netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tun: fix csum generation for tap devices

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:00:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	pabeni@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, mst@...hat.com, rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	hannes@...essinduktion.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tun: fix csum generation for tap devices

From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 00:00:04 +0200

> The commit 34166093639b ("tuntap: use common code for virtio_net_hdr
> and skb GSO conversion") replaced the tun code for header manipulation
> with the generic helpers. While doing so, it implictly moved the
> skb_partial_csum_set() invocation after eth_type_trans(), which
> invalidate the current gso start/offset values.
> Fix it by moving the helper invocation before the mac pulling.
> 
> Fixes: 34166093639 ("tuntap: use common code for virtio_net_hdr and skb GSO conversion")
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>

Applied.