Re: [PATCH net] r8152: Fix broken RX checksums.

[David Miller]

From: Mark Lord <mlord@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 22:07:25 -0400

> On 16-10-30 08:57 PM, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Mark Lord <mlord@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2016 19:28:27 -0400
>> 
>>> The r8152 driver has been broken since (approx) 3.16.xx
>>> when support was added for hardware RX checksums
>>> on newer chip versions.  Symptoms include random
>>> segfaults and silent data corruption over NFS.
>>>
>>> The hardware checksum logig does not work on the VER_02
>>> dongles I have here when used with a slow embedded system CPU.
>>> Google reveals others reporting similar issues on Raspberry Pi.
>>>
>>> So, disable hardware RX checksum support for VER_02, and fix
>>> an obvious coding error for IPV6 checksums in the same function.
>>>
>>> Because this bug results in silent data corruption,
>>> it is a good candidate for back-porting to -stable >= 3.16.xx.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <mlord@xxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
> 
> Thanks.  Now that this is taken care of, I do wonder if perhaps
> RX checksums ought to be enabled at all for ANY versions of this chip?

You should really start a dialogue with the developer who has been
making the most, if not all, of the major changes to this driver over
the past few years, Hayes Wang.