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    [NET]: Added GSO header verification · 576a30eb
    Herbert Xu authored
    When GSO packets come from an untrusted source (e.g., a Xen guest domain),
    we need to verify the header integrity before passing it to the hardware.
    
    Since the first step in GSO is to verify the header, we can reuse that
    code by adding a new bit to gso_type: SKB_GSO_DODGY.  Packets with this
    bit set can only be fed directly to devices with the corresponding bit
    NETIF_F_GSO_ROBUST.  If the device doesn't have that bit, then the skb
    is fed to the GSO engine which will allow the packet to be sent to the
    hardware if it passes the header check.
    
    This patch changes the sg flag to a full features flag.  The same method
    can be used to implement TSO ECN support.  We simply have to mark packets
    with CWR set with SKB_GSO_ECN so that only hardware with a corresponding
    NETIF_F_TSO_ECN can accept them.  The GSO engine can either fully segment
    the packet, or segment the first MTU and pass the rest to the hardware for
    further segmentation.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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