git: 44cddaa99dee - main - vtnet: move offload functions to virtio_net.h to share them

From: Michael Tuexen <tuexen_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:54:44 UTC
The branch main has been updated by tuexen:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=44cddaa99dee0a634cf2713f71e799eb41397355

commit 44cddaa99dee0a634cf2713f71e799eb41397355
Author:     Timo Völker <timo.voelker@fh-muenster.de>
AuthorDate: 2026-08-18 12:49:40 +0000
Commit:     Michael Tuexen <tuexen@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-08-18 12:49:40 +0000

    vtnet: move offload functions to virtio_net.h to share them
    
    Move the functions vtnet_rxq_csum() and vtnet_txq_offload() and the
    subfunctions they call from if_vtnet.c to virtio_net.h. This allows
    us to call these functions from if_tuntap.c and if_ptnet.c.
    virtio_net.h already contained a copy of these functions, but a copy
    of an outdated version. The functions evolved in if_vtnet.c.
    In if_vtnet.c, the copy has never been used because it increments
    counters in their own functions.
    This patch removes the outdated copy from virtio_net.h and moves the
    new version of the functions from if_vtnet.c to virtio_net.h.
    if_tuntap.c, if_ptnet.c, and if_vtnet.c just call these functions,
    and if_vtnet.c increments its counters depending on the return value.
    
    Reviewed by:            tuexen
    MFC after:              1 month
    MFC to:                 stable/15
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D57299
---
 sys/dev/netmap/if_ptnet.c           |  22 ++-
 sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnet.c   | 345 +++++-------------------------------
 sys/dev/virtio/network/virtio_net.h | 341 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
 sys/net/if_tuntap.c                 |  19 +-
 4 files changed, 269 insertions(+), 458 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sys/dev/netmap/if_ptnet.c b/sys/dev/netmap/if_ptnet.c
index 9c06f7fec530..660b1930aa76 100644
--- a/sys/dev/netmap/if_ptnet.c
+++ b/sys/dev/netmap/if_ptnet.c
@@ -1464,8 +1464,17 @@ ptnet_drain_transmit_queue(struct ptnet_queue *pq, unsigned int budget,
 			 * two 8-bytes-wide writes. */
 			memset(nmbuf, 0, PTNET_HDR_SIZE);
 			if (mhead->m_pkthdr.csum_flags & PTNET_ALL_OFFLOAD) {
-				mhead = virtio_net_tx_offload(ifp, mhead, false,
-							 vh);
+				/*
+				 * Translate the CSUM_* flags in the mbuf to the
+				 * corresponding flags in the VirtIO header.
+				 *
+				 * ptnet does not negotiate ECN and orders the
+				 * bytes in the VirtIO header as if the VirtIO
+				 * modern mode is not used. So, pass false for
+				 * both.
+				 */
+				virtio_net_tx_offload(ifp, &mhead, vh, false,
+				    false);
 				if (unlikely(!mhead)) {
 					/* Packet dropped because errors
 					 * occurred while preparing the vnet
@@ -1842,7 +1851,14 @@ host_sync:
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (unlikely(have_vnet_hdr && virtio_net_rx_csum(mhead, vh))) {
+		/*
+		 * Translate the VirtIO header flags to the corresponding
+		 * CSUM_* flags in the mbuf.
+		 */
+		if (unlikely(have_vnet_hdr &&
+		    ((vh->flags & (VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM |
+		      VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID)) != 0) &&
+		    (virtio_net_rx_csum(mhead, vh) != 0))) {
 			m_freem(mhead);
 			nm_prlim(1, "Csum offload error: dropping");
 			pq->stats.iqdrops ++;
diff --git a/sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnet.c b/sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnet.c
index e9683698decb..75a0d909f126 100644
--- a/sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnet.c
+++ b/sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnet.c
@@ -145,14 +145,6 @@ static int	vtnet_rxq_replace_lro_nomrg_buf(struct vtnet_rxq *,
 static int	vtnet_rxq_replace_buf(struct vtnet_rxq *, struct mbuf *, int);
 static int	vtnet_rxq_enqueue_buf(struct vtnet_rxq *, struct mbuf *);
 static int	vtnet_rxq_new_buf(struct vtnet_rxq *);
-#if defined(INET) || defined(INET6)
-static void	vtnet_rxq_csum_needs_csum(struct vtnet_rxq *, struct mbuf *,
-		     bool, int, struct virtio_net_hdr *);
-static void	vtnet_rxq_csum_data_valid(struct vtnet_rxq *, struct mbuf *,
-		    int);
-static int	vtnet_rxq_csum(struct vtnet_rxq *, struct mbuf *,
-		     struct virtio_net_hdr *);
-#endif
 static void	vtnet_rxq_discard_merged_bufs(struct vtnet_rxq *, int);
 static void	vtnet_rxq_discard_buf(struct vtnet_rxq *, struct mbuf *);
 static int	vtnet_rxq_merged_eof(struct vtnet_rxq *, struct mbuf *, int);
@@ -167,13 +159,6 @@ static int	vtnet_txq_intr_threshold(struct vtnet_txq *);
 static int	vtnet_txq_below_threshold(struct vtnet_txq *);
 static int	vtnet_txq_notify(struct vtnet_txq *);
 static void	vtnet_txq_free_mbufs(struct vtnet_txq *);
-static int	vtnet_txq_offload_ctx(struct vtnet_txq *, struct mbuf *,
-		    int *, int *, int *);
-static int	vtnet_txq_offload_tso(struct vtnet_txq *, struct mbuf *, int,
-		    int, struct virtio_net_hdr *);
-static struct mbuf *
-		vtnet_txq_offload(struct vtnet_txq *, struct mbuf *,
-		    struct virtio_net_hdr *);
 static int	vtnet_txq_enqueue_buf(struct vtnet_txq *, struct mbuf **,
 		    struct vtnet_tx_header *);
 static int	vtnet_txq_encap(struct vtnet_txq *, struct mbuf **, int);
@@ -1964,124 +1949,6 @@ vtnet_rxq_new_buf(struct vtnet_rxq *rxq)
 	return (error);
 }
 
