linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] act_nat: the checksum of ICMP doesn't have pseudo header

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Date:	Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:09:22 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
Cc:	Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@...erus.ca>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] act_nat: the checksum of ICMP doesn't have pseudo
	header

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 08:04:18AM +0800, Changli Gao wrote:
> after updating the value of the ICMP payload, inet_proto_csum_replace4() should
> be called with zero pseudohdr.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>

No, the code is correct as is.  We need to update the checksum
even if the checksum is partial, which is what the 1 is for.

Cheers,
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