netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: store the L4 hash of rx packets in skb

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Date:   Mon, 09 Jan 2017 13:56:21 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     felix.manlunas@...ium.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, raghu.vatsavayi@...ium.com,
        derek.chickles@...ium.com, satananda.burla@...ium.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] liquidio: store the L4 hash of rx packets in
 skb

From: Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@...ium.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 10:45:05 -0800

> David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote on Sun [2017-Jan-08 17:09:41 -0500]:
>> From: Felix Manlunas <felix.manlunas@...ium.com>
>> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 16:55:42 -0800
>> 
>> >  
>> > +		if (rh->r_dh.has_hash) {
>> > +			u32 hash = be32_to_cpu(*(u32 *)(skb->data + r_dh_off));
>> 
>> Is the checksum defined to be in the first 4-bytes of the 8-byte DHLEN unit,
>> or the second 4-bytes?  Is the answer to this question endian-dependent?
> 
> The hash is always in the first 4-bytes.  The location of the hash is endian
> independent.  The hash itself (in its original form) is big endian.

Thanks for explaining.

Please fix the SPARSE issue Eric Dumazet mentioned.