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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-10-29 08:17:05 -1000
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-10-29 08:17:05 -1000
commit4dd16e31135ea8437a720222df34e8745f385d6d (patch)
tree004c93006bf6fdd3618249deedab3fbbdc8bee30 /include/linux
parent46806af187f448b0d5481f284e7c900a57ee6a6d (diff)
parent8f44631ba02afe9fff2f0a0fb66560ab19df87fd (diff)
Merge tag 'net-7.4-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Pull networking fixes from Jakub Kicinski: "Current release - new code bugs: - mctp: usblib: fix assertion breaking esoteric builds Previous releases - regressions: - Revert advertising the TCP MSS from the configured MTU - netlink: check sk_rcvbuf before charging the dump skb - eth: - ti: am65-cpts: fix support for PTP_EXTTS_REQUEST2 ioctl - mlx4: always create the eth and ib auxiliary devices - tg3: invert restart quirk logic to restrict SNP power-down bypass - bnxt: recycle agg buffers when Rx head buffer allocation fails Previous releases - always broken: - net: fix frag_list leak in skb_segment_list() error path - sctp: reject forged cookie peer_addr with unknown address family - vxlan: keep reserved_bits across changelink - net: limit priority VLAN untag depth - inet: frags: prevent acceptance of partially authenticated reassembly - gro: do not GRO GSO packets with inconsistent payload - tcp: avoid double destroy in tcp_abort() of an unaccepted child" * tag 'net-7.4-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net: (137 commits) tun: drop batched packets while the device is down selftests: net: netlink-dumps: start a dump with a notification queued netlink: check sk_rcvbuf before charging the dump skb net/sched: act_ife: do not consume the inner header on egress openvswitch: use eth_type_trans_careful() in internal_dev_recv() net: use eth_type_trans_careful() in __dev_forward_skb2() loopback: use eth_type_trans_careful() net: add eth_type_trans_careful() tcp: initialize mapped children before route lookup tcp: fix reordering addition overflow in MTU probing tcp: avoid double destroy in tcp_abort() of an unaccepted child net: bgmac: fix TX DMA unmapping and slot cleanup gro: do not GRO GSO packets with inconsistent payload net/packet: check TX_RING fragments before memory accounting eth: bnxt: hand XDP frags over to the copybreak skb eth: bnxt: free XDP frags when xdp_do_redirect() fails eth: bnxt: don't leak buffers when XDP agg buffer allocation fails eth: bnxt: resize Rx head buffers when rx-copybreak changes eth: bnxt: recycle agg buffers when Rx head buffer allocation fails netdev-genl: ignore NETDEV_UNREGISTER rebroadcasts ...
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/etherdevice.h28
-rw-r--r--include/linux/ppp_channel.h1
2 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index df8f88f63a70..1f833ebd71ed 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -38,6 +38,34 @@ int fwnode_get_mac_address(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode, char *addr);
u32 eth_get_headlen(const struct net_device *dev, const void *data, u32 len);
__be16 eth_type_trans(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
+
+/**
+ * eth_type_trans_careful - eth_type_trans() for skbs coming from the stack
+ * @skb: buffer, possibly with less than ETH_HLEN bytes in its linear area
+ * @dev: receiving network device
+ *
+ * eth_type_trans() expects ETH_HLEN bytes in skb->head, which NIC drivers
+ * provide. Devices looping skbs from their transmit path back to the
+ * receive path (loopback, OVS internal ports) get skbs built by the stack,
+ * whose link-layer header might have been popped by tc or OVS actions.
+ *
+ * Sets skb->protocol on success.
+ *
+ * Return: SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET on success, or a drop reason. In the latter
+ * case, the caller must free @skb.
+ */
+static inline enum skb_drop_reason
+eth_type_trans_careful(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ enum skb_drop_reason reason = pskb_may_pull_reason(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+
+ if (unlikely(reason))
+ return reason;
+
+ skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
+ return SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET;
+}
+
extern const struct header_ops eth_header_ops;
int eth_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, unsigned short type,
diff --git a/include/linux/ppp_channel.h b/include/linux/ppp_channel.h
index 2f63e9a6cc88..15bc3aa4f171 100644
--- a/include/linux/ppp_channel.h
+++ b/include/linux/ppp_channel.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct ppp_channel {
void *ppp; /* opaque to channel */
int speed; /* transfer rate (bytes/second) */
bool direct_xmit; /* no qdisc, xmit directly */
+ bool xmit_offload; /* accepts GSO and CHECKSUM_PARTIAL skbs */
};
#ifdef __KERNEL__