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Date:      Fri, 5 Sep 2025 21:09:11 +0000 (UTC)
From:      "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
To:        Michael Tuexen <tuexen@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org,  dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: git: 1c23d8f9f398 - main - vtnet: improve checksum offloading
Message-ID:  <23rq9r12-75nn-sqs8-06o7-p785s2q915o3@yvfgf.mnoonqbm.arg>
In-Reply-To: <202509041126.584BQBBt067763@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
References:  <202509041126.584BQBBt067763@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, 4 Sep 2025, Michael Tuexen wrote:

> The branch main has been updated by tuexen:
>
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=1c23d8f9f39870951c1d0dfbb112fc4e53237737
>
> commit 1c23d8f9f39870951c1d0dfbb112fc4e53237737
> Author:     Michael Tuexen <tuexen@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2025-09-04 11:16:46 +0000
> Commit:     Michael Tuexen <tuexen@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2025-09-04 11:16:46 +0000
>
>    vtnet: improve checksum offloading
>
>    When transmitting a packet over the vtnet interface, map the
>    csum flags CSUM_DATA_VALID | CSUM_PSEUDO_HDR to the virtio
>    flag VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID.
>    When receiving a packet over the virtio network channel, translate
>    the virtio flag VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM not to CSUM_DATA_VALID |
>    CSUM_PSEUDO_HDR, but to CSUM_TCP, CSUM_TCP_IPV6, CSUM_UDP, or
>    CSUM_UDP_IPV6.
>    The second change fixes a series of issue related to checksum
>    offloading for if_vtnet.
>    While there, improve the stats counters to allow a detailed view
>    on what is going on in relation to checksum offloading.
>
>    PR:                     165059
>    Reviewed by:            tuexen, manpages
>    MFC after:              1 week
>    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D51686


This fails to build a LINT-NOIP now.  Makes me wonder what good vtnet is
in first place w/o INET and w/o INET6?

33       | ^~~~~~~~~~~
34 1 warning generated.
35 /tank/users/bz/git/FreeBSD/freebsd-src/sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnet.c:1825:9: error: call to undeclared function 'in_cksum_skip'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
36  1825 |         csum = in_cksum_skip(m, m->m_pkthdr.len, hdr->csum_start);
37       |                ^
38 /tank/users/bz/git/FreeBSD/freebsd-src/sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnet.c:1849:6: error: variable 'hoff' set but not used [-Werror,-Wunused-but-set-variable]
39  1849 |         int hoff, protocol;
40       |             ^
41 2 errors generated.
42 --- if_vtnet.o ---
43 *** [if_vtnet.o] Error code 1


> ---
> share/man/man4/vtnet.4               |  28 +++--
> sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnet.c    | 220 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnetvar.h |   2 +-
> 3 files changed, 132 insertions(+), 118 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/share/man/man4/vtnet.4 b/share/man/man4/vtnet.4



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