netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 3/4] ipv6: no CHECKSUM_PARTIAL on MSG

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Date:	Tue, 27 Oct 2015 17:44:09 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Vladislav Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>,
	Benjamin Coddington <bcodding@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 3/4] ipv6: no CHECKSUM_PARTIAL on MSG_MORE corked
 sockets



On Tue, Oct 27, 2015, at 17:36, Tom Herbert wrote:> > -               if
(cork->length + length > maxnonfragsize - headersize) {
> > +       if (cork->length + length > maxnonfragsize - headersize) {
> >  emsgsize:
> > -                       ipv6_local_error(sk, EMSGSIZE, fl6,
> > -                                        mtu - headersize +
> > -                                        sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
> > -                       return -EMSGSIZE;
> > -               }
> > +               ipv6_local_error(sk, EMSGSIZE, fl6,
> > +                                mtu - headersize +
> > +                                sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
> > +               return -EMSGSIZE;
> >         }
> >
> > +       /* CHECKSUM_PARTIAL only with no extension headers and when
> 
> No, please don't do this. CHECKSUM_PARTIAL should work with extension
> headers as defined, so this is just disabling otherwise valid and
> useful functionality. If (some) drivers have problems with this they
> need to be identified and fixed.

I don't understand. The old code already didn't allow the use of
opt_flen with CHECKSUM_PARTIAL.

The MSG_MORE check has nothing to do with that but only with corking.

Bye,
Hannes
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