netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 4/6] 6lowpan: add udp warning for elided checksum

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Date:	Thu, 14 Nov 2013 08:32:01 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>
Cc:	alex.bluesman.smirnov@...il.com,
	linux-zigbee-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, werner@...esberger.net,
	jukka.rissanen@...ux.intel.com, dbaryshkov@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/6] 6lowpan: add udp warning for elided
 checksum

On Thu, 2013-11-14 at 16:48 +0100, Alexander Aring wrote:
> Bit 5 of "UDP LOWPAN_NHC Format" indicate that the checksum can be elided.
> The host need to calculate the udp checksum afterwards but this isn't
> supported right now.
[]
> diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
[]
> @@ -448,9 +448,14 @@ lowpan_uncompress_udp_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct udphdr *uh)
>  		pr_debug("uncompressed UDP ports: src = %d, dst = %d\n",
>  			 ntohs(uh->source), ntohs(uh->dest));
>  
> -		/* copy checksum */
> -		memcpy(&uh->check, &skb->data[0], 2);
> -		skb_pull(skb, 2);
> +		/* checksum */
> +		if (tmp & LOWPAN_NHC_UDP_CS_C) {
> +			pr_debug("checksum elided currently not supported");

This looks like it could need ratelimiting
Also, it should end in "\n".  Maybe use:

	pr_debug_ratelimited("checksum elided currently not supported\n");


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