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[net-next,v3,2/5] xen-netback: add support for IPv6 checksum offload from guest

Message ID 1381418733-20470-3-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Paul Durrant Oct. 10, 2013, 3:25 p.m. UTC
For performance of VM to VM traffic on a single host it is better to avoid
calculation of TCP/UDP checksum in the sending frontend. To allow this this
patch adds the code necessary to set up partial checksum for IPv6 packets
and xenstore flag feature-ipv6-csum-offload to advertise that fact to
frontends.

Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@citrix.com>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
Cc: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
---
 drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c |  243 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c  |    9 ++
 2 files changed, 213 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

Comments

Wei Liu Oct. 11, 2013, 10:09 a.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 04:25:30PM +0100, Paul Durrant wrote:
[...]
> -#define PKT_PROT_LEN    (ETH_HLEN + \
> -			 VLAN_HLEN + \
> -			 sizeof(struct iphdr) + MAX_IPOPTLEN + \
> -			 sizeof(struct tcphdr) + MAX_TCP_OPTION_SPACE)
> +#define PKT_PROT_LEN 128

I'm not against changing this, but could you please add comment on why
128 is chosen.

>  
[...]
> +	while ((off <= sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + ntohs(ipv6h->payload_len)) &&
> +	       !done) {
> +		switch (nexthdr) {
> +		case IPPROTO_FRAGMENT: {
> +			struct frag_hdr *hp = (void *)(skb->data + off);
> +
> +			header_size = skb->network_header +
> +				off +
> +				sizeof(struct frag_hdr);
> +			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
> +
> +			nexthdr = hp->nexthdr;
> +			off += 8;

Can you use sizeof(frag_hdr) instead of 8?

> +			break;
> +		}
> +		case IPPROTO_DSTOPTS:
> +		case IPPROTO_HOPOPTS:
> +		case IPPROTO_ROUTING: {
> +			struct ipv6_opt_hdr *hp = (void *)(skb->data + off);
> +
> +			header_size = skb->network_header +
> +				off +
> +				sizeof(struct ipv6_opt_hdr);
> +			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
> +
> +			nexthdr = hp->nexthdr;
> +			off += ipv6_optlen(hp);
> +			break;
> +		}
> +		case IPPROTO_AH: {
> +			struct ip_auth_hdr *hp = (void *)(skb->data + off);
> +
> +			header_size = skb->network_header +
> +				off +
> +				sizeof(struct ip_auth_hdr);
> +			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
> +
> +			nexthdr = hp->nexthdr;
> +			off += (hp->hdrlen+2)<<2;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +		case IPPROTO_TCP:
> +		case IPPROTO_UDP:
> +			found = true;
> +			/* Fall through */
> +		default:
> +			done = true;
> +			break;

The above 'switch' doesn't seem to cover all IPPROTO_*. Will it cause
the loop to exit too early? In other words, does any IPPROTO_* not
listed above marks the end of parsing?

[...]
>  	unsigned long now = jiffies;
> @@ -1428,12 +1598,7 @@ static int xenvif_tx_submit(struct xenvif *vif, int budget)
>  
>  		xenvif_fill_frags(vif, skb);
>  
> -		/*
> -		 * If the initial fragment was < PKT_PROT_LEN then
> -		 * pull through some bytes from the other fragments to
> -		 * increase the linear region to PKT_PROT_LEN bytes.
> -		 */
> -		if (skb_headlen(skb) < PKT_PROT_LEN && skb_is_nonlinear(skb)) {
> +		if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb) && skb_headlen(skb) < PKT_PROT_LEN) {

This change is not necessary: the comment is useful, and swapping two
operands of && doesn't have any effect.

Wei.
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Paul Durrant Oct. 11, 2013, 11:09 a.m. UTC | #2
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wei Liu [mailto:wei.liu2@citrix.com]
> Sent: 11 October 2013 11:10
> To: Paul Durrant
> Cc: xen-devel@lists.xen.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org; Wei Liu; David Vrabel;
> Ian Campbell
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/5] xen-netback: add support for IPv6
> checksum offload from guest
> 
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 04:25:30PM +0100, Paul Durrant wrote:
> [...]
> > -#define PKT_PROT_LEN    (ETH_HLEN + \
> > -			 VLAN_HLEN + \
> > -			 sizeof(struct iphdr) + MAX_IPOPTLEN + \
> > -			 sizeof(struct tcphdr) + MAX_TCP_OPTION_SPACE)
> > +#define PKT_PROT_LEN 128
> 
> I'm not against changing this, but could you please add comment on why
> 128 is chosen.
> 

Hmm. I did mod the comment, but that change seems to have got lost somewhere.

