kernel/linux.git/drivers/net/geneve.c, branch v7.1

geneve: fix length used in GRO hint UDP checksum adjustment

2026-06-04T08:48:46+00:00

In geneve_post_decap_hint the length used for adjusting the UDP checksum should be 'skb->len - gro_hint->nested_tp_offset' (UDP length) instead of 'skb->len - gro_hint->nested_nh_offset' (IP length). Fixes: fd0dd796576e ("geneve: use GRO hint option in the RX path") Cc: Paolo Abeni Reported-by: Sashiko Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260521131436.748832-1-jhs%40mojatatu.com Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart Reviewed-by: Simon Horman Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260529144713.780938-1-atenart@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

drivers: net: drop ipv6_stub usage and use direct function calls

2026-03-29T18:21:23+00:00

As IPv6 is built-in only, the ipv6_stub infrastructure is no longer necessary. Convert all drivers currently utilizing ipv6_stub to make direct function calls. The fallback functions introduced previously will prevent linkage errors when CONFIG_IPV6 is disabled. Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera Tested-by: Ricardo B. Marlière Reviewed-by: Jason A. Donenfeld Reviewed-by: Antonio Quartulli Reviewed-by: Edward Cree Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260325120928.15848-7-fmancera@suse.de Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

geneve: use GRO hint option in the RX path

2026-01-23T19:31:14+00:00

At the GRO stage, when a valid hint option is found, try match the whole nested headers and try to aggregate on the inner protocol; in case of hdr mismatch extract the nested address and port to properly flush on a per-inner flow basis. On GRO completion, the (unmodified) nested headers will be considered part of the (constant) outer geneve encap header so that plain UDP tunnel segmentation will yield valid wire packets. In the geneve RX path, when processing a GSO packet carrying a GRO hint option, update the nested header length fields from the wire packet size to the GSO-packet one. If the nested header additionally carries a checksum, convert it to CSUM-partial. Finally, when the RX path leverages the GRO hints, skip the additional GRO stage done by GRO cells: otherwise the already set skb->encapsulation flag will foul the GRO cells complete step to use touch the innermost IP header when it should update the nested csum, corrupting the packet. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Link: https://patch.msgid.link/4a9a390588a429191e0ffe48ccdd288bb69e567e.1769011015.git.pabeni@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

geneve: extract hint option at GRO stage

2026-01-23T19:31:14+00:00

Add helpers for finding a GRO hint option in the geneve header, performing basic sanitization of the option offsets vs the actual packet layout, validate the option for GRO aggregation and check the nested header checksum. The validation helper closely mirrors similar check performed by the ipv4 and ipv6 gro callbacks, with the additional twist of accessing the relevant network header via the GRO hint offset. To validate the nested UDP checksum, leverage the csum completed of the outer header, similarly to LCO, with the main difference that in this case we have the outer checksum available. Use the helpers to extract the hint info at the GRO stage. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Link: https://patch.msgid.link/cd0e9dc42ba83f388b604097cffe268ffcb53351.1769011015.git.pabeni@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

geneve: add GRO hint output path

2026-01-23T19:31:14+00:00

If a geneve egress packet contains nested UDP encap headers, add a geneve option including the information necessary on the RX side to perform GRO aggregation of the whole packets: the nested network and transport headers, and the nested protocol type. Use geneve option class `netdev`, already registered in the Network Virtualization Overlay (NVO3) IANA registry: https://www.iana.org/assignments/nvo3/nvo3.xhtml#Linux-NetDev. To pass the GRO hint information across the different xmit path functions, store them in the skb control buffer, to avoid adding additional arguments. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Link: https://patch.msgid.link/aa614567f7bdb776d693041375bede4990a19649.1769011015.git.pabeni@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

geneve: pass the geneve device ptr to geneve_build_skb()

2026-01-23T19:31:14+00:00

Instead of handing to it the geneve configuration in multiple arguments. This already avoids some code duplication and we are going to pass soon more arguments to such function. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Link: https://patch.msgid.link/761f05690646181fffc533ee4db59b68e5c3a0c3.1769011015.git.pabeni@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

geneve: constify geneve_hlen()

2026-01-23T19:31:14+00:00

Such helper does not modify the argument; constifying it will additionally simplify later patches. Additionally move the definition earlier, still for later's patchesi sake. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Link: https://patch.msgid.link/ea9e279b9544e8644194508dd9a4320ee455fa95.1769011015.git.pabeni@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

geneve: add netlink support for GRO hint

2026-01-23T19:31:14+00:00

Allow configuring and dumping the new device option, and cache its value into the geneve socket itself. The new option is not tie to it any code yet. Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni Link: https://patch.msgid.link/2295d4e4d1e919a3189425141bbc71c7850a2de0.1769011015.git.pabeni@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski