[dpdk-stable] [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] net: fix Intel-specific Prepare the outer IPv4 hdr for checksum

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 9/7/2021 11:49 AM, Mohsin Kazmi wrote:
> Preparation of the headers for the hardware offload
> misses the outer IPv4 checksum offload.
> It results in bad checksum computed by hardware NIC.
> 
> This patch fixes the issue by setting the outer IPv4
> checksum field to 0.
> 
> Fixes: 4fb7e803eb1a ("ethdev: add Tx preparation")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mohsin Kazmi <mohsin.kazmi14 at gmail.com>
> Acked-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang at intel.com>
> Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>

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> diff --git a/lib/net/rte_net.h b/lib/net/rte_net.h
> index 434435ffa2..42639bc154 100644
> --- a/lib/net/rte_net.h
> +++ b/lib/net/rte_net.h
> @@ -125,11 +125,22 @@ rte_net_intel_cksum_flags_prepare(struct rte_mbuf *m, uint64_t ol_flags)

Not directly related with this patch, but is the function
'rte_net_intel_cksum_flags_prepare()' really Intel specific?

I can see sfc & ena are also using this function, should we rename it?