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Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:54:03 -0800 (PST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: wangchen@...fujitsu.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [IPV4] UDP: Always checksum even if without socket filter From: Wang Chen <wangchen@...fujitsu.com> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:46:26 +0800 > The current kernel doesn't verify the udp checksum if user doesn't set a > socket filter.It's fine for LAN. But for WAN, it's not a good option. > Shall we fix it? Below is the patch to make udp checksum be always > available. > > [IPV4] UDP: Always checksum even if without socket filter > Make udp checksum be always available even if without socket filter. > > Signed-off-by: Wang Chen <wangchen@...fujitsu.com> It checks the checksum in udp_recvmsg() and udp_poll(). Please do not fix bugs via code inspection without writing test programs to validate whether there is really a "bug" here or not. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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