netdev - Re: [PATCH net] fjes: Fix wrong netdevice feature flags

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Message-ID: <7ebd6b13-28f3-517b-efb5-4e56dc2e0f1f@cogentembedded.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2017 13:41:56 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@...fujitsu.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     yasu.isimatu@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] fjes: Fix wrong netdevice feature flags

Hello!

On 3/15/2017 7:47 AM, Taku Izumi wrote:

> This patch fixes netdev->features for Extended Socket network device.
>
> Currently Extended Socket network device's netdev->feature claims
> NETIF_F_HW_CSUM, however this is completely wrong. There's no feature
> of checksum offloading.
> That causes invalid TCP/UDP checksum and packet rjection when IP

    Rejection.

> forwarding from Extended Socket network device to other network device.
>
> NETIF_F_HW_CSUM should be omitted.
>
> Signed-off-by: Taku Izumi <izumi.taku@...fujitsu.com>
[...]

MBR, Sergei