IPv6 checksum tests with unaligned addresses on 64-bit builds result
in unexpected failures.
Expected expected == csum_result, but
expected == 46591 (0xb5ff)
csum_result == 46381 (0xb52d)
with alignment offset 1
Oddly enough, the problem disappeared after adding test code into
the beginning of csum_ipv6_magic().
As it turns out, the 'sum' parameter of csum_ipv6_magic() is declared as
__wsum, which is a 32-bit variable. However, it is treated as 64-bit
variable in the 64-bit assembler code. Tests showed that the upper 32 bit
of the register used to pass the variable are _not_ cleared when entering
the function. This can result in checksum calculation errors.
Clearing the upper 32 bit of 'sum' as first operation in the assembler
code fixes the problem.
Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Updated subject, clarified that the problem only affects 64-bit builds,
added Helge's Acked-by: tag.
arch/parisc/include/asm/checksum.h | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/checksum.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/checksum.h
index c949aa20fa16..2aceebcd695c 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/checksum.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/checksum.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ static __inline__ __sum16 csum_ipv6_magic(const struct in6_addr *saddr,
** Try to keep 4 registers with "live" values ahead of the ALU.
*/
+" depdi 0, 31, 32, %0\n"/* clear upper half of incoming checksum */
" ldd,ma 8(%1), %4\n" /* get 1st saddr word */
" ldd,ma 8(%2), %5\n" /* get 1st daddr word */
" add %4, %0, %0\n"
--
2.39.2
