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Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 14:47:14 -0800 (PST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: eric.dumazet@...il.com Cc: herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, alexander.duyck@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com Subject: Re: [1/2] gro: Only verify TCP checksums for candidates From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:55:12 -0800 > On Fri, 2013-11-22 at 10:31 +0800, Herbert Xu wrote: >> In some cases we may receive IP packets that are longer than >> their stated lengths. Such packets are never merged in GRO. >> However, we may end up computing their checksums incorrectly >> and end up allowing packets with a bogus checksum enter our >> stack with the checksum status set as verified. >> >> Since such packets are rare and not performance-critical, this >> patch simply skips the checksum verification for them. >> >> Reported-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com> >> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> >> Acked-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com> > > Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com> Appplied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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