netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] [IPV4] UDP: Always checksum even if without socket filter

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Date:	Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:11:53 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	wangchen@...fujitsu.com (Wang Chen)
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [IPV4] UDP: Always checksum even if without socket filter

Wang Chen <wangchen@...fujitsu.com> wrote:
>
> So, I think the checksum in udp_queue_rcv_skb() actually does
> the work, not that in udp_recvmsg() and udp_poll().
> 
> If I am wrong, please point out.

We may have a bug in the accounting area.  Check the recent
patch made to UDP/IPv6 which is probably needed here as well.

Hmm, we really need to spend more time on merging stuff between
IPv4 and IPv6 to save all this duplication of effort.

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