netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: adjust skb_gso

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Message-Id: <20130206.155840.401066341279523511.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:58:40 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	amwang@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jesse@...ira.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: adjust skb_gso_segment() for calling
 in rx path

From: Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
Date: Wed,  6 Feb 2013 10:36:38 +0800

> From: Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
> 
> skb_gso_segment() is almost always called in tx path,
> except for openvswitch. It calls this function when
> it receives the packet and tries to queue it to user-space.
> In this special case, the ->ip_summed check inside
> skb_gso_segment() is no longer true, as ->ip_summed value
> has different meanings on rx path.
> 
> This patch adjusts skb_gso_segment() so that we can at least
> avoid such warnings on checksum.
> 
> Cc: Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>

This looks perfect, applied, thanks!
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