linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: xilinx: axienet: Relax partial rx checksum checks

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Message-ID: <20240904162029.GA4792@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 17:20:29 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...ux.dev>
Cc: Radhey Shyam Pandey <radhey.shyam.pandey@....com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Michal Simek <michal.simek@....com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: xilinx: axienet: Relax partial rx checksum
 checks

On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 02:43:34PM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
> The partial rx checksum feature computes a checksum over the entire
> packet, regardless of the L3 protocol. Remove the check for IPv4.
> Additionally, packets under 64 bytes should have been dropped by the
> MAC, so we can remove the length check as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...ux.dev>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>