tap prepends a zeroed virtio-net header when writing a packet to a tap with virtio-net header enabled but not in use. This only happens when s->host_vnet_hdr_len == sizeof(struct virtio_net_hdr).
Signed-off-by: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.od...@daynix.com> --- net/tap.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/tap.c b/net/tap.c index 668d69c0de..4c1eb92076 100644 --- a/net/tap.c +++ b/net/tap.c @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ static ssize_t tap_receive_iov(NetClientState *nc, const struct iovec *iov, TAPState *s = DO_UPCAST(TAPState, nc, nc); const struct iovec *iovp = iov; struct iovec iov_copy[iovcnt + 1]; - struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf hdr = { }; + struct virtio_net_hdr hdr = { }; if (s->host_vnet_hdr_len && !s->using_vnet_hdr) { iov_copy[0].iov_base = &hdr; -- 2.42.0