netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sunvnet: Initialize network_header and transport_header in vnet_rx

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Message-Id: <20160118.172022.2052673337766512747.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:20:22 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, rashmi.narasimhan@...cle.com,
	david.stevens@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sunvnet: Initialize network_header and
 transport_header in vnet_rx_one()

From: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:12:09 -0500

> vnet_fullcsum() accesses ip_hdr() and transport header to compute
> the checksum for IPv4 packets, so these need to be initialized in
> skb created in vnet_rx_one().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>

If this is a bug fix, why are you targetting net-next?