-#if defined(INET) || defined(INET6)
-static void
-vtnet_rxq_csum_needs_csum(struct vtnet_rxq *rxq, struct mbuf *m, bool isipv6,
-    int protocol, struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr)
-{
-	/*
-	 * The packet is likely from another VM on the same host or from the
-	 * host that itself performed checksum offloading so Tx/Rx is basically
-	 * a memcpy and the checksum has little value so far.
-	 */
-
-	KASSERT(protocol == IPPROTO_TCP || protocol == IPPROTO_UDP,
-	    ("%s: unsupported IP protocol %d", __func__, protocol));
-
-	/*
-	 * Just forward the order to compute the checksum by setting
-	 * the corresponding mbuf flag (e.g., CSUM_TCP).
-	 */
-	switch (protocol) {
-	case IPPROTO_TCP:
-		m->m_pkthdr.csum_flags |= (isipv6 ? CSUM_TCP_IPV6 : CSUM_TCP);
-		break;
-	case IPPROTO_UDP:
-		m->m_pkthdr.csum_flags |= (isipv6 ? CSUM_UDP_IPV6 : CSUM_UDP);
-		break;
-	}
-	m->m_pkthdr.csum_data = hdr->csum_offset;
-}
-
-static void
-vtnet_rxq_csum_data_valid(struct vtnet_rxq *rxq, struct mbuf *m, int protocol)
-{
-	KASSERT(protocol == IPPROTO_TCP || protocol == IPPROTO_UDP,
-	    ("%s: unsupported IP protocol %d", __func__, protocol));
-
-	m->m_pkthdr.csum_flags |= CSUM_DATA_VALID | CSUM_PSEUDO_HDR;
-	m->m_pkthdr.csum_data = 0xFFFF;
-}
-
-static int
-vtnet_rxq_csum(struct vtnet_rxq *rxq, struct mbuf *m,
-    struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr)
-{
-	const struct ether_header *eh;
-	struct vtnet_softc *sc;
-	int hoff, protocol;
-	uint16_t etype;
-	bool isipv6;
-
-	KASSERT(hdr->flags &
-	    (VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM | VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID),
-	    ("%s: missing checksum offloading flag %x", __func__, hdr->flags));
-
-	eh = mtod(m, const struct ether_header *);
-	etype = ntohs(eh->ether_type);
-	if (etype == ETHERTYPE_VLAN) {
-		/* TODO BMV: Handle QinQ. */
-		const struct ether_vlan_header *evh =
-		    mtod(m, const struct ether_vlan_header *);
-		etype = ntohs(evh->evl_proto);
-		hoff = sizeof(struct ether_vlan_header);
-	} else
-		hoff = sizeof(struct ether_header);
-
-	sc = rxq->vtnrx_sc;
-
-	/* Check whether ethernet type is IP or IPv6, and get protocol. */
-	switch (etype) {
-#if defined(INET)
-	case ETHERTYPE_IP:
-		if (__predict_false(m->m_len < hoff + sizeof(struct ip))) {
-			sc->vtnet_stats.rx_csum_inaccessible_ipproto++;
-			return (1);
-		} else {
-			struct ip *ip = (struct ip *)(m->m_data + hoff);
-			protocol = ip->ip_p;
-		}
-		isipv6 = false;
-		break;
-#endif
-#if defined(INET6)
-	case ETHERTYPE_IPV6:
-		if (__predict_false(m->m_len < hoff + sizeof(struct ip6_hdr))
-		    || ip6_lasthdr(m, hoff, IPPROTO_IPV6, &protocol) < 0) {
-			sc->vtnet_stats.rx_csum_inaccessible_ipproto++;
-			return (1);
-		}
-		isipv6 = true;
-		break;
-#endif
-	default:
-		sc->vtnet_stats.rx_csum_bad_ethtype++;
-		return (1);
-	}
-
-	/* Check whether protocol is TCP or UDP. */
-	switch (protocol) {
-	case IPPROTO_TCP:
-	case IPPROTO_UDP:
-		break;
-	default:
-		/*
-		 * FreeBSD does not support checksum offloading of this
-		 * protocol here.
-		 */
-		sc->vtnet_stats.rx_csum_bad_ipproto++;
-		return (1);
-	}
-
-	if (hdr->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM)
-		vtnet_rxq_csum_needs_csum(rxq, m, isipv6, protocol, hdr);
-	else /* VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID */
-		vtnet_rxq_csum_data_valid(rxq, m, protocol);
-
-	return (0);
-}
-#endif
-
 static void
 vtnet_rxq_discard_merged_bufs(struct vtnet_rxq *rxq, int nbufs)
 {
@@ -2220,10 +2087,29 @@ vtnet_rxq_input(struct vtnet_rxq *rxq, struct mbuf *m,
 	if (hdr->flags &
 	    (VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM | VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID)) {
 #if defined(INET) || defined(INET6)
-		if (vtnet_rxq_csum(rxq, m, hdr) == 0)
+		int ret;
+
+		/*
+		 * Translate the VirtIO header flags to the corresponding
+		 * CSUM_* flags in the mbuf.
+		 */
+		ret = virtio_net_rx_csum(m, hdr);
+		if (ret == 0)
 			rxq->vtnrx_stats.vrxs_csum++;
-		else
+		else {
+			switch (ret) {
+			case VIRTIO_NET_RX_CSUM_INACCESSIBLE_IPPROTO:
+				sc->vtnet_stats.rx_csum_inaccessible_ipproto++;
+				break;
+			case VIRTIO_NET_RX_CSUM_BAD_ETHTYPE:
+				sc->vtnet_stats.rx_csum_bad_ethtype++;
+				break;
+			case VIRTIO_NET_RX_CSUM_BAD_IPPROTO:
+				sc->vtnet_stats.rx_csum_bad_ipproto++;
+				break;
+			}
 			rxq->vtnrx_stats.vrxs_csum_failed++;
+		}
 #else
 		sc->vtnet_stats.rx_csum_bad_ethtype++;
 		rxq->vtnrx_stats.vrxs_csum_failed++;
@@ -2587,166 +2473,6 @@ vtnet_txq_free_mbufs(struct vtnet_txq *txq)
 	    ("%s: mbufs remaining in tx queue %p", __func__, txq));
 }
 