> >
> [...]
> > +	while ((off <= sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + ntohs(ipv6h->payload_len))
> &&
> > +	       !done) {
> > +		switch (nexthdr) {
> > +		case IPPROTO_FRAGMENT: {
> > +			struct frag_hdr *hp = (void *)(skb->data + off);
> > +
> > +			header_size = skb->network_header +
> > +				off +
> > +				sizeof(struct frag_hdr);
> > +			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
> > +
> > +			nexthdr = hp->nexthdr;
> > +			off += 8;
> 
> Can you use sizeof(frag_hdr) instead of 8?
> 
> > +			break;
> > +		}
> > +		case IPPROTO_DSTOPTS:
> > +		case IPPROTO_HOPOPTS:
> > +		case IPPROTO_ROUTING: {
> > +			struct ipv6_opt_hdr *hp = (void *)(skb->data + off);
> > +
> > +			header_size = skb->network_header +
> > +				off +
> > +				sizeof(struct ipv6_opt_hdr);
> > +			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
> > +
> > +			nexthdr = hp->nexthdr;
> > +			off += ipv6_optlen(hp);
> > +			break;
> > +		}
> > +		case IPPROTO_AH: {
> > +			struct ip_auth_hdr *hp = (void *)(skb->data + off);
> > +
> > +			header_size = skb->network_header +
> > +				off +
> > +				sizeof(struct ip_auth_hdr);
> > +			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
> > +
> > +			nexthdr = hp->nexthdr;
> > +			off += (hp->hdrlen+2)<<2;
> > +			break;
> > +		}
> > +		case IPPROTO_TCP:
> > +		case IPPROTO_UDP:
> > +			found = true;
> > +			/* Fall through */
> > +		default:
> > +			done = true;
> > +			break;
> 
> The above 'switch' doesn't seem to cover all IPPROTO_*. Will it cause
> the loop to exit too early? In other words, does any IPPROTO_* not
> listed above marks the end of parsing?
> 

AFAIK, hitting anything not in that switch would mean we don't have a TCP or UDP packet. I think the original code structure made that clearer so I'm going to go back to that.

> [...]
> >  	unsigned long now = jiffies;
> > @@ -1428,12 +1598,7 @@ static int xenvif_tx_submit(struct xenvif *vif, int
> budget)
> >
> >  		xenvif_fill_frags(vif, skb);
> >
> > -		/*
> > -		 * If the initial fragment was < PKT_PROT_LEN then
> > -		 * pull through some bytes from the other fragments to
> > -		 * increase the linear region to PKT_PROT_LEN bytes.
> > -		 */
> > -		if (skb_headlen(skb) < PKT_PROT_LEN &&
> skb_is_nonlinear(skb)) {
> > +		if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb) && skb_headlen(skb) <
> PKT_PROT_LEN) {
> 
> This change is not necessary: the comment is useful, and swapping two
> operands of && doesn't have any effect.

Sorry, that was too much cutting and pasting around. I'll just ditch that hunk.

