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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/checksum-offloads.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/checksum-offloads.txt | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/checksum-offloads.txt b/Documentation/networking/checksum-offloads.txt index 56e36861245f..d52d191bbb0c 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/checksum-offloads.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/checksum-offloads.txt @@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ This interface only allows a single checksum to be offloaded. Where encapsulation is used, the packet may have multiple checksum fields in different header layers, and the rest will have to be handled by another mechanism such as LCO or RCO. +CRC32c can also be offloaded using this interface, by means of filling + skb->csum_start and skb->csum_offset as described above, and setting + skb->csum_not_inet: see skbuff.h comment (section 'D') for more details. No offloading of the IP header checksum is performed; it is always done in software. This is OK because when we build the IP header, we obviously have it in cache, so summing it isn't expensive. It's also rather short. @@ -49,9 +52,9 @@ A driver declares its offload capabilities in netdev->hw_features; see and csum_offset given in the SKB; if it tries to deduce these itself in hardware (as some NICs do) the driver should check that the values in the SKB match those which the hardware will deduce, and if not, fall back to - checksumming in software instead (with skb_checksum_help or one of the - skb_csum_off_chk* functions as mentioned in include/linux/skbuff.h). This - is a pain, but that's what you get when hardware tries to be clever. + checksumming in software instead (with skb_csum_hwoffload_help() or one of + the skb_checksum_help() / skb_crc32c_csum_help functions, as mentioned in + include/linux/skbuff.h). The stack should, for the most part, assume that checksum offload is supported by the underlying device. The only place that should check is @@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ The stack should, for the most part, assume that checksum offload is may include other offloads besides TX Checksum Offload) and, if they are not supported or enabled on the device (determined by netdev->features), performs the corresponding offload in software. In the case of TX - Checksum Offload, that means calling skb_checksum_help(skb). + Checksum Offload, that means calling skb_csum_hwoffload_help(skb, features). LCO: Local Checksum Offload |