-/*
- * BMV: This can go away once we finally have offsets in the mbuf header.
- */
-static int
-vtnet_txq_offload_ctx(struct vtnet_txq *txq, struct mbuf *m, int *etype,
-    int *proto, int *start)
-{
-	struct vtnet_softc *sc;
-	struct ether_vlan_header *evh;
-#if defined(INET) || defined(INET6)
-	int offset;
-#endif
-
-	sc = txq->vtntx_sc;
-
-	evh = mtod(m, struct ether_vlan_header *);
-	if (evh->evl_encap_proto == htons(ETHERTYPE_VLAN)) {
-		/* BMV: We should handle nested VLAN tags too. */
-		*etype = ntohs(evh->evl_proto);
-#if defined(INET) || defined(INET6)
-		offset = sizeof(struct ether_vlan_header);
-#endif
-	} else {
-		*etype = ntohs(evh->evl_encap_proto);
-#if defined(INET) || defined(INET6)
-		offset = sizeof(struct ether_header);
-#endif
-	}
-
-	switch (*etype) {
-#if defined(INET)
-	case ETHERTYPE_IP: {
-		struct ip *ip, iphdr;
-		if (__predict_false(m->m_len < offset + sizeof(struct ip))) {
-			m_copydata(m, offset, sizeof(struct ip),
-			    (caddr_t) &iphdr);
-			ip = &iphdr;
-		} else
-			ip = (struct ip *)(m->m_data + offset);
-		*proto = ip->ip_p;
-		*start = offset + (ip->ip_hl << 2);
-		break;
-	}
-#endif
-#if defined(INET6)
-	case ETHERTYPE_IPV6:
-		*proto = -1;
-		*start = ip6_lasthdr(m, offset, IPPROTO_IPV6, proto);
-		/* Assert the network stack sent us a valid packet. */
-		KASSERT(*start > offset,
-		    ("%s: mbuf %p start %d offset %d proto %d", __func__, m,
-		    *start, offset, *proto));
-		break;
-#endif
-	default:
-		sc->vtnet_stats.tx_csum_unknown_ethtype++;
-		return (EINVAL);
-	}
-
-	return (0);
-}
-
-static int
-vtnet_txq_offload_tso(struct vtnet_txq *txq, struct mbuf *m, int eth_type,
-    int offset, struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr)
-{
-	static struct timeval lastecn;
-	static int curecn;
-	struct vtnet_softc *sc;
-	struct tcphdr *tcp, tcphdr;
-
-	sc = txq->vtntx_sc;
-
-	if (__predict_false(m->m_len < offset + sizeof(struct tcphdr))) {
-		m_copydata(m, offset, sizeof(struct tcphdr), (caddr_t) &tcphdr);
-		tcp = &tcphdr;
-	} else
-		tcp = (struct tcphdr *)(m->m_data + offset);
-
-	hdr->hdr_len = vtnet_gtoh16(sc, offset + (tcp->th_off << 2));
-	hdr->gso_size = vtnet_gtoh16(sc, m->m_pkthdr.tso_segsz);
-	hdr->gso_type = eth_type == ETHERTYPE_IP ? VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV4 :
-	    VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV6;
-
-	if (__predict_false(tcp_get_flags(tcp) & TH_CWR)) {
-		/*
-		 * Drop if VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_ECN was not negotiated. In
-		 * FreeBSD, ECN support is not on a per-interface basis,
-		 * but globally via the net.inet.tcp.ecn.enable sysctl
-		 * knob. The default is off.
-		 */
-		if ((sc->vtnet_flags & VTNET_FLAG_TSO_ECN) == 0) {
-			if (ppsratecheck(&lastecn, &curecn, 1))
-				if_printf(sc->vtnet_ifp,
-				    "TSO with ECN not negotiated with host\n");
-			return (ENOTSUP);
-		}
-		hdr->gso_type |= VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_ECN;
-	}
-
-	txq->vtntx_stats.vtxs_tso++;
-
-	return (0);
-}
-
-static struct mbuf *
-vtnet_txq_offload(struct vtnet_txq *txq, struct mbuf *m,
-    struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr)
-{
-	struct vtnet_softc *sc;
-	int flags, etype, csum_start, proto, error;
-
-	sc = txq->vtntx_sc;
-	flags = m->m_pkthdr.csum_flags;
-
-	error = vtnet_txq_offload_ctx(txq, m, &etype, &proto, &csum_start);
-	if (error)
-		goto drop;
-
-	if (flags & (VTNET_CSUM_OFFLOAD | VTNET_CSUM_OFFLOAD_IPV6)) {
-		/* Sanity check the parsed mbuf matches the offload flags. */
-		if (__predict_false((flags & VTNET_CSUM_OFFLOAD &&
-		    etype != ETHERTYPE_IP) || (flags & VTNET_CSUM_OFFLOAD_IPV6
-		    && etype != ETHERTYPE_IPV6))) {
-			sc->vtnet_stats.tx_csum_proto_mismatch++;
-			goto drop;
-		}
-
-		hdr->flags |= VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM;
-		hdr->csum_start = vtnet_gtoh16(sc, csum_start);
-		hdr->csum_offset = vtnet_gtoh16(sc, m->m_pkthdr.csum_data);
-		txq->vtntx_stats.vtxs_csum++;
-	}
-
-	if (flags & (CSUM_IP_TSO | CSUM_IP6_TSO)) {
-		/*
-		 * Sanity check the parsed mbuf IP protocol is TCP, and
-		 * VirtIO TSO reqires the checksum offloading above.
-		 */
-		if (__predict_false(proto != IPPROTO_TCP)) {
-			sc->vtnet_stats.tx_tso_not_tcp++;
-			goto drop;
-		} else if (__predict_false((hdr->flags &
-		    VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM) == 0)) {
-			sc->vtnet_stats.tx_tso_without_csum++;
-			goto drop;
-		}
-
-		error = vtnet_txq_offload_tso(txq, m, etype, csum_start, hdr);
-		if (error)
-			goto drop;
-	}
-
-	return (m);
-
-drop:
-	m_freem(m);
-	return (NULL);
-}
-
 static void
 vtnet_txq_enqueue_callback(void *arg, bus_dma_segment_t *segs,
     int nsegs, int error)
@@ -2919,11 +2645,38 @@ vtnet_txq_encap(struct vtnet_txq *txq, struct mbuf **m_head, int flags)
 	}
 
