netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Do not include padding in TCP GRO checksum

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Date:	Thu, 14 Nov 2013 23:08:21 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
	herbert@...dor.apana.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Do not include padding in TCP GRO checksum

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:18:18 -0800

> I haven't had a chance to test this much yet and I am not that familiar

As Eric mentioned, unless you tested on big endian, chances are you
didn't test this at all. :-)

You're accessing the IPv4/IPv6 length fields without converting it
to CPU endian.

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