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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/virtio_net.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c index 4029c56dfcf0..f7ed99561c19 100644 --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c @@ -3112,8 +3112,16 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev) dev->features |= dev->hw_features & NETIF_F_ALL_TSO; /* (!csum && gso) case will be fixed by register_netdev() */ } - if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM)) - dev->features |= NETIF_F_RXCSUM; + + /* 1. With VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM negotiation, the driver doesn't + * need to calculate checksums for partially checksummed packets, + * as they're considered valid by the upper layer. + * 2. Without VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM negotiation, the driver only + * receives fully checksummed packets. The device may assist in + * validating these packets' checksums, so the driver won't have to. + */ + dev->features |= NETIF_F_RXCSUM; + if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO4) || virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO6)) dev->features |= NETIF_F_GRO_HW; |