netdev - Re: [PATCH net] fjes: Fix wrong netdevice feature flags

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Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2017 12:43:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     izumi.taku@...fujitsu.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, yasu.isimatu@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] fjes: Fix wrong netdevice feature flags

From: Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@...fujitsu.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:47:50 +0900

> This patch fixes netdev->features for Extended Socket network device.
> 
> Currently Extended Socket network device's netdev->feature claims
> NETIF_F_HW_CSUM, however this is completely wrong. There's no feature
> of checksum offloading.
> That causes invalid TCP/UDP checksum and packet rjection when IP
> forwarding from Extended Socket network device to other network device.
> 
> NETIF_F_HW_CSUM should be omitted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@...fujitsu.com>

Applied, thanks.