[patch 05/15] virtio_net: Fix skb->csum_start computation

From: Greg KH
Date: Thu Jun 19 2008 - 17:33:05 EST



2.6.25-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us
know.

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From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 23cde76d801246a702e7a84c3fe3d655b35c89a1 upstream.

hdr->csum_start is the offset from the start of the ethernet
header to the transport layer checksum field. skb->csum_start
is the offset from skb->head.

skb_partial_csum_set() assumes that skb->data points to the
ethernet header - i.e. it computes skb->csum_start by adding
the headroom to hdr->csum_start.

Since eth_type_trans() skb_pull()s the ethernet header,
skb_partial_csum_set() should be called before
eth_type_trans().

(Without this patch, GSO packets from a guest to the world outside the
host are corrupted).

Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ static void receive_skb(struct net_devic
BUG_ON(len > MAX_PACKET_LEN);

skb_trim(skb, len);
- skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
- pr_debug("Receiving skb proto 0x%04x len %i type %i\n",
- ntohs(skb->protocol), skb->len, skb->pkt_type);
+
dev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
dev->stats.rx_packets++;

@@ -95,6 +93,10 @@ static void receive_skb(struct net_devic
goto frame_err;
}

+ skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
+ pr_debug("Receiving skb proto 0x%04x len %i type %i\n",
+ ntohs(skb->protocol), skb->len, skb->pkt_type);
+
if (hdr->gso_type != VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_NONE) {
pr_debug("GSO!\n");
switch (hdr->gso_type & ~VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_ECN) {

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