virtio-net needs to clear the VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM feature when
loading XDP. The main reason for doing this is because
VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM allows to receive packets marked as
VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM. Such packets are not compatible with
XDP programs, because we cannot guarantee that the csum_{start, offset}
fields are correct after XDP modifies the packets.
There is also an existing problem, in the same host vm-vm (eg
[vm]<->[ovs vhost-user]<->[vm]) scenario, loading XDP will cause packet loss.
To solve the above problems, we have discussed in the [1] proposal, and
now try to solve it through the method of reprobing fields suggested
by Jason.
[1] https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-dev/202305/msg00318.html
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v1->v2:
- Squash v1's patch [1/4] and patch [2/4] into v2's patch [1/3]. @Michael S. Tsirkin
- Some minor modifications.
Heng Qi (3):
virtio-net: reprobe csum related fields for skb passed by XDP
virtio-net: support coexistence of XDP and GUEST_CSUM
virtio-net: remove GUEST_CSUM check for XDP loading
drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 181 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 166 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
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