On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 9:15 PM Heng Qi [off-list ref] wrote:

In virtio spec 0.95, VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM was designed to handle
partially checksummed packets, and the validation of fully checksummed
packets by the device is independent of VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM
negotiation. However, the specification erroneously stated:

  "If VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM is not negotiated, the device MUST set flags
   to zero and SHOULD supply a fully checksummed packet to the driver."

This statement is inaccurate because even without VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM
negotiation, the device can still set the VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID flag.
Essentially, the device can facilitate the validation of these packets'
checksums - a process known as RX checksum offloading - removing the need
for the driver to do so.

This scenario is currently not implemented in the driver and requires
correction. The necessary specification correction[1] has been made and
approved in the virtio TC vote.
[1] https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/202401/msg00011.html

Fixes: 4f49129be6fa ("virtio-net: Set RXCSUM feature if GUEST_CSUM is available")
Signed-off-by: Heng Qi <redacted>
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Acked-by: Jason Wang <redacted>

(Should we manually do checksum if RXCUSM is disabled?)

Thanks