 	if (m->m_pkthdr.csum_flags & VTNET_CSUM_ALL_OFFLOAD) {
-		m = vtnet_txq_offload(txq, m, hdr);
+		int ret;
+
+		/*
+		 * Translate the CSUM_* flags in the mbuf to the corresponding
+		 * flags in the VirtIO header.
+		 */
+		ret = virtio_net_tx_offload(txq->vtntx_sc->vtnet_ifp, &m, hdr,
+		    (txq->vtntx_sc->vtnet_flags & VTNET_FLAG_TSO_ECN),
+		    vtnet_modern(txq->vtntx_sc));
+		switch (ret) {
+		case VIRTIO_NET_TX_OFFLOAD_UNKNOWN_ETHTYPE:
+			txq->vtntx_sc->vtnet_stats.tx_csum_unknown_ethtype++;
+			break;
+		case VIRTIO_NET_TX_OFFLOAD_PROTO_MISMATCH:
+			txq->vtntx_sc->vtnet_stats.tx_csum_proto_mismatch++;
+			break;
+		case VIRTIO_NET_TX_OFFLOAD_TSO_NOT_TCP:
+			txq->vtntx_sc->vtnet_stats.tx_tso_not_tcp++;
+			break;
+		case VIRTIO_NET_TX_OFFLOAD_TSO_WITHOUT_CSUM:
+			txq->vtntx_sc->vtnet_stats.tx_tso_without_csum++;
+			break;
+		}
 		if ((*m_head = m) == NULL) {
 			error = ENOBUFS;
 			goto fail;
 		}
+		if (m->m_pkthdr.csum_flags &
+		    (VTNET_CSUM_OFFLOAD | VTNET_CSUM_OFFLOAD_IPV6))
+			txq->vtntx_stats.vtxs_csum++;
+		if (m->m_pkthdr.csum_flags & (CSUM_IP_TSO | CSUM_IP6_TSO))
+			txq->vtntx_stats.vtxs_tso++;
 	}
 
 	error = vtnet_txq_enqueue_buf(txq, m_head, txhdr);
diff --git a/sys/dev/virtio/network/virtio_net.h b/sys/dev/virtio/network/virtio_net.h
index f4256664fba8..16d081b0a92a 100644
--- a/sys/dev/virtio/network/virtio_net.h
+++ b/sys/dev/virtio/network/virtio_net.h
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 #ifndef _VIRTIO_NET_H
 #define _VIRTIO_NET_H
 
