On Nov 26, 2025, at 1:29 AM, Jason Wang [off-list ref] wrote:

On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM Jon Kohler [off-list ref] wrote:

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Commit a2fb4bc4e2a6 ("net: implement virtio helpers to handle UDP
GSO tunneling.") inadvertently altered checksum offload behavior
for guests not using UDP GSO tunneling.

Before, tun_put_user called tun_vnet_hdr_from_skb, which passed
has_data_valid = true to virtio_net_hdr_from_skb.

After, tun_put_user began calling tun_vnet_hdr_tnl_from_skb instead,
which passes has_data_valid = false into both call sites.

This caused virtio hdr flags to not include VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID
for SKBs where skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY. As a result,
guests are forced to recalculate checksums unnecessarily.

Restore the previous behavior by ensuring has_data_valid = true is
passed in the !tnl_gso_type case, but only from tun side, as
virtio_net_hdr_tnl_from_skb() is used also by the virtio_net driver,
which in turn must not use VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID on tx.

Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Fixes: a2fb4bc4e2a6 ("net: implement virtio helpers to handle UDP GSO tunneling.")
Signed-off-by: Jon Kohler <redacted>
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Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>

(Should this go -stable?)

Thanks

It could, sure. This made it into 6.17 branch.

Would you like me to send a separate patch with a Cc: stable
or could someone just edit the commit msg when they queue
this?