[PATCH net v5 1/2] virtio-net: correct hdr_len handling for VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_HDRLEN

Xuan Zhuo xuanzhuo at linux.alibaba.com
Tue Nov 11 03:12:11 PST 2025


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.

Fixes: be50da3e9d4a ("net: virtio_net: implement exact header length guest feature")
Signed-off-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo at linux.alibaba.com>
---
 arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c |  1 +
 drivers/net/tun_vnet.h              |  4 ++--
 drivers/net/virtio_net.c            |  9 +++++++--
 include/linux/virtio_net.h          | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
 net/packet/af_packet.c              |  5 +++--
 5 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c b/arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c
index 0794d23f07cb..03c5baa1d0c1 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/vector_transports.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ static int raw_form_header(uint8_t *header,
 		vheader,
 		virtio_legacy_is_little_endian(),
 		false,
+		false,
 		0
 	);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun_vnet.h b/drivers/net/tun_vnet.h
index 81662328b2c7..0d376bc70dd7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun_vnet.h
+++ b/drivers/net/tun_vnet.h
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static inline int tun_vnet_hdr_from_skb(unsigned int flags,
 
 	if (virtio_net_hdr_from_skb(skb, hdr,
 				    tun_vnet_is_little_endian(flags), true,
-				    vlan_hlen)) {
+				    false, vlan_hlen)) {
 		struct skb_shared_info *sinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
 
 		if (net_ratelimit()) {
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ tun_vnet_hdr_tnl_from_skb(unsigned int flags,
 
 	if (virtio_net_hdr_tnl_from_skb(skb, tnl_hdr, has_tnl_offload,
 					tun_vnet_is_little_endian(flags),
-					vlan_hlen)) {
+					false, vlan_hlen)) {
 		struct virtio_net_hdr_v1 *hdr = &tnl_hdr->hash_hdr.hdr;
 		struct skb_shared_info *sinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 0369dda5ed60..b335c88a8cd6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -3317,9 +3317,13 @@ static int xmit_skb(struct send_queue *sq, struct sk_buff *skb, bool orphan)
 	const unsigned char *dest = ((struct ethhdr *)skb->data)->h_dest;
 	struct virtnet_info *vi = sq->vq->vdev->priv;
 	struct virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash_tunnel *hdr;
-	int num_sg;
 	unsigned hdr_len = vi->hdr_len;
+	bool hdrlen_negotiated;
 	bool can_push;
+	int num_sg;
+
+	hdrlen_negotiated = virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev,
+					       VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_HDRLEN);
 
 	pr_debug("%s: xmit %p %pM\n", vi->dev->name, skb, dest);
 
@@ -3339,7 +3343,8 @@ static int xmit_skb(struct send_queue *sq, struct sk_buff *skb, bool orphan)
 		hdr = &skb_vnet_common_hdr(skb)->tnl_hdr;
 
 	if (virtio_net_hdr_tnl_from_skb(skb, hdr, vi->tx_tnl,
-					virtio_is_little_endian(vi->vdev), 0))
+					virtio_is_little_endian(vi->vdev),
+					hdrlen_negotiated, 0))
 		return -EPROTO;
 
 	if (vi->mergeable_rx_bufs)
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index b673c31569f3..3cd8b2ebc197 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -211,16 +211,15 @@ static inline int virtio_net_hdr_from_skb(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 					  struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr,
 					  bool little_endian,
 					  bool has_data_valid,
+					  bool hdrlen_negotiated,
 					  int vlan_hlen)
 {
 	memset(hdr, 0, sizeof(*hdr));   /* no info leak */
 
 	if (skb_is_gso(skb)) {
 		struct skb_shared_info *sinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
+		u16 hdr_len;
 
-		/* This is a hint as to how much should be linear. */
-		hdr->hdr_len = __cpu_to_virtio16(little_endian,
-						 skb_headlen(skb));
 		hdr->gso_size = __cpu_to_virtio16(little_endian,
 						  sinfo->gso_size);
 		if (sinfo->gso_type & SKB_GSO_TCPV4)
@@ -231,6 +230,21 @@ static inline int virtio_net_hdr_from_skb(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 			hdr->gso_type = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_UDP_L4;
 		else
 			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if (hdrlen_negotiated) {
+			hdr_len = skb_transport_offset(skb);
+
+			if (hdr->gso_type == VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_UDP_L4)
+				hdr_len += sizeof(struct udphdr);
+			else
+				hdr_len += tcp_hdrlen(skb);
+		} else {
+			/* This is a hint as to how much should be linear. */
+			hdr_len = skb_headlen(skb);
+		}
+
+		hdr->hdr_len = __cpu_to_virtio16(little_endian, hdr_len);
+
 		if (sinfo->gso_type & SKB_GSO_TCP_ECN)
 			hdr->gso_type |= VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_ECN;
 	} else
@@ -384,6 +398,7 @@ virtio_net_hdr_tnl_from_skb(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 			    struct virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash_tunnel *vhdr,
 			    bool tnl_hdr_negotiated,
 			    bool little_endian,
+			    bool hdrlen_negotiated,
 			    int vlan_hlen)
 {
 	struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr = (struct virtio_net_hdr *)vhdr;
@@ -395,7 +410,7 @@ virtio_net_hdr_tnl_from_skb(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 						    SKB_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL_CSUM);
 	if (!tnl_gso_type)
 		return virtio_net_hdr_from_skb(skb, hdr, little_endian, false,
-					       vlan_hlen);
+					       hdrlen_negotiated, vlan_hlen);
 
 	/* Tunnel support not negotiated but skb ask for it. */
 	if (!tnl_hdr_negotiated)
@@ -408,7 +423,8 @@ virtio_net_hdr_tnl_from_skb(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* Let the basic parsing deal with plain GSO features. */
 	skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type &= ~tnl_gso_type;
-	ret = virtio_net_hdr_from_skb(skb, hdr, true, false, vlan_hlen);
+	ret = virtio_net_hdr_from_skb(skb, hdr, true, false, hdrlen_negotiated,
+				      vlan_hlen);
 	skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type |= tnl_gso_type;
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 173e6edda08f..6982f4ab1c73 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2093,7 +2093,8 @@ static int packet_rcv_vnet(struct msghdr *msg, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	*len -= vnet_hdr_sz;
 
-	if (virtio_net_hdr_from_skb(skb, (struct virtio_net_hdr *)&vnet_hdr, vio_le(), true, 0))
+	if (virtio_net_hdr_from_skb(skb, (struct virtio_net_hdr *)&vnet_hdr,
+				    vio_le(), true, false, 0))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return memcpy_to_msg(msg, (void *)&vnet_hdr, vnet_hdr_sz);
@@ -2361,7 +2362,7 @@ static int tpacket_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (vnet_hdr_sz &&
 	    virtio_net_hdr_from_skb(skb, h.raw + macoff -
 				    sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr),
-				    vio_le(), true, 0)) {
+				    vio_le(), true, false, 0)) {
 		if (po->tp_version == TPACKET_V3)
 			prb_clear_blk_fill_status(&po->rx_ring);
 		goto drop_n_account;
-- 
2.32.0.3.g01195cf9f




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