Re: [PATCH net v2] net: Reset MAC header for direct packet transmission

On Mon Mar 29 2021, Eric Dumazet wrote:

Note that last year, I addressed the issue differently in commit
96cc4b69581db68efc9749ef32e9cf8e0160c509
("macvlan: do not assume mac_header is set in macvlan_broadcast()")
(amended with commit 1712b2fff8c682d145c7889d2290696647d82dab
"macvlan: use skb_reset_mac_header() in macvlan_queue_xmit()")

My reasoning was that in TX path, when ndo_start_xmit() is called, MAC
header is essentially skb->data,
so I was hoping to _remove_ skb_reset_mac_header(skb) eventually from
the fast path (aka __dev_queue_xmit),
because most drivers do not care about MAC header, they just use skb->data.

I understand it is more difficult to review drivers instead of just
adding more code in  __dev_direct_xmit()

In hsr case, I do not really see why the existing check can not be
simply reworked ?

It can be reworked, no problem. I just thought it might be better to add
it to the generic code just in case there are more drivers suffering
from the issue.

hsr_forward_skb() has four call sites. Three of them make sure that the
header is properly set. The Tx path does not. So, maybe something like
below?

Thanks,
Kurt

diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
index 7444ec6e298e..bfcdc75fc01e 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c

@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t hsr_dev_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
        master = hsr_port_get_hsr(hsr, HSR_PT_MASTER);
        if (master) {
                skb->dev = master->dev;
+               skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
                hsr_forward_skb(skb, master);
        } else {
                atomic_long_inc(&dev->tx_dropped);

diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c b/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c
index ed82a470b6e1..b218e4594009 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_forward.c

@@ -555,12 +555,6 @@ void hsr_forward_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct hsr_port *port)
 {
        struct hsr_frame_info frame;

-       if (skb_mac_header(skb) != skb->data) {
-               WARN_ONCE(1, "%s:%d: Malformed frame (port_src %s)\n",
-                         __FILE__, __LINE__, port->dev->name);
-               goto out_drop;
-       }
-