netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] udp: In udp_flow_src_port use random hash value if skb_get

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Date:	Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:00:20 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	therbert@...gle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] udp: In udp_flow_src_port use random hash
 value if skb_get_hash fails

From: Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 09:17:31 -0800

> In the unlikely event that skb_get_hash is unable to deduce a hash
> in udp_flow_src_port we use a consistent random value instead.
> This is specified in GRE/UDP draft section 3.2.1:
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-tsvwg-gre-in-udp-encap-04
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>

This looks fine, applied, thanks Tom.
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