netdev - Re: [PATCH 3.2 085/115] veth: don???t modify ip_summed; doing so treats packets with bad checksums as good.

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Date:	Fri, 13 May 2016 14:21:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	greearb@...delatech.com
Cc:	w@....eu, vijayp@...ayp.ca, tom@...bertland.com,
	ben@...adent.org.uk, sd@...asysnail.net,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.2 085/115] veth: don???t modify ip_summed; doing so
 treats packets with bad checksums as good.

From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 09:57:19 -0700

> How do you feel about a new socket-option to allow a socket to
> request the old veth behaviour?

I depend upon the opinions of the experts who work upstream on and
maintain these components, since it is an area I am not so familiar
with.

Generally speaking asking me directly for opinions on matters like
this isn't the way to go, in fact I kind of find it irritating.  It
can't all be on me.