netdev - Re: [RFC/PATCH] SO_NO

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Date:	Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:35:31 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeff@...zik.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] SO_NO_CHECK for IPv6

From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:45:32 -0500

> 
> SO_NO_CHECK support for IPv6 appeared to be missing. This is presented,
> based on a reading of net/ipv4/udp.c.
> 
> I wonder if IPv4's CHECKSUM_PARTIAL check from udp_push_pending_frames()
> also needs to be copied to IPv6?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...hat.com>

IPV6 specifies that, unlike ipv4, this no-checksum behavior
is not allowed.
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