKSUM for IPv6. As the commit log says, for IPv6, we are
> > only setting L4 checksum flags.
> 
> Ahh, I see.
> And I assume enic_cq_rx_desc_ipv4_csum_ok() always false for IPv6.
> 

Yes, that is correct. enic_cq_rx_desc_ipv4_csum_ok() returns true only
for IPv4. It is a bit confusing..

-Hyong


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