+#include "opt_inet.h"
+#include "opt_inet6.h"
+
+#include <sys/endian.h>
+
 /* The feature bitmap for virtio net */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_CSUM		 (1ULL <<  0) /* Host handles pkts w/ partial csum */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_CSUM		 (1ULL <<  1) /* Guest handles pkts w/ partial csum*/
@@ -260,161 +265,150 @@ struct virtio_net_ctrl_mq {
 #define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS		5
 #define VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_GUEST_OFFLOADS_SET	0
 
-/*
- * Use the checksum offset in the VirtIO header to set the
- * correct CSUM_* flags.
- */
-static inline int
-virtio_net_rx_csum_by_offset(struct mbuf *m, uint16_t eth_type, int ip_start,
-			struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr)
-{
 #if defined(INET) || defined(INET6)
-	int offset = hdr->csum_start + hdr->csum_offset;
-#endif
+static inline void
+virtio_net_rx_csum_needs_csum(struct mbuf *m, bool isipv6, int protocol,
+    struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The packet is likely from another VM on the same host or from the
+	 * host that itself performed checksum offloading so Tx/Rx is basically
+	 * a memcpy and the checksum has little value so far.
+	 */
 
-	/* Only do a basic sanity check on the offset. */
-	switch (eth_type) {
-#if defined(INET)
-	case ETHERTYPE_IP:
-		if (__predict_false(offset < ip_start + sizeof(struct ip)))
-			return (1);
-		break;
-#endif
-#if defined(INET6)
-	case ETHERTYPE_IPV6:
-		if (__predict_false(offset < ip_start + sizeof(struct ip6_hdr)))
-			return (1);
-		break;
-#endif
-	default:
-		/* Here we should increment the rx_csum_bad_ethtype counter. */
-		return (1);
-	}
+	KASSERT(protocol == IPPROTO_TCP || protocol == IPPROTO_UDP,
+	    ("%s: unsupported IP protocol %d", __func__, protocol));
 
 	/*
-	 * Use the offset to determine the appropriate CSUM_* flags. This is
-	 * a bit dirty, but we can get by with it since the checksum offsets
-	 * happen to be different. We assume the host host does not do IPv4
-	 * header checksum offloading.
+	 * Just forward the order to compute the checksum by setting
+	 * the corresponding mbuf flag (e.g., CSUM_TCP).
 	 */
-	switch (hdr->csum_offset) {
-	case offsetof(struct udphdr, uh_sum):
-	case offsetof(struct tcphdr, th_sum):
-		m->m_pkthdr.csum_flags |= CSUM_DATA_VALID | CSUM_PSEUDO_HDR;
-		m->m_pkthdr.csum_data = 0xFFFF;
+	switch (protocol) {
+	case IPPROTO_TCP:
+		m->m_pkthdr.csum_flags |= (isipv6 ? CSUM_TCP_IPV6 : CSUM_TCP);
+		break;
+	case IPPROTO_UDP:
+		m->m_pkthdr.csum_flags |= (isipv6 ? CSUM_UDP_IPV6 : CSUM_UDP);
 		break;
-	default:
-		/* Here we should increment the rx_csum_bad_offset counter. */
-		return (1);
 	}
+	m->m_pkthdr.csum_data = hdr->csum_offset;
+}
 
-	return (0);
+static inline void
+virtio_net_rx_csum_data_valid(struct mbuf *m, int protocol)
+{
+	KASSERT(protocol == IPPROTO_TCP || protocol == IPPROTO_UDP,
+	    ("%s: unsupported IP protocol %d", __func__, protocol));
+
+	m->m_pkthdr.csum_flags |= CSUM_DATA_VALID | CSUM_PSEUDO_HDR;
+	m->m_pkthdr.csum_data = 0xFFFF;
 }
 
+#define VIRTIO_NET_RX_CSUM_INACCESSIBLE_IPPROTO 1
+#define VIRTIO_NET_RX_CSUM_BAD_ETHTYPE 2
+#define VIRTIO_NET_RX_CSUM_BAD_IPPROTO 3
+
+/*
+ * For a packet received over the VirtIO channel, it checks the given
+ * VirtIO header and sets the appropriate CSUM_* flags in the given mbuf.
+ *
+ * Unfortunately, the information provided is not directly useful to us. The
+ * VirtIO header gives the offset of the checksum, which is all Linux needs, but
+ * this is not how FreeBSD does things. We are forced to peek inside the packet
+ * a bit.
+ *
+ * It would be nice if VirtIO gave us the L4 protocol or if FreeBSD
+ * could accept the offsets and let the stack figure it out.
+ *
+ * @param m	mbuf of the packet where CSUM_* flags might need to be set.
+ * @param hdr	VirtIO header of the received packet that needs to be checked
+ *              with its field values stored in the byte order this machine
+ *              uses (i.e., readable without a byte swap).
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success, or one of the VIRTIO_NET_RX_CSUM_* error codes.
+ */
 static inline int
-virtio_net_rx_csum_by_parse(struct mbuf *m, uint16_t eth_type, int ip_start,
-		       struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr)
+virtio_net_rx_csum(struct mbuf *m, struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr)
 {
-	int offset, proto;
+	const struct ether_header *eh;
+	int hoff, protocol;
+	uint16_t etype;
+	bool isipv6;
+
+	KASSERT(hdr->flags &
+	    (VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM | VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID),
+	    ("%s: missing checksum offloading flag %x", __func__, hdr->flags));
+
+	eh = mtod(m, const struct ether_header *);
+	etype = ntohs(eh->ether_type);
+	if (etype == ETHERTYPE_VLAN) {
+		/* TODO BMV: Handle QinQ. */
+		const struct ether_vlan_header *evh =
+		    mtod(m, const struct ether_vlan_header *);
+		etype = ntohs(evh->evl_proto);
+		hoff = sizeof(struct ether_vlan_header);
+	} else
+		hoff = sizeof(struct ether_header);
 
