netdev - Re: [net PATCH 0/2] Fix outer UDP checksums for IPv6 VXLAN tunnels

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Date:	Tue, 25 Nov 2014 14:13:05 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alexander.duyck@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net PATCH 0/2] Fix outer UDP checksums for IPv6 VXLAN tunnels

From: alexander.duyck@...il.com
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 20:08:25 -0800

> In testing against an older kernel I found a couple issues in the IPv6
> VXLAN tunnel checksum logic for the outer UDP checksum.
> 
> First the default transitioned from using an outer checksum to not using
> one.  Second, sometime after that the checksum inputs were changed
> resulting the checksum not being correct if it were computed.
> 
> These two issues prevented a ping from the newer kernel to the older one.
> With these two changes applied I verified I was able to send traffic over
> the VXLAN tunnel to a link partner on an older kernel.
> 
> The boolean flip fix can be submitted for 3.17 stable as well since the
> patch that introduced the issue was included in that kernel.

Series applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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