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FAILED: patch "[PATCH] net: fix segmentation of forwarding fraglist GRO" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

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The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 426ca15c7f6cb6562a081341ca88893a50c59fa2
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026020328-process-garter-c32f@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 426ca15c7f6cb6562a081341ca88893a50c59fa2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jibin Zhang <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 23:21:11 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] net: fix segmentation of forwarding fraglist GRO

This patch enhances GSO segment handling by properly checking the SKB_GSO_DODGY flag for frag_list GSO packets, addressing low throughput issues observed when a station accesses IPv4 servers via hotspots with an IPv6-only upstream interface.

Specifically, it fixes a bug in GSO segmentation when forwarding GRO packets containing a frag_list. The function skb_segment_list cannot correctly process GRO skbs that have been converted by XLAT, since XLAT only translates the header of the head skb. Consequently, skbs in the frag_list may remain untranslated, resulting in protocol inconsistencies and reduced throughput.

To address this, the patch explicitly sets the SKB_GSO_DODGY flag for GSO packets in XLAT's IPv4/IPv6 protocol translation helpers (bpf_skb_proto_4_to_6 and bpf_skb_proto_6_to_4). This marks GSO packets as potentially modified after protocol translation. As a result, GSO segmentation will avoid using skb_segment_list and instead falls back to skb_segment for packets with the SKB_GSO_DODGY flag. This ensures that only safe and fully translated frag_list packets are processed by skb_segment_list, resolving protocol inconsistencies and improving throughput when forwarding GRO packets converted by XLAT.

Signed-off-by Jibin Zhang <[email protected]>
Fixes 9fd1ff5d2ac7 ("udp: Support UDP fraglist GRO/GSO.")
Cc [email protected]
Link https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected] open here
Signed-off-by Paolo Abeni <[email protected]>
net/core/filter.c +2 -0
index 616e0520a0bb..bcd73d9bd764 100644
@@ -3353,6 +3353,7 @@ static int bpf_skb_proto_4_to_6(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			shinfo->gso_type &= ~SKB_GSO_TCPV4;
 			shinfo->gso_type |=  SKB_GSO_TCPV6;
 		}
+		shinfo->gso_type |=  SKB_GSO_DODGY;
 	}
 
 	bpf_skb_change_protocol(skb, ETH_P_IPV6);

@@ -3383,6 +3384,7 @@ static int bpf_skb_proto_6_to_4(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			shinfo->gso_type &= ~SKB_GSO_TCPV6;
 			shinfo->gso_type |=  SKB_GSO_TCPV4;
 		}
+		shinfo->gso_type |=  SKB_GSO_DODGY;
 	}
 
 	bpf_skb_change_protocol(skb, ETH_P_IP);
net/ipv4/tcp_offload.c +2 -1
index fdda18b1abda..942a948f1a31 100644
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *tcp4_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_FRAGLIST) {
 		struct tcphdr *th = tcp_hdr(skb);
 
-		if (skb_pagelen(skb) - th->doff * 4 == skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size)
+		if ((skb_pagelen(skb) - th->doff * 4 == skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size) &&
+		    !(skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_DODGY))
 			return __tcp4_gso_segment_list(skb, features);
 
 		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
net/ipv4/udp_offload.c +2 -1
index 19d0b5b09ffa..589456bd8b5f 100644
@@ -514,7 +514,8 @@ struct sk_buff *__udp_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *gso_skb,
 
 	if (skb_shinfo(gso_skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_FRAGLIST) {
 		 /* Detect modified geometry and pass those to skb_segment. */
-		if (skb_pagelen(gso_skb) - sizeof(*uh) == skb_shinfo(gso_skb)->gso_size)
+		if ((skb_pagelen(gso_skb) - sizeof(*uh) == skb_shinfo(gso_skb)->gso_size) &&
+		    !(skb_shinfo(gso_skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_DODGY))
 			return __udp_gso_segment_list(gso_skb, features, is_ipv6);
 
 		ret = __skb_linearize(gso_skb);
net/ipv6/tcpv6_offload.c +2 -1
index effeba58630b..5670d32c27f8 100644
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *tcp6_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_FRAGLIST) {
 		struct tcphdr *th = tcp_hdr(skb);
 
-		if (skb_pagelen(skb) - th->doff * 4 == skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size)
+		if ((skb_pagelen(skb) - th->doff * 4 == skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size) &&
+		    !(skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_DODGY))
 			return __tcp6_gso_segment_list(skb, features);
 
 		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;