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 ab4e5a0e91..bef680bdab 100644 --- a/net/tap.c +++ b/net/tap.c @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static ssize_t tap_receive_iov(NetClientState *nc, const struct iovec *iov, TAPState *s = DO_UPCAST(TAPState, nc, nc); const struct iovec *iovp = iov; g_autofree struct iovec *iov_copy = NULL; - struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf hdr = { }; + struct virtio_net_hdr hdr = { }; if (s->host_vnet_hdr_len && !s->using_vnet_hdr) { iov_copy = g_new(struct iovec, iovcnt + 1); -- 2.42.0