-	switch (eth_type) {
+	/* Check whether ethernet type is IP or IPv6, and get protocol. */
+	switch (etype) {
 #if defined(INET)
-	case ETHERTYPE_IP: {
-		struct ip *ip;
-		if (__predict_false(m->m_len < ip_start + sizeof(struct ip)))
-			return (1);
-		ip = (struct ip *)(m->m_data + ip_start);
-		proto = ip->ip_p;
-		offset = ip_start + (ip->ip_hl << 2);
+	case ETHERTYPE_IP:
+		if (__predict_false(m->m_len < hoff + sizeof(struct ip))) {
+			return (VIRTIO_NET_RX_CSUM_INACCESSIBLE_IPPROTO);
+		} else {
+			struct ip *ip = (struct ip *)(m->m_data + hoff);
+			protocol = ip->ip_p;
+		}
+		isipv6 = false;
 		break;
-	}
 #endif
 #if defined(INET6)
 	case ETHERTYPE_IPV6:
-		if (__predict_false(m->m_len < ip_start +
-		    sizeof(struct ip6_hdr)))
-			return (1);
-		offset = ip6_lasthdr(m, ip_start, IPPROTO_IPV6, &proto);
-		if (__predict_false(offset < 0))
-			return (1);
+		if (__predict_false(m->m_len < hoff + sizeof(struct ip6_hdr))
+		    || ip6_lasthdr(m, hoff, IPPROTO_IPV6, &protocol) < 0) {
+			return (VIRTIO_NET_RX_CSUM_INACCESSIBLE_IPPROTO);
+		}
+		isipv6 = true;
 		break;
 #endif
 	default:
-		/* Here we should increment the rx_csum_bad_ethtype counter. */
-		return (1);
+		return (VIRTIO_NET_RX_CSUM_BAD_ETHTYPE);
 	}
 
-	switch (proto) {
+	/* Check whether protocol is TCP or UDP. */
+	switch (protocol) {
 	case IPPROTO_TCP:
-		if (__predict_false(m->m_len < offset + sizeof(struct tcphdr)))
-			return (1);
-		m->m_pkthdr.csum_flags |= CSUM_DATA_VALID | CSUM_PSEUDO_HDR;
-		m->m_pkthdr.csum_data = 0xFFFF;
-		break;
 	case IPPROTO_UDP:
-		if (__predict_false(m->m_len < offset + sizeof(struct udphdr)))
-			return (1);
-		m->m_pkthdr.csum_flags |= CSUM_DATA_VALID | CSUM_PSEUDO_HDR;
-		m->m_pkthdr.csum_data = 0xFFFF;
 		break;
 	default:
 		/*
-		 * For the remaining protocols, FreeBSD does not support
-		 * checksum offloading, so the checksum will be recomputed.
+		 * FreeBSD does not support checksum offloading of this
+		 * protocol here.
 		 */
-#if 0
-		if_printf(ifp, "cksum offload of unsupported "
-		    "protocol eth_type=%#x proto=%d csum_start=%d "
-		    "csum_offset=%d\n", __func__, eth_type, proto,
-		    hdr->csum_start, hdr->csum_offset);
-#endif
-		break;
+		return (VIRTIO_NET_RX_CSUM_BAD_IPPROTO);
 	}
 
+	if (hdr->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM)
+		virtio_net_rx_csum_needs_csum(m, isipv6, protocol, hdr);
+	else /* VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID */
+		virtio_net_rx_csum_data_valid(m, protocol);
+
 	return (0);
 }
+#endif
 
-/*
- * Set the appropriate CSUM_* flags. Unfortunately, the information
- * provided is not directly useful to us. The VirtIO header gives the
- * offset of the checksum, which is all Linux needs, but this is not
- * how FreeBSD does things. We are forced to peek inside the packet
- * a bit.
- *
- * It would be nice if VirtIO gave us the L4 protocol or if FreeBSD
- * could accept the offsets and let the stack figure it out.
- */
-static inline int
-virtio_net_rx_csum(struct mbuf *m, struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr)
-{
-	struct ether_header *eh;
-	struct ether_vlan_header *evh;
-	uint16_t eth_type;
-	int offset, error;
-
-	if ((hdr->flags & (VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM |
-	    VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID)) == 0) {
-		return (0);
-	}
+#define VIRTIO_NET_TX_OFFLOAD_UNKNOWN_ETHTYPE 1
+#define VIRTIO_NET_TX_OFFLOAD_PROTO_MISMATCH 2
+#define VIRTIO_NET_TX_OFFLOAD_TSO_NOT_TCP 3
+#define VIRTIO_NET_TX_OFFLOAD_TSO_WITHOUT_CSUM 4
+#define VIRTIO_NET_TX_OFFLOAD_TSO_ECN_UNEXPECTED 5
 
