Re: git: 7b6e84c9ac56 - main - ure: improve checksum offloading

> On 7. Feb 2026, at 16:34, Charlie Li <vishwin@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> Michael Tuexen wrote:
>> The branch main has been updated by tuexen:
>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=7b6e84c9ac5668134ab2d075019ef0b827d90c84
>> commit 7b6e84c9ac5668134ab2d075019ef0b827d90c84
>> Author:     Michael Tuexen <tuexen@FreeBSD.org>
>> AuthorDate: 2026-01-31 10:42:10 +0000
>> Commit:     Michael Tuexen <tuexen@FreeBSD.org>
>> CommitDate: 2026-01-31 10:42:10 +0000
>>     ure: improve checksum offloading
>>          This patch fixes three issues:
>>     (1) Initially, set the hwassist flags correctly when enabling
>>         transmit checksum offload for TCP/IPv6 and UDP/IPv6.
>>     (2) Keep the hwassist flags in sync with the capabilities when
>>         changing txcsum.
>>     (3) Keep the hwasssit flags in sync with the capabilities when
>>         changing txcsum6.
>>     Without this patch, transmit checksum offloading for TCP/IPv6 and
>>     UDP/IPv6 is never used and transmit checksum offloading for IPv4,
>>     TCP/IPv4 and UDP/IPv4 is always used, even if disabled via
>>     ifconfig ue? -txcsum.
>>          Reviewed by:            Timo Völker
>>     MFC after:              3 days
>>     Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D54974
>> ---
>>  sys/dev/usb/net/if_ure.c | 3 +++
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>> diff --git a/sys/dev/usb/net/if_ure.c b/sys/dev/usb/net/if_ure.c
>> index c3f7b622d687..3dea88eb10f1 100644
>> --- a/sys/dev/usb/net/if_ure.c
>> +++ b/sys/dev/usb/net/if_ure.c
>> @@ -1015,6 +1015,7 @@ ure_attach_post_sub(struct usb_ether *ue)
>>   if_sethwassist(ifp, CSUM_IP|CSUM_IP_UDP|CSUM_IP_TCP);
>>  #ifdef INET6
>>   if_setcapabilitiesbit(ifp, IFCAP_HWCSUM_IPV6, 0);
>> + if_sethwassistbits(ifp, CSUM_IP6_UDP|CSUM_IP6_TCP, 0);
>>  #endif
>>   if_setcapenable(ifp, if_getcapabilities(ifp));
>>  @@ -1463,6 +1464,7 @@ ure_ioctl(if_t ifp, u_long cmd, caddr_t data)
>>   if ((mask & IFCAP_TXCSUM) != 0 &&
>>      (if_getcapabilities(ifp) & IFCAP_TXCSUM) != 0) {
>>   if_togglecapenable(ifp, IFCAP_TXCSUM);
>> + if_togglehwassist(ifp, CSUM_IP|CSUM_IP_UDP|CSUM_IP_TCP);
>>   }
>>   if ((mask & IFCAP_RXCSUM) != 0 &&
>>      (if_getcapabilities(ifp) & IFCAP_RXCSUM) != 0) {
>> @@ -1471,6 +1473,7 @@ ure_ioctl(if_t ifp, u_long cmd, caddr_t data)
>>   if ((mask & IFCAP_TXCSUM_IPV6) != 0 &&
>>      (if_getcapabilities(ifp) & IFCAP_TXCSUM_IPV6) != 0) {
>>   if_togglecapenable(ifp, IFCAP_TXCSUM_IPV6);
>> + if_togglehwassist(ifp, CSUM_IP6_UDP|CSUM_IP6_TCP);
>>   }
>>   if ((mask & IFCAP_RXCSUM_IPV6) != 0 &&
>>      (if_getcapabilities(ifp) & IFCAP_RXCSUM_IPV6) != 0) {
> It seems that with this commit, all network traffic and then some, excluding ICMP{,v6}, time out. Even `route(8) get default` takes forever to query.
Do you use a GENERIC kernel?
What is the output of
ifconfig ue0
and (if you compiled and installed tools/tools/ifinfo/)
ifinfo ue0

What happens if you run as root
ifconfig ue0 -txcsum
and/or
ifconfig ue0 -txcsum6
Does the problem persist?

This commit should actually only let the host stack know that TCP/IPv6 and UDP/IPv6
transmit checksum offload is enabled. It should not affect TCP/IPv4 and UDP/IPv4
transmit checksum offload (except that you can now disable it).
Is any other network interface (like epair, bridge, ...) involved?

Best regards
Michael
> 
> -- 
> Charlie Li
> ...nope, still don't have an exit line.
>