linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 22/25] xen: xen-netfront: use skb.cb for storing private data

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Date:	Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:05:15 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@...cam.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 22/25] xen: xen-netfront: use skb.cb for storing private data

On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 12:43:33AM -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> Herbert Xu wrote:
> > BTW, the version I posted to you is missing the following line.
> >   
> > --- linux-2.6.20.i386/drivers/xen/core/skbuff.c	2007-04-28 15:30:16.000000000 +1000
> > +++ build-2.6.20.i386/drivers/xen/core/skbuff.c	2007-04-28 15:30:52.000000000 +1000
> > @@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
> >  	skb->h.raw = (unsigned char *)skb->nh.iph + 4*skb->nh.iph->ihl;
> >  	if (skb->h.raw >= skb->tail)
> >  		goto out;
> > +	skb->csum_start = skb->h.raw - skb->head;
> >  	switch (skb->nh.iph->protocol) {
> >  	case IPPROTO_TCP:
> >  		skb->csum_offset = offsetof(struct tcphdr, check);
> >   
> 
> drivers/xen/core/skbuff.c?  What's that?

It's part of the skb_checksum_setup function which we still need
for this because the current netback protocol doesn't pass the
csum_start and csum_offset values along.

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