  Paul

> 
> Wei.
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Paul Durrant Oct. 11, 2013, 12:08 p.m. UTC | #3
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org [mailto:xen-devel-
> bounces@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of Paul Durrant
> Sent: 11 October 2013 12:10
> To: Wei Liu
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; Ian Campbell; Wei Liu; David Vrabel; xen-
> devel@lists.xen.org
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH net-next v3 2/5] xen-netback: add support
> for IPv6 checksum offload from guest
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wei Liu [mailto:wei.liu2@citrix.com]
> > Sent: 11 October 2013 11:10
> > To: Paul Durrant
> > Cc: xen-devel@lists.xen.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org; Wei Liu; David
> Vrabel;
> > Ian Campbell
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/5] xen-netback: add support for IPv6
> > checksum offload from guest
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 04:25:30PM +0100, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > [...]
> > > -#define PKT_PROT_LEN    (ETH_HLEN + \
> > > -			 VLAN_HLEN + \
> > > -			 sizeof(struct iphdr) + MAX_IPOPTLEN + \
> > > -			 sizeof(struct tcphdr) + MAX_TCP_OPTION_SPACE)
> > > +#define PKT_PROT_LEN 128
> >
> > I'm not against changing this, but could you please add comment on why
> > 128 is chosen.
> >
> 
> Hmm. I did mod the comment, but that change seems to have got lost
> somewhere.
> 
> > >
> > [...]
> > > +	while ((off <= sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + ntohs(ipv6h->payload_len))
> > &&
> > > +	       !done) {
> > > +		switch (nexthdr) {
> > > +		case IPPROTO_FRAGMENT: {
> > > +			struct frag_hdr *hp = (void *)(skb->data + off);
> > > +
> > > +			header_size = skb->network_header +
> > > +				off +
> > > +				sizeof(struct frag_hdr);
> > > +			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
> > > +
> > > +			nexthdr = hp->nexthdr;
> > > +			off += 8;
> >
> > Can you use sizeof(frag_hdr) instead of 8?
> >
> > > +			break;
> > > +		}
> > > +		case IPPROTO_DSTOPTS:
> > > +		case IPPROTO_HOPOPTS:
> > > +		case IPPROTO_ROUTING: {
> > > +			struct ipv6_opt_hdr *hp = (void *)(skb->data + off);
> > > +
> > > +			header_size = skb->network_header +
> > > +				off +
> > > +				sizeof(struct ipv6_opt_hdr);
> > > +			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
> > > +
> > > +			nexthdr = hp->nexthdr;
> > > +			off += ipv6_optlen(hp);
> > > +			break;
> > > +		}
> > > +		case IPPROTO_AH: {
> > > +			struct ip_auth_hdr *hp = (void *)(skb->data + off);
> > > +
> > > +			header_size = skb->network_header +
> > > +				off +
> > > +				sizeof(struct ip_auth_hdr);
> > > +			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
> > > +
> > > +			nexthdr = hp->nexthdr;
> > > +			off += (hp->hdrlen+2)<<2;
> > > +			break;
> > > +		}
> > > +		case IPPROTO_TCP:
> > > +		case IPPROTO_UDP:
> > > +			found = true;
> > > +			/* Fall through */
> > > +		default:
> > > +			done = true;
> > > +			break;
> >
> > The above 'switch' doesn't seem to cover all IPPROTO_*. Will it cause
> > the loop to exit too early? In other words, does any IPPROTO_* not
> > listed above marks the end of parsing?
> >
> 
> AFAIK, hitting anything not in that switch would mean we don't have a TCP or
> UDP packet. I think the original code structure made that clearer so I'm going
> to go back to that.
> 

Looking at this again I realize I should not parse the fragment header; there's no way anyone should be sending a fragment with partial checksum.

  Paul

> > [...]
> > >  	unsigned long now = jiffies;
> > > @@ -1428,12 +1598,7 @@ static int xenvif_tx_submit(struct xenvif *vif,
> int
> > budget)
> > >
> > >  		xenvif_fill_frags(vif, skb);
> > >
> > > -		/*
> > > -		 * If the initial fragment was < PKT_PROT_LEN then
> > > -		 * pull through some bytes from the other fragments to
> > > -		 * increase the linear region to PKT_PROT_LEN bytes.
> > > -		 */
> > > -		if (skb_headlen(skb) < PKT_PROT_LEN &&
> > skb_is_nonlinear(skb)) {
> > > +		if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb) && skb_headlen(skb) <
> > PKT_PROT_LEN) {
> >
> > This change is not necessary: the comment is useful, and swapping two
> > operands of && doesn't have any effect.
> 
> Sorry, that was too much cutting and pasting around. I'll just ditch that hunk.
> 
>   Paul
> 
> >
> > Wei.
> 
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
index f3e591c..4c12030 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c
@@ -109,15 +109,10 @@  static inline unsigned long idx_to_kaddr(struct xenvif *vif,
 	return (unsigned long)pfn_to_kaddr(idx_to_pfn(vif, idx));
 }
 
-/*
- * This is the amount of packet we copy rather than map, so that the
- * guest can't fiddle with the contents of the headers while we do
- * packet processing on them (netfilter, routing, etc).
+/* This is a miniumum size for the linear area to avoid lots of
+ * calls to __pskb_pull_tail() as we set up checksum offsets.
  */
-#define PKT_PROT_LEN    (ETH_HLEN + \
-			 VLAN_HLEN + \
-			 sizeof(struct iphdr) + MAX_IPOPTLEN + \
-			 sizeof(struct tcphdr) + MAX_TCP_OPTION_SPACE)
+#define PKT_PROT_LEN 128
 
 static u16 frag_get_pending_idx(skb_frag_t *frag)
 {
@@ -1118,61 +1113,74 @@  static int xenvif_set_skb_gso(struct xenvif *vif,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int checksum_setup(struct xenvif *vif, struct sk_buff *skb)
+static inline void maybe_pull_tail(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len)
+{
+	if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb) && skb_headlen(skb) < len) {
+		/* If we need to pullup then pullup to the max, so we
+		 * won't need to do it again.
+		 */
+		int target = min_t(int, skb->len, MAX_TCP_HEADER);
+		__pskb_pull_tail(skb, target - skb_headlen(skb));
+	}
+}
+
+static int checksum_setup_ip(struct xenvif *vif, struct sk_buff *skb,
+			     int recalculate_partial_csum)
 {
-	struct iphdr *iph;
+	struct iphdr *iph = (void *)skb->data;
+	unsigned int header_size;
+	unsigned int off;
 	int err = -EPROTO;
-	int recalculate_partial_csum = 0;
 
