This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
iwlwifi: mvm: checksum IPv6 fragmented packet
to the 4.7-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
iwlwifi-mvm-checksum-ipv6-fragmented-packet.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.7 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From ecf51424152bad1b2727409f42ddf1bd86f44b7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 15:15:41 +0300
Subject: iwlwifi: mvm: checksum IPv6 fragmented packet
From: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@xxxxxxxxx>
commit ecf51424152bad1b2727409f42ddf1bd86f44b7d upstream.
Our HW does not support checksum of fragmented packets.
Fix code accordingly to checksum those packets in the driver.
Signed-off-by: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 5e6a98dc4863 ("iwlwifi: mvm: enable TCP/UDP checksum support for 9000 family")
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c | 21 ++++++---------------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
@@ -138,28 +138,19 @@ static void iwl_mvm_tx_csum(struct iwl_m
protocol = ipv6h->nexthdr;
while (protocol != NEXTHDR_NONE && ipv6_ext_hdr(protocol)) {
+ struct ipv6_opt_hdr *hp;
+
/* only supported extension headers */
if (protocol != NEXTHDR_ROUTING &&
protocol != NEXTHDR_HOP &&
- protocol != NEXTHDR_DEST &&
- protocol != NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT) {
+ protocol != NEXTHDR_DEST) {
skb_checksum_help(skb);
return;
}
- if (protocol == NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT) {
- struct frag_hdr *hp =
- OPT_HDR(struct frag_hdr, skb, off);
-
- protocol = hp->nexthdr;
- off += sizeof(struct frag_hdr);
- } else {
- struct ipv6_opt_hdr *hp =
- OPT_HDR(struct ipv6_opt_hdr, skb, off);
-
- protocol = hp->nexthdr;
- off += ipv6_optlen(hp);
- }
+ hp = OPT_HDR(struct ipv6_opt_hdr, skb, off);
+ protocol = hp->nexthdr;
+ off += ipv6_optlen(hp);
}
/* if we get here - protocol now should be TCP/UDP */
#endif
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from sara.sharon@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.7/iwlwifi-pcie-fix-access-to-scratch-buffer.patch
queue-4.7/iwlwifi-mvm-checksum-ipv6-fragmented-packet.patch
queue-4.7/iwlwifi-mvm-free-rx-reorder-buffer-on-restart.patch
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