On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 03:16:08PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 10:53:01AM +0800, Jason Wang wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM Xuan Zhuo <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > The commit be50da3e9d4a ("net: virtio_net: implement exact header length > > > > guest feature") introduces support for the VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_HDRLEN > > > > feature in virtio-net. > > > > > > > > This feature requires virtio-net to set hdr_len to the actual header > > > > length of the packet when transmitting, the number of > > > > bytes from the start of the packet to the beginning of the > > > > transport-layer payload. > > > > > > > > However, in practice, hdr_len was being set using skb_headlen(skb), > > > > which is clearly incorrect. This commit fixes that issue. > > > > > > I still think it would be more safe to check the feature > > > > which feature VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_HDRLEN ? > > > > Yes. > > Thanks
Seems more conservative for sure, though an extra mode to maintain isn't great. Hmm? -- MST
