netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: Paritially checksum full MTU frames

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Message-Id: <20170130.155126.1842306899158752940.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:51:26 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vyasevich@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, vyasevic@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: Paritially checksum full MTU frames

From: Vladislav Yasevich <vyasevich@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 22:52:53 -0500

> IPv6 will mark data that is smaller that mtu - headersize as
> CHECKSUM_PARTIAL, but if the data will completely fill the mtu,
> the packet checksum will be computed in software instead.
> Extend the conditional to include the data that fills the mtu
> as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladislav Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>

Looks good, applied, thanks!