netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] lwt: fix rx checksum setting for lwt devices tunneling over ipv6

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Message-ID: <CAEh+42isC=4nmKz-Sjc9VreCbOkqdEcPc2uXyxcgGRJQsdSWSw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Feb 2016 11:19:10 -0800
From:	Jesse Gross <jesse@...nel.org>
To:	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>, Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>,
	Pravin Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>,
	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] lwt: fix rx checksum setting for lwt devices
 tunneling over ipv6

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com> wrote:
> the commit 35e2d1152b22 ("tunnels: Allow IPv6 UDP checksums to be
> correctly controlled.") changed the default xmit checksum setting
> for lwt vxlan/geneve ipv6 tunnels, so that now the checksum is not
> set into external UDP header.
> This commit changes the rx checksum setting for both lwt vxlan/geneve
> devices created by openvswitch accordingly, so that lwt over ipv6
> tunnel pairs are again able to communicate with default values.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>

This is compat code that is being changed here. Based on the previous
discussion, shouldn't these be made the default for all users?