-	/*
-	 * A GSO SKB must be CHECKSUM_PARTIAL. However some buggy
-	 * peers can fail to set NETRXF_csum_blank when sending a GSO
-	 * frame. In this case force the SKB to CHECKSUM_PARTIAL and
-	 * recalculate the partial checksum.
-	 */
-	if (skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL && skb_is_gso(skb)) {
-		vif->rx_gso_checksum_fixup++;
-		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_PARTIAL;
-		recalculate_partial_csum = 1;
-	}
+	off = sizeof(struct iphdr);
 
-	/* A non-CHECKSUM_PARTIAL SKB does not require setup. */
-	if (skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)
-		return 0;
+	header_size = skb->network_header + off + MAX_IPOPTLEN;
+	maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
 
-	if (skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_IP))
-		goto out;
+	off = iph->ihl * 4;
 
-	iph = (void *)skb->data;
 	switch (iph->protocol) {
 	case IPPROTO_TCP:
-		if (!skb_partial_csum_set(skb, 4 * iph->ihl,
+		if (!skb_partial_csum_set(skb, off,
 					  offsetof(struct tcphdr, check)))
 			goto out;
 
 		if (recalculate_partial_csum) {
 			struct tcphdr *tcph = tcp_hdr(skb);
+
+			header_size = skb->network_header +
+				off +
+				sizeof(struct tcphdr);
+			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
+
 			tcph->check = ~csum_tcpudp_magic(iph->saddr, iph->daddr,
-							 skb->len - iph->ihl*4,
+							 skb->len - off,
 							 IPPROTO_TCP, 0);
 		}
 		break;
 	case IPPROTO_UDP:
-		if (!skb_partial_csum_set(skb, 4 * iph->ihl,
+		if (!skb_partial_csum_set(skb, off,
 					  offsetof(struct udphdr, check)))
 			goto out;
 
