From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: passt.top; dmarc=pass (p=quarantine dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: passt.top; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=mimecast20190719 header.b=ASpFuA7+; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by passt.top (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 081BB5A061C for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:21:46 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1776356505; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=Do2APlamuKHXVYcI/wRlMPbe/Y+eZoYVY8Y97zd5gN0=; b=ASpFuA7+QBxX1AmkR5H8/5DIj9N+EU8B2MmBwX6Dh1m6EZ10sFyVHCLZai04cBh5BZjgsz Ns/KVxYvBw9hOpgi0UCKqro86qVykcoAlHazXDqiUOHcYHxbojvnPPFTOiyO7gYTJXtwwG zRjUyWXYaz0GpaMUMlCdze30FDKk9hE= Received: from mx-prod-mc-03.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (ec2-54-186-198-63.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com [54.186.198.63]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-604-hear15K4OwSMuqUglrK5EQ-1; Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:21:44 -0400 X-MC-Unique: hear15K4OwSMuqUglrK5EQ-1 X-Mimecast-MFC-AGG-ID: hear15K4OwSMuqUglrK5EQ_1776356503 Received: from mx-prod-int-08.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (mx-prod-int-08.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com [10.30.177.111]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx-prod-mc-03.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A495319560AA; Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:21:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lenovo-t14s.redhat.corp (headnet01.pony-001.prod.iad2.dc.redhat.com [10.2.32.101]) by mx-prod-int-08.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 803861800446; Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:21:42 +0000 (UTC) From: Laurent Vivier To: passt-dev@passt.top Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] vhost_user: Offer VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:21:39 +0200 Message-ID: <20260416162140.3830027-2-lvivier@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20260416162140.3830027-1-lvivier@redhat.com> References: <20260416162140.3830027-1-lvivier@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.30.177.111 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-MFC-PROC-ID: yDLWtu_ZEWGz-ImhJpwFiu_EHEfFY4HGD4Ypfq5edHM_1776356503 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"; x-default=true Message-ID-Hash: PKAODPBSXSY33J25KRP76RJL7NNYYWJT X-Message-ID-Hash: PKAODPBSXSY33J25KRP76RJL7NNYYWJT X-MailFrom: lvivier@redhat.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: Laurent Vivier , David Gibson X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.8 Precedence: list List-Id: Development discussion and patches for passt Archived-At: Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: According to the virtio-net specification, when the VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM is negotiated, the device can set VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID in the virtio-net header to indicate that packet checksums have been validated, allowing the guest to skip verification. Without this feature, the device must provide fully checksummed packets. The vhost-user TCP and UDP paths were unconditionally skipping checksum computation, regardless of whether GUEST_CSUM was negotiated. This went undetected with Linux guests because Linux's virtio-net driver honours VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID regardless of whether VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM was negotiated, marking such packets as CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY and skipping verification. iPXE, however, does not negotiate GUEST_CSUM, ignores the DATA_VALID flag entirely, and always verifies checksums. This caused TCP connections to fail: the SYN-ACK had a zero TCP checksum, iPXE rejected it, and the connection timed out in SYN_RCVD. Adding --pcap happened to mask the bug, because the pcap code path forces checksum computation to ensure correct captures. Offer VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM in the device features, and only skip checksum computation when the guest has actually negotiated it. When GUEST_CSUM is not negotiated, always compute valid checksums as required by the specification. We keep setting VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID unconditionally in VU_HEADER: when GUEST_CSUM is negotiated, the flag lets the guest skip checksum verification; when it is not, the spec says the guest should ignore the flags field, so setting it is harmless. Signed-off-by: Laurent Vivier Reviewed-by: David Gibson --- tcp_vu.c | 8 ++++++-- udp_vu.c | 7 ++++--- vhost_user.c | 1 + 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/tcp_vu.c b/tcp_vu.c index 7f7e43860b10..3da14a4942d6 100644 --- a/tcp_vu.c +++ b/tcp_vu.c @@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ int tcp_vu_send_flag(const struct ctx *c, struct tcp_tap_conn *conn, int flags) struct vu_virtq *vq = &vdev->vq[VHOST_USER_RX_QUEUE]; size_t optlen, hdrlen, iov_cnt, iov_used; struct vu_virtq_element flags_elem[2]; + uint32_t csum_flags = IP4_CSUM; struct iovec flags_iov[64]; int elem_cnt, dup_elem_cnt = 0; struct tcp_syn_opts opts; @@ -135,6 +136,9 @@ int tcp_vu_send_flag(const struct ctx *c, struct tcp_tap_conn *conn, int flags) uint32_t seq; int ret; + if (*c->pcap || !vu_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM)) + csum_flags |= TCP_CSUM; + hdrlen = tcp_vu_hdrlen(CONN_V6(conn)); elem_cnt = vu_collect(vdev, vq, &flags_elem[0], 1, @@ -173,7 +177,7 @@ int tcp_vu_send_flag(const struct ctx *c, struct tcp_tap_conn *conn, int flags) iov_from_buf(payload.iov, payload.cnt, payload.off, &opts, optlen); tcp_fill_headers(c, conn, &eh, CONN_V4(conn) ? &ip4h : NULL, CONN_V6(conn) ? &ip6h : NULL, &th, &payload, - optlen, IP4_CSUM | (*c->pcap ? TCP_CSUM : 0), seq); + optlen, csum_flags, seq); vu_pad(flags_elem[0].in_sg, iov_cnt, hdrlen + optlen); @@ -519,7 +523,7 @@ int tcp_vu_data_from_sock(const struct ctx *c, struct tcp_tap_conn *conn) hdrlen = tcp_vu_hdrlen(v6); check = IP4_CSUM; - if (*c->pcap) + if (*c->pcap || !vu_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM)) check |= TCP_CSUM; for (i = 0, previous_dlen = -1; i < frame_cnt; i++) { struct iovec *iov = &iov_vu[frame[i].idx_iovec]; diff --git a/udp_vu.c b/udp_vu.c index 8cf50ca1c38f..54d824b5530c 100644 --- a/udp_vu.c +++ b/udp_vu.c @@ -233,12 +233,13 @@ void udp_vu_sock_to_tap(const struct ctx *c, int s, int n, flow_sidx_t tosidx) if (iov_cnt > 0) { struct iov_tail data = IOV_TAIL(iov_vu, iov_cnt, VNET_HLEN); udp_vu_prepare(c, &data, toside, dlen); - if (*c->pcap) { + if (!vu_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM) || + *c->pcap) udp_vu_csum(toside, &data, dlen); + vu_pad(iov_vu, iov_cnt, hdrlen + dlen); + if (*c->pcap) pcap_iov(iov_vu, iov_cnt, VNET_HLEN, hdrlen + dlen - VNET_HLEN); - } - vu_pad(iov_vu, iov_cnt, hdrlen + dlen); vu_flush(vdev, vq, elem, elem_used, hdrlen + dlen); vu_queue_notify(vdev, vq); } diff --git a/vhost_user.c b/vhost_user.c index f062badd3311..a1259c2624c0 100644 --- a/vhost_user.c +++ b/vhost_user.c @@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ static bool vu_get_features_exec(struct vu_dev *vdev, { uint64_t features = 1ULL << VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1 | + 1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM | 1ULL << VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF | 1ULL << VHOST_F_LOG_ALL | 1ULL << VHOST_USER_F_PROTOCOL_FEATURES; -- 2.53.0