* [PATCH net v2 1/3] net: stmmac: honour Rx checksum errors in the AF_XDP zero-copy path
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@ 2026-11-04 15:19 ` Christian Schmidbauer
2026-11-04 15:19 ` [PATCH net v2 2/3] net: stmmac: dwmac1000: don't discard frames with only a checksum error Christian Schmidbauer
2026-11-04 15:19 ` [PATCH net v2 3/3] net: stmmac: dwmac1000: stop hardware from dropping checksum-error packets Christian Schmidbauer
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From: Christian Schmidbauer @ 2026-11-04 15:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: maxime.chevallier, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni,
Oleksij Rempel, Christian Schmidbauer, stable, Maxime Coquelin,
Alexandre Torgue, Alexei Starovoitov, Daniel Borkmann,
Jesper Dangaard Brouer, John Fastabend, Stanislav Fomichev,
Ong Boon Leong, linux-stm32, linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel, bpf
Commit ee0aace5f844 ("net: stmmac: Correctly handle Rx checksum offload
errors") taught stmmac_rx() to honour the csum_none status, but
stmmac_dispatch_skb_zc() still ignores it and sets CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY
for every IP frame whenever the checksum offload engine (CoE) is
enabled.
Since commit fe4042797651 ("net: stmmac: dwmac4: stop hardware from
dropping checksum-error packets") dwmac4 delivers such frames instead of
dropping them, so this path receives them.
Mark the skb CHECKSUM_NONE when csum_none is set, as stmmac_rx() does.
Fixes: bba2556efad6 ("net: stmmac: Enable RX via AF_XDP zero-copy")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
Signed-off-by: Christian Schmidbauer <opensource@grische.xyz>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 7ffed295eb14..3e5803db19b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -5547,7 +5547,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *stmmac_construct_skb_zc(struct stmmac_channel *ch,
static void stmmac_dispatch_skb_zc(struct stmmac_priv *priv, u32 queue,
struct dma_desc *p, struct dma_desc *np,
- struct xdp_buff *xdp)
+ struct xdp_buff *xdp, int status)
{
struct stmmac_rxq_stats *rxq_stats = &priv->xstats.rxq_stats[queue];
struct stmmac_channel *ch = &priv->channel[queue];
@@ -5575,7 +5575,8 @@ static void stmmac_dispatch_skb_zc(struct stmmac_priv *priv, u32 queue,
skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, priv->dev);
- if (unlikely(!coe) || !stmmac_has_ip_ethertype(skb))
+ if (unlikely(!coe) || !stmmac_has_ip_ethertype(skb) ||
+ (status & csum_none))
skb_checksum_none_assert(skb);
else
skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
@@ -5789,7 +5790,8 @@ static int stmmac_rx_zc(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
switch (res) {
case STMMAC_XDP_PASS:
- stmmac_dispatch_skb_zc(priv, queue, p, np, buf->xdp);
+ stmmac_dispatch_skb_zc(priv, queue, p, np, buf->xdp,
+ status);
xsk_buff_free(buf->xdp);
break;
case STMMAC_XDP_CONSUMED:
--
2.54.0
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2026-11-04 15:19 ` [PATCH net v2 1/3] net: stmmac: honour Rx checksum errors in the AF_XDP zero-copy path Christian Schmidbauer
@ 2026-11-04 15:19 ` Christian Schmidbauer
2026-11-04 15:19 ` [PATCH net v2 3/3] net: stmmac: dwmac1000: stop hardware from dropping checksum-error packets Christian Schmidbauer
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From: Christian Schmidbauer @ 2026-11-04 15:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: maxime.chevallier, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni,
Oleksij Rempel, Christian Schmidbauer, stable, Maxime Coquelin,
Alexandre Torgue, Aaro Koskinen, linux-stm32, linux-arm-kernel,
linux-kernel
On dwmac1000 with enhanced descriptors, the hardware sets the Error
Summary (ES) bit of the Rx descriptor not only for L2 errors but also
for an L3/L4 checksum error. enh_desc_get_rx_status() returns
discard_frame whenever ES is set, and since commit 1b746ce8b397 ("net:
stmmac: don't overwrite discard_frame status") the checksum status is
only evaluated for good frames.
Return discard_frame only when ES comes with one of the L2 error bits.
A frame with only a checksum error is then reported as csum_none and
reaches the stack as CHECKSUM_NONE, so the stack verifies the checksum
itself. This matches dwmac4, whose Error Summary bit does not cover
checksum errors.
RDES0 bit 7 is not in the mask, because depending on the core and on
Rx checksum offload it reports a timestamp, an IP header checksum error
or a giant frame, and enh_desc_get_rx_status() cannot tell which. In
threshold Rx mode, a giant frame that fits one buffer therefore reaches
the stack with a verified FCS.
Also remove the pr_err that enh_desc_get_rx_status() prints when bit 7
is set. Once the MAC stops dropping checksum-error frames, any host on
the link can flood the kernel log by sending frames with a bad IPv4
header checksum.
This prepares for setting DMA_CONTROL_DT, which makes the MAC deliver
checksum-error frames instead of dropping them in its Rx FIFO.
Fixes: 1b746ce8b397 ("net: stmmac: don't overwrite discard_frame status")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.6.x: ee0aace5f844: net: stmmac: Correctly handle Rx checksum offload errors
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.6.x
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Christian Schmidbauer <opensource@grische.xyz>
---
v2:
- Drop RDES0_LENGTH_ERROR from the mask of Error Summary bits. The
length check further down already discards such a frame.
