netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tunnels: Allow IPv6 UDP checksums to be correctly controlled.

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:57:15 +0100
From:	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
To:	Jesse Gross <jesse@...nel.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tunnels: Allow IPv6 UDP checksums to be correctly
 controlled.

On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 16:22:47 -0800, Jesse Gross wrote:
> When configuring checksums on UDP tunnels, the flags are different
> for IPv4 vs. IPv6 (and reversed). However, when lightweight tunnels
> are enabled the flags used are always the IPv4 versions, which are
> ignored in the IPv6 code paths. This uses the correct IPv6 flags, so
> checksums can be controlled appropriately.
> 
> Fixes: a725e514 ("vxlan: metadata based tunneling for IPv6")
> Fixes: abe492b4 ("geneve: UDP checksum configuration via netlink")
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse@...nel.org>

Indeed. Thanks for spotting this.

Acked-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>