-	eh = mtod(m, struct ether_header *);
-	eth_type = ntohs(eh->ether_type);
-	if (eth_type == ETHERTYPE_VLAN) {
-		/* BMV: We should handle nested VLAN tags too. */
-		evh = mtod(m, struct ether_vlan_header *);
-		eth_type = ntohs(evh->evl_proto);
-		offset = sizeof(struct ether_vlan_header);
-	} else
-		offset = sizeof(struct ether_header);
-
-	if (hdr->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM)
-		error = virtio_net_rx_csum_by_offset(m, eth_type, offset, hdr);
-	else
-		error = virtio_net_rx_csum_by_parse(m, eth_type, offset, hdr);
-
-	return (error);
-}
+#define VIRTIO_NET_TX_MODERN_LE(modern, val) (modern ? htole16(val) : val)
 
+/*
+ * BMV: This can go away once we finally have offsets in the mbuf header.
+ */
 static inline int
 virtio_net_tx_offload_ctx(struct mbuf *m, int *etype, int *proto, int *start)
 {
@@ -463,16 +457,15 @@ virtio_net_tx_offload_ctx(struct mbuf *m, int *etype, int *proto, int *start)
 		break;
 #endif
 	default:
-		/* Here we should increment the tx_csum_bad_ethtype counter. */
-		return (EINVAL);
+		return (VIRTIO_NET_TX_OFFLOAD_UNKNOWN_ETHTYPE);
 	}
 
 	return (0);
 }
 
 static inline int
-virtio_net_tx_offload_tso(if_t ifp, struct mbuf *m, int eth_type,
-		     int offset, bool allow_ecn, struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr)
+virtio_net_tx_offload_tso(struct ifnet *ifp, struct mbuf *m, int eth_type,
+    int offset, struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr, bool tso_ecn, bool modern)
 {
 	static struct timeval lastecn;
 	static int curecn;
@@ -484,79 +477,113 @@ virtio_net_tx_offload_tso(if_t ifp, struct mbuf *m, int eth_type,
 	} else
 		tcp = (struct tcphdr *)(m->m_data + offset);
 
-	hdr->hdr_len = offset + (tcp->th_off << 2);
-	hdr->gso_size = m->m_pkthdr.tso_segsz;
+	/*
+	 * Set VirtIO header fields with the correct byte order.
+	 * In modern mode, this is little endian (LE).
+	 * In legacy mode, this is the endianness of the guest, which means a
+	 * FreeBSD guest can use its native endianness and a host must use the
+	 * guests endianness. However, since a FreeBSD host with bhyve runs only
+	 * on LE systems and supports only LE guests, no conversion is required.
+	 */
+	hdr->hdr_len = VIRTIO_NET_TX_MODERN_LE(modern,
+	    offset + (tcp->th_off << 2));
+	hdr->gso_size = VIRTIO_NET_TX_MODERN_LE(modern, m->m_pkthdr.tso_segsz);
 	hdr->gso_type = eth_type == ETHERTYPE_IP ? VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV4 :
 	    VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_TCPV6;
 
-	if (tcp_get_flags(tcp) & TH_CWR) {
+	if (__predict_false(tcp_get_flags(tcp) & TH_CWR)) {
 		/*
-		 * Drop if VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_ECN was not negotiated. In FreeBSD,
-		 * ECN support is not on a per-interface basis, but globally via
-		 * the net.inet.tcp.ecn.enable sysctl knob. The default is off.
+		 * Drop if VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_ECN was not negotiated. In
+		 * FreeBSD, ECN support is not on a per-interface basis,
+		 * but globally via the net.inet.tcp.ecn.enable sysctl
+		 * knob. The default is off.
 		 */
-		if (!allow_ecn) {
+		if (!tso_ecn) {
 			if (ppsratecheck(&lastecn, &curecn, 1))
 				if_printf(ifp,
 				    "TSO with ECN not negotiated with host\n");
-			return (ENOTSUP);
+			return (VIRTIO_NET_TX_OFFLOAD_TSO_ECN_UNEXPECTED);
 		}
 		hdr->gso_type |= VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_ECN;
 	}
 
-	/* Here we should increment tx_tso counter. */
-
 	return (0);
 }
 
-static inline struct mbuf *
-virtio_net_tx_offload(if_t ifp, struct mbuf *m, bool allow_ecn,
-		 struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr)
+/*
+ * For a packet to be transmitted over the VirtIO channel, it checks the
+ * CSUM_* flags in the mbuf and sets the appropriate flags in the VirtIO header.
+ * In case of an error, it frees the mbuf and sets the pointer referenced by mp
+ * to NULL.
+ *
+ * @param ifp		ifnet struct of outgoing interface.
+ * @param mp		mbuf on which the CSUM_* flags needs to be checked.
+ * @param hdr		VirtIO header to be filled for the outgoing packet.
+ * @param tso_ecn	true if ECN has been negotiated between host and guest.
+ * @param modern	true if VirtIO modern mode is used.
+ *
+ * @return 0 on success, or one of the VIRTIO_NET_TX_OFFLOAD_* error codes.
+ */
+static inline int
+virtio_net_tx_offload(struct ifnet *ifp, struct mbuf **mp,
+    struct virtio_net_hdr *hdr, bool tso_ecn, bool modern)
 {
 	int flags, etype, csum_start, proto, error;
+	struct mbuf *m;
 
