[PATCH] ath10k: Use TX cksum offload only for CHECKSUM_PARTIAL

Helmut Schaa helmut.schaa at googlemail.com
Wed Jan 28 02:31:32 PST 2015


Otherwise ath10k will just checksum everything even if it did not
go through the TCP/IP stack (for example bridged frames). In the worst
case this could mean recreating the checksum for incorrect data.

Signed-off-by: Helmut Schaa <helmut.schaa at googlemail.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c
index a1bda41..e142502 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_tx.c
@@ -534,8 +534,10 @@ int ath10k_htt_tx(struct ath10k_htt *htt, struct sk_buff *msdu)
 
 	flags1 |= SM((u16)vdev_id, HTT_DATA_TX_DESC_FLAGS1_VDEV_ID);
 	flags1 |= SM((u16)tid, HTT_DATA_TX_DESC_FLAGS1_EXT_TID);
-	flags1 |= HTT_DATA_TX_DESC_FLAGS1_CKSUM_L3_OFFLOAD;
-	flags1 |= HTT_DATA_TX_DESC_FLAGS1_CKSUM_L4_OFFLOAD;
+	if (msdu->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
+		flags1 |= HTT_DATA_TX_DESC_FLAGS1_CKSUM_L3_OFFLOAD;
+		flags1 |= HTT_DATA_TX_DESC_FLAGS1_CKSUM_L4_OFFLOAD;
+	}
 
 	/* Prevent firmware from sending up tx inspection requests. There's
 	 * nothing ath10k can do with frames requested for inspection so force
-- 
1.8.4.5




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