 		if (recalculate_partial_csum) {
 			struct udphdr *udph = udp_hdr(skb);
+
+			header_size = skb->network_header +
+				off +
+				sizeof(struct udphdr);
+			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
+
 			udph->check = ~csum_tcpudp_magic(iph->saddr, iph->daddr,
-							 skb->len - iph->ihl*4,
+							 skb->len - off,
 							 IPPROTO_UDP, 0);
 		}
 		break;
 	default:
 		if (net_ratelimit())
 			netdev_err(vif->dev,
-				   "Attempting to checksum a non-TCP/UDP packet, dropping a protocol %d packet\n",
+				   "Attempting to checksum a non-TCP/UDP packet, "
+				   "dropping a protocol %d packet\n",
 				   iph->protocol);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1183,6 +1191,168 @@  out:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int checksum_setup_ipv6(struct xenvif *vif, struct sk_buff *skb,
+			       int recalculate_partial_csum)
+{
+	int err = -EPROTO;
+	struct ipv6hdr *ipv6h = (void *)skb->data;
+	u8 nexthdr;
+	unsigned int header_size;
+	unsigned int off;
+	bool done;
+	bool found;
+
+	done = false;
+	found = false;
+
+	off = sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
+
+	header_size = skb->network_header + off;
+	maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
+
+	nexthdr = ipv6h->nexthdr;
+
+	while ((off <= sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + ntohs(ipv6h->payload_len)) &&
+	       !done) {
+		switch (nexthdr) {
+		case IPPROTO_FRAGMENT: {
+			struct frag_hdr *hp = (void *)(skb->data + off);
+
+			header_size = skb->network_header +
+				off +
+				sizeof(struct frag_hdr);
+			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
+
+			nexthdr = hp->nexthdr;
+			off += 8;
+			break;
+		}
+		case IPPROTO_DSTOPTS:
+		case IPPROTO_HOPOPTS:
+		case IPPROTO_ROUTING: {
+			struct ipv6_opt_hdr *hp = (void *)(skb->data + off);
+
+			header_size = skb->network_header +
+				off +
+				sizeof(struct ipv6_opt_hdr);
+			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
+
+			nexthdr = hp->nexthdr;
+			off += ipv6_optlen(hp);
+			break;
+		}
+		case IPPROTO_AH: {
+			struct ip_auth_hdr *hp = (void *)(skb->data + off);
+
+			header_size = skb->network_header +
+				off +
+				sizeof(struct ip_auth_hdr);
+			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
+
+			nexthdr = hp->nexthdr;
+			off += (hp->hdrlen+2)<<2;
+			break;
+		}
+		case IPPROTO_TCP:
+		case IPPROTO_UDP:
+			found = true;
+			/* Fall through */
+		default:
+			done = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!done) {
+		if (net_ratelimit())
+			netdev_err(vif->dev, "Failed to parse packet header\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (!found) {
+		if (net_ratelimit())
+			netdev_err(vif->dev,
+				   "Attempting to checksum a non-TCP/UDP packet, "
+				   "dropping a protocol %d packet\n",
+				   nexthdr);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	switch (nexthdr) {
+	case IPPROTO_TCP:
+		if (!skb_partial_csum_set(skb, off,
+					  offsetof(struct tcphdr, check)))
+			goto out;
+
+		if (recalculate_partial_csum) {
+			struct tcphdr *tcph = tcp_hdr(skb);
+
+			header_size = skb->network_header +
+				off +
+				sizeof(struct tcphdr);
+			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
+
+			tcph->check = ~csum_ipv6_magic(&ipv6h->saddr,
+						       &ipv6h->daddr,
+						       skb->len - off,
+						       IPPROTO_TCP, 0);
+		}
+		break;
+	case IPPROTO_UDP:
+		if (!skb_partial_csum_set(skb, off,
+					  offsetof(struct udphdr, check)))
+			goto out;
+
+		if (recalculate_partial_csum) {
+			struct udphdr *udph = udp_hdr(skb);
+
+			header_size = skb->network_header +
+				off +
+				sizeof(struct udphdr);
+			maybe_pull_tail(skb, header_size);
+
+			udph->check = ~csum_ipv6_magic(&ipv6h->saddr,
+						       &ipv6h->daddr,
+						       skb->len - off,
+						       IPPROTO_UDP, 0);
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+
+	err = 0;
+
+out:
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int checksum_setup(struct xenvif *vif, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	int err = -EPROTO;
+	int recalculate_partial_csum = 0;
+
+	/* A GSO SKB must be CHECKSUM_PARTIAL. However some buggy
+	 * peers can fail to set NETRXF_csum_blank when sending a GSO
+	 * frame. In this case force the SKB to CHECKSUM_PARTIAL and
+	 * recalculate the partial checksum.
+	 */
+	if (skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL && skb_is_gso(skb)) {
+		vif->rx_gso_checksum_fixup++;
+		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_PARTIAL;
+		recalculate_partial_csum = 1;
+	}
+
+	/* A non-CHECKSUM_PARTIAL SKB does not require setup. */
+	if (skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
+		err = checksum_setup_ip(vif, skb, recalculate_partial_csum);
+	else if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6))
+		err = checksum_setup_ipv6(vif, skb, recalculate_partial_csum);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 static bool tx_credit_exceeded(struct xenvif *vif, unsigned size)
 {
 	unsigned long now = jiffies;
@@ -1428,12 +1598,7 @@  static int xenvif_tx_submit(struct xenvif *vif, int budget)
 
 		xenvif_fill_frags(vif, skb);
 
-		/*
-		 * If the initial fragment was < PKT_PROT_LEN then
-		 * pull through some bytes from the other fragments to
-		 * increase the linear region to PKT_PROT_LEN bytes.
-		 */
-		if (skb_headlen(skb) < PKT_PROT_LEN && skb_is_nonlinear(skb)) {
+		if (skb_is_nonlinear(skb) && skb_headlen(skb) < PKT_PROT_LEN) {
 			int target = min_t(int, skb->len, PKT_PROT_LEN);
 			__pskb_pull_tail(skb, target - skb_headlen(skb));
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
index 99343ca..9c9b37d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/xenbus.c
@@ -105,6 +105,15 @@  static int netback_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 			goto abort_transaction;
 		}
 
+		/* We support partial checksum setup for IPv6 packets */
+		err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename,
+				    "feature-ipv6-csum-offload",
+				    "%d", 1);
+		if (err) {
+			message = "writing feature-ipv6-csum-offload";
+			goto abort_transaction;
+		}
+
 		/* We support rx-copy path. */
 		err = xenbus_printf(xbt, dev->nodename,
 				    "feature-rx-copy", "%d", 1);