linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] af-packet: new flag to indicate all csums are good

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Date:   Mon, 01 Jun 2020 14:45:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     victor@...iniac.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, corbet@....net,
        edumazet@...gle.com, willemb@...gle.com, maowenan@...wei.com,
        arnd@...db.de, nhorman@...driver.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] af-packet: new flag to indicate all csums are
 good

From: Victor Julien <victor@...iniac.net>
Date: Mon,  1 Jun 2020 22:49:37 +0200

> @@ -472,6 +472,12 @@ TP_STATUS_CSUM_VALID	This flag indicates that at least the transport
>  			validated on the kernel side. If the flag is not set
>  			then we are free to check the checksum by ourselves
>  			provided that TP_STATUS_CSUMNOTREADY is also not set.
> +TP_STATUS_CSUM_UNNECESSARY  This flag indicates that the driver validated all
> +                        the packets csums. If it is not set it might be that
> +                        the driver doesn't support this, or that one of the
> +                        layers csums is bad. TP_STATUS_CSUM_VALID may still
> +                        be set if the transport layer csum is correct or
> +                        if the driver supports only this mode.
>  ======================  =======================================================
                        ^^^^^

I think you need to reformat these dividers.