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Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:10:04 -0700
From:	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: add skb_checksum_complete_unset

This function changes ip_summed to CHECKSUM_NONE if CHECKSUM_COMPLETE
is set. This is called to discard checksum-complete when packet
is being modified and checksum is not pulled for headers in a layer.

Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
---
 include/linux/skbuff.h | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 0991259..06793b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -3016,6 +3016,18 @@ static inline bool __skb_checksum_validate_needed(struct sk_buff *skb,
  */
 #define CHECKSUM_BREAK 76
 
+/* Unset checksum-complete
+ *
+ * Unset checksum complete can be done when packet is being modified
+ * (uncompressed for instance) and checksum-complete value is
+ * invalidated.
+ */
+static inline void skb_checksum_complete_unset(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_COMPLETE)
+		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
+}
+
 /* Validate (init) checksum based on checksum complete.
  *
  * Return values:
-- 
1.8.1

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