netdev - RE: [PATCH net 3/3] Drivers: net: hyperv: Address UDP checksum issues

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Date:	Wed, 9 Apr 2014 18:39:57 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"olaf@...fle.de" <olaf@...fle.de>,
	"apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
	"jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net 3/3] Drivers: net: hyperv: Address UDP checksum
 issues



> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 11:37 AM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> devel@...uxdriverproject.org; olaf@...fle.de; apw@...onical.com;
> jasowang@...hat.com
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net 3/3] Drivers: net: hyperv: Address UDP checksum
> issues
> 
> From: KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 18:08:47 +0000
> 
> > Thanks Dave. I will COW the SKB before changing the checksum value. I
> > do have a question though.  I looked at a bunch of hardware drivers
> > and they modify the header information, specially checksum field and I
> > could not see where they had COWed the skb. I was grepping for skb_cow
> > in these drivers.
> 
> Look for skb_cow_head(), for example, the tg3.c driver uses this.
> 
Thank you. I will update this patch. Do you want me to resend the whole set or just
this patch.

K. Y
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