linux-kernel - Re: [net-next PATCH 03/11] net: ravb: Drop IP protocol check from RX csum verification

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Message-ID: <9e38440c-57ba-4cd8-925c-12acee7ea049@omp.ru>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:29:55 +0300
From: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
To: Paul Barker <paul@...rker.dev>, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo
 Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
CC: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@...renesas.com>, Geert Uytterhoeven
	<geert+renesas@...der.be>, Niklas Söderlund
	<niklas.soderlund+renesas@...natech.se>, Biju Das
	<biju.das.jz@...renesas.com>, Claudiu Beznea
	<claudiu.beznea.uj@...renesas.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 03/11] net: ravb: Drop IP protocol check from RX
 csum verification

On 9/30/24 19:08, Paul Barker wrote:

> From: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@...renesas.com>
> 
> We do not need to confirm that the protocol is IPv4. If the hardware
> encounters an unsupported protocol, it will set the checksum value to
> 0xFFFF.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@...renesas.com>

Reviewed-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>

[...]

MBR, Sergey