From: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
For IPv4 packets, the header checksum will always be checked in software
in the RX path (inet_gro_receive() calls ip_fast_csum() unconditionally)
so there is no advantage in asking the hardware to also calculate this
checksum.
Signed-off-by: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h | 2 +-
drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c | 16 +++++++++-------
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h
index 4e1e0a754cd9..98496aa39f3d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ enum CSR2_BIT {
CSR2_RDHD = 0x08000000,
};
-#define CSR2_CSUM_ENABLE (CSR2_RIP4 | CSR2_RTCP4 | CSR2_RUDP4 | CSR2_RICMP4)
+#define CSR2_CSUM_ENABLE (CSR2_RTCP4 | CSR2_RUDP4 | CSR2_RICMP4)
#define DBAT_ENTRY_NUM 22
#define RX_QUEUE_OFFSET 4
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
index b53f6062a106..f1b487152555 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
@@ -749,13 +749,18 @@ static void ravb_get_tx_tstamp(struct net_device *ndev)
static void ravb_rx_csum_gbeth(struct sk_buff *skb)
{
struct skb_shared_info *shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
- __wsum csum_ip_hdr, csum_proto;
+ __wsum csum_proto;
skb_frag_t *last_frag;
u8 *hw_csum;
/* The hardware checksum status is contained in sizeof(__sum16) * 2 = 4
- * bytes appended to packet data. First 2 bytes is ip header checksum
- * and last 2 bytes is protocol checksum.
+ * bytes appended to packet data.
+ *
+ * For ipv4, the first 2 bytes are the ip header checksum status. We can
+ * ignore this as it will always be re-checked in inet_gro_receive().
+ *
+ * The last 2 bytes are the protocol checksum status which will be zero
+ * if the checksum has been validated.
*/
if (unlikely(skb->len < sizeof(__sum16) * 2))
return;
@@ -771,16 +776,13 @@ static void ravb_rx_csum_gbeth(struct sk_buff *skb)
hw_csum -= sizeof(__sum16);
csum_proto = csum_unfold((__force __sum16)get_unaligned_le16(hw_csum));
- hw_csum -= sizeof(__sum16);
- csum_ip_hdr = csum_unfold((__force __sum16)get_unaligned_le16(hw_csum));
-
if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb))
skb_frag_size_sub(last_frag, 2 * sizeof(__sum16));
else
skb_trim(skb, skb->len - 2 * sizeof(__sum16));
/* TODO: IPV6 Rx checksum */
- if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP) && !csum_ip_hdr && !csum_proto)
+ if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP) && !csum_proto)
skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
}
--
2.43.0
