netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv4: mentions skb_gro_postpull_rcsum() in inet_gro

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Date:	Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:44:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com, therbert@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv4: mentions skb_gro_postpull_rcsum() in
 inet_gro_receive()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 22:12:05 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Proper CHECKSUM_COMPLETE support needs to adjust skb->csum
> when we remove one header. Its done using skb_gro_postpull_rcsum()
> 
> In the case of IPv4, we know that the adjustment is not really needed,
> because the checksum over IPv4 header is 0. Lets add a comment to
> ease code comprehension and avoid copy/paste errors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.
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