- Explain in the commit message why RDES0 bit 7 is not treated as an
L2 error.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20261020190319.884375-1-opensource@grische.xyz/
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/enh_desc.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/enh_desc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/enh_desc.c
index 7ece8d4157a8..d0622f2605aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/enh_desc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/enh_desc.c
@@ -216,9 +216,6 @@ static int enh_desc_get_rx_status(struct stmmac_extra_stats *x,
if (unlikely(rdes0 & RDES0_OVERFLOW_ERROR))
x->rx_gmac_overflow++;
- if (unlikely(rdes0 & RDES0_IPC_CSUM_ERROR))
- pr_err("\tIPC Csum Error/Giant frame\n");
-
if (unlikely(rdes0 & RDES0_COLLISION))
x->rx_collision++;
if (unlikely(rdes0 & RDES0_RECEIVE_WATCHDOG))
@@ -230,7 +227,10 @@ static int enh_desc_get_rx_status(struct stmmac_extra_stats *x,
if (unlikely(rdes0 & RDES0_CRC_ERROR)) {
x->rx_crc_errors++;
}
- ret = discard_frame;
+ if (rdes0 & (RDES0_DESCRIPTOR_ERROR | RDES0_OVERFLOW_ERROR |
+ RDES0_COLLISION | RDES0_RECEIVE_WATCHDOG |
+ RDES0_MII_ERROR | RDES0_CRC_ERROR))
+ ret = discard_frame;
}
/* After a payload csum error, the ES bit is set.
--
2.54.0
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2026-11-04 15:19 ` [PATCH net v2 1/3] net: stmmac: honour Rx checksum errors in the AF_XDP zero-copy path Christian Schmidbauer
2026-11-04 15:19 ` [PATCH net v2 2/3] net: stmmac: dwmac1000: don't discard frames with only a checksum error Christian Schmidbauer
@ 2026-11-04 15:19 ` Christian Schmidbauer
2 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Christian Schmidbauer @ 2026-11-04 15:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
Cc: maxime.chevallier, andrew+netdev, davem, edumazet, kuba, pabeni,
Oleksij Rempel, Christian Schmidbauer, stable, Maxime Coquelin,
Alexandre Torgue, Giuseppe Cavallaro, linux-stm32,
linux-arm-kernel, linux-kernel
When the checksum offload engine (CoE) is enabled, the dwmac1000 MAC
silently drops any frame for which the engine detects a checksum error,
before the driver sees it.
This breaks VXLAN over IPv6 with zero UDP checksums, which RFC 6935 and
RFC 6936 allow for tunnels.
Set DMA_CONTROL_DT so that such frames are delivered instead of dropped,
as commit fe4042797651 ("net: stmmac: dwmac4: stop hardware from
dropping checksum-error packets") did for dwmac4. CoE remains enabled,
so the driver still sees the error status and marks the skb
CHECKSUM_NONE for the stack to verify.
Set the bit only with enhanced descriptors. The normal descriptor parser
does not report a checksum-only error to the stack, so cores that use
it keep dropping such frames in hardware anyway.
Tested on an Aruba AP-325 (ipq806x-gmac-dwmac) with Rx checksum offload
on.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250625132117.1b3264e8@kernel.org/
Link: https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/3783
Fixes: 47dd7a540b8a ("net: add support for STMicroelectronics Ethernet controllers.")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.6.x: ee0aace5f844: net: stmmac: Correctly handle Rx checksum offload errors
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.6.x
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-8
Signed-off-by: Christian Schmidbauer <opensource@grische.xyz>
---
Depends on patches 1 and 2 of this series.
v2:
- Set DMA_CONTROL_DT only with enhanced descriptors. The normal
descriptor parser does not report a checksum-only error, so cores
with normal descriptors and Type 2 CoE keep the hardware drop.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20261020190319.884375-1-opensource@grische.xyz/
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000.h | 1 +
drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_dma.c | 8 ++++++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000.h
index 1de1f929d61c..004e6e30a68b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000.h
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ enum rx_tx_priority_ratio {
/* DMA operation mode defines (start/stop tx/rx are placed in common header)*/
/* Disable Drop TCP/IP csum error */
+#define DMA_CONTROL_DT 0x04000000
#define DMA_CONTROL_RSF 0x02000000 /* Receive Store and Forward */
#define DMA_CONTROL_DFF 0x01000000 /* Disaable flushing */
/* Threshold for Activating the FC */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_dma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_dma.c
index 3ac7a7949529..31d5f79ef560 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_dma.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <linux/io.h>
#include "dwmac1000.h"
#include "dwmac_dma.h"
+#include "stmmac.h"
static void dwmac1000_dma_axi(void __iomem *ioaddr, struct stmmac_axi *axi)
{
@@ -129,6 +130,13 @@ static void dwmac1000_dma_operation_mode_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
{
u32 csr6 = readl(ioaddr + DMA_CHAN_CONTROL(channel));
+ /* Deliver checksum-error frames only with enhanced
+ * descriptors, because the normal descriptor parser does not
+ * report a checksum-only error.
+ */
+ if (priv->plat->enh_desc)
+ csr6 |= DMA_CONTROL_DT;
+
if (mode == SF_DMA_MODE) {
pr_debug("GMAC: enable RX store and forward mode\n");
csr6 |= DMA_CONTROL_RSF | DMA_CONTROL_DFF;
--
2.54.0
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