netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp_output: Re: rare bad TCP checksum with 2.6.19?

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Date:	Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:08:20 +0100
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>
To:	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp_output: Re: rare bad TCP checksum with 2.6.19?

On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 04:20:01PM +0300, Michael Tokarev wrote:
...
> Well..  I just tried it - with this patch applied, no more bad checksums
> are shown.  Tried from the network that triggers it most reliable - and
> wasn't able to reproduce the bad behavior.
> 
> I'm running a tcpdump right now, and so far it only captured a few bad-cksum
> packets from other hosts (which are also running 2.6.19 ;)
> 
> Thanks Jarek!

You are welcome! But you probably didn't read this with
attention: if it works, you should thank mainly to that
other guy...

Btw. I can't remember I've seen such ferocious testing
ever!

Cheers,
Jarek P.
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