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Date:	Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:30:24 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [UDP6]: Restore sk_filter optimisation

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 12:20:10 +1100

> Hi Dave:
> 
> [UDP6]: Restore sk_filter optimisation
> 
> This reverts the changeset
> 
>     [IPV6]: UDPv6 checksum.
> 
>     We always need to check UDPv6 checksum because it is mandatory.
> 
> The sk_filter optimisation has nothing to do whether we verify the
> checksum.  It simply postpones it to the point when the user calls
> recv or poll.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>

Applied, thanks.
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