Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bgmac: stop advertising TX checksum offload

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Tue Nov 10 2026 - 12:38:40 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Mon, 2 Nov 2026 13:58:06 -0800 you wrote:
> The driver advertises NETIF_F_IP_CSUM and NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM, but
> bgmac_dma_tx_add() calls skb_checksum_help() on every CHECKSUM_PARTIAL
> skb, so the checksum is always computed in software anyway. The return
> value is ignored too, so if skb_checksum_help() fails the frame is sent
> with a bad checksum.
>
> Remove the feature flags and the fallback. The stack then computes the
> checksum before handing the skb to the driver.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next] net: bgmac: stop advertising TX checksum offload
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/e65a0ec96f9d

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