+	m = *mp;
 	flags = m->m_pkthdr.csum_flags;
 
 	error = virtio_net_tx_offload_ctx(m, &etype, &proto, &csum_start);
-	if (error)
+	if (error != 0)
 		goto drop;
 
-	if ((etype == ETHERTYPE_IP && (flags & (CSUM_TCP | CSUM_UDP))) ||
-	    (etype == ETHERTYPE_IPV6 &&
-	        (flags & (CSUM_TCP_IPV6 | CSUM_UDP_IPV6)))) {
+	if (flags & (CSUM_TCP | CSUM_UDP | CSUM_TCP_IPV6 | CSUM_UDP_IPV6)) {
+		/* Sanity check the parsed mbuf matches the offload flags. */
+		if (__predict_false((flags & (CSUM_TCP | CSUM_UDP) &&
+		    etype != ETHERTYPE_IP) ||
+		    (flags & (CSUM_TCP_IPV6 | CSUM_UDP_IPV6) &&
+		    etype != ETHERTYPE_IPV6))) {
+			error = VIRTIO_NET_TX_OFFLOAD_PROTO_MISMATCH;
+			goto drop;
+		}
+
 		/*
-		 * We could compare the IP protocol vs the CSUM_ flag too,
-		 * but that really should not be necessary.
+		 * Set VirtIO header fields with the correct byte order.
+		 * See comment in virtio_net_tx_offload_tso()
 		 */
 		hdr->flags |= VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM;
-		hdr->csum_start = csum_start;
-		hdr->csum_offset = m->m_pkthdr.csum_data;
-		/* Here we should increment the tx_csum counter. */
+		hdr->csum_start = VIRTIO_NET_TX_MODERN_LE(modern, csum_start);
+		hdr->csum_offset = VIRTIO_NET_TX_MODERN_LE(modern,
+		    m->m_pkthdr.csum_data);
 	}
 
-	if (flags & CSUM_TSO) {
+	if (flags & (CSUM_IP_TSO | CSUM_IP6_TSO)) {
+		/*
+		 * Sanity check the parsed mbuf IP protocol is TCP, and
+		 * VirtIO TSO reqires the checksum offloading above.
+		 */
 		if (__predict_false(proto != IPPROTO_TCP)) {
-			/* Likely failed to correctly parse the mbuf.
-			 * Here we should increment the tx_tso_not_tcp
-			 * counter. */
+			error = VIRTIO_NET_TX_OFFLOAD_TSO_NOT_TCP;
+			goto drop;
+		} else if (__predict_false((hdr->flags &
+		    VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM) == 0)) {
+			error = VIRTIO_NET_TX_OFFLOAD_TSO_WITHOUT_CSUM;
 			goto drop;
 		}
 
-		KASSERT(hdr->flags & VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM,
-		    ("%s: mbuf %p TSO without checksum offload %#x",
-		    __func__, m, flags));
-
 		error = virtio_net_tx_offload_tso(ifp, m, etype, csum_start,
-					     allow_ecn, hdr);
-		if (error)
+		    hdr, tso_ecn, modern);
+		if (error != 0)
 			goto drop;
 	}
 
-	return (m);
+	return (error);
 
 drop:
 	m_freem(m);
-	return (NULL);
+	*mp = NULL;
+	return (error);
 }
 
 #endif /* _VIRTIO_NET_H */
diff --git a/sys/net/if_tuntap.c b/sys/net/if_tuntap.c
index a1ef2541ffba..069cf8b5f6c1 100644
--- a/sys/net/if_tuntap.c
+++ b/sys/net/if_tuntap.c
@@ -1882,7 +1882,16 @@ tunread(struct cdev *dev, struct uio *uio, int flag)
 
 		bzero(&vhdr, sizeof(vhdr));
 		if (m->m_pkthdr.csum_flags & TAP_ALL_OFFLOAD) {
-			m = virtio_net_tx_offload(ifp, m, false, &vhdr.hdr);
+			/*
+			 * Translate the CSUM_* flags in the mbuf to the
+			 * corresponding flags in the VirtIO header.
+			 *
+			 * Always indicate that ECN has not been negotiated
+			 * and VirtIO modern mode is not used because bhyve
+			 * does not do this.
+			 */
+			virtio_net_tx_offload(ifp, &m, &vhdr.hdr, false,
+			    false);
 		}
 
 		TUNDEBUG(ifp, "txvhdr: f %u, gt %u, hl %u, "
@@ -1927,7 +1936,13 @@ tunwrite_l2(struct tuntap_softc *tp, struct mbuf *m,
 	}
 
 	if (vhdr != NULL) {
-		if (virtio_net_rx_csum(m, &vhdr->hdr)) {
+		/*
+		 * Translate the VirtIO header flags to the corresponding
+		 * CSUM_* flags in the mbuf.
+		 */
+		if (((vhdr->hdr.flags & (VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM |
+		      VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_DATA_VALID)) != 0) &&
+		    (virtio_net_rx_csum(m, &vhdr->hdr) != 0)) {
 			m_freem(m);
 			return (0);
 		}