netdev - Re: [NET-NEXT PATCH 01/13] ixgbe: fix rx csum return status misinterpretation

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Date:	Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:03:51 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [NET-NEXT PATCH 01/13] ixgbe: fix rx csum return status	misinterpretation

Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> 
> the driver was misinterpreting rx_csum return value in the descriptor
> so occassionally we would indicate an rx_csum error in our stats
> when there was none.  This would have no effect on traffic because
> we would just hand the packet to the stack anyway without the offload
> flag set, but would increase CPU for those packets that needed a recompute.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c |    8 +++-----
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

applied 1-13


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