Re: [PATCH net] selftests: net: csum: Fix checksums for packets with non-zero padding

[Willem de Bruijn]

Sean Anderson wrote:
> On 9/9/24 21:01, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> > Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> >> On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 13:26:42 -0400 Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> >> > > This seems to be a bug in the driver.
> >> > > 
> >> > > A call to skb_put_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN) should be added.  
> >> > 
> >> > In which case this test detecting it may be nice to have, for lack of
> >> > a more targeted test.
> >> 
> >> IIUC we're basically saying that we don't need to trim because pad
> >> should be 0? In that case maybe let's keep the patch but add a check 
> >> on top which scans the pad for non-zero bytes, and print an informative
> >> warning?
> > 
> > Data arriving with padding probably deserves a separate test.
> > 
> > We can use this csum test as stand-in, I suppose.
> > 
> > Is it safe to assume that all padding is wrong on ingress, not just
> > non-zero padding. The ip stack itself treats it as benign and trims
> > the trailing bytes silently.
> > 
> > I do know of legitimate cases of trailer data lifting along.
> 
> Ideally we would test that
> 
> - Ingress padding is ignored.

I think the goal of a hardware padding test is to detect when padding
leaks onto the wire.

If not adding a new test, detect in csum and fail anytime padding is
detected (i.e., not only non-zero)?

> - Egress padding does not leak past the buffer. The easiest way to
>   handle this would be to check that it is constant (e.g. all the
>   padding uses the same value), but this could have false-positives for
>   e.g. timestamps.
> 
> --Sean