netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] vxlan: Fix to enable UDP checksums on interface

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Date:	Thu, 06 Nov 2014 22:00:15 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	therbert@...gle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] vxlan: Fix to enable UDP checksums on
 interface

From: Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Date: Thu,  6 Nov 2014 18:06:01 -0800

> Add definition to vxlan nla_policy for UDP checksum. This is necessary
> to enable UDP checksums on VXLAN.
> 
> In some instances, enabling UDP checksums can improve performance on
> receive for devices that return legacy checksum-unnecessary for UDP/IP.
> Also, UDP checksum provides some protection against VNI corruption.
> 
> Testing:
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks Tom.
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