netdev - [PATCH RFC net-next v4 7/7] sk_buff.h: improve description of CHECKSUM

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Message-Id: <a6f87efa3d7a00deaaddd080cd41be8a5b34387e.1492692976.git.dcaratti@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:38:13 +0200
From:   Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
To:     Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH RFC net-next v4 7/7] sk_buff.h: improve description of CHECKSUM_{COMPLETE,UNNECESSARY}

Add FCoE to the list of protocols that can set CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY; add a
note to CHECKSUM_COMPLETE section to specify that it does not apply to SCTP
and FCoE protocols.

Suggested-by: Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
Signed-off-by: Davide Caratti <dcaratti@...hat.com>
---
 include/linux/skbuff.h | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 4002c11..c902b77 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
  *       may perform further validation in this case.
  *     GRE: only if the checksum is present in the header.
  *     SCTP: indicates the CRC in SCTP header has been validated.
+ *     FCOE: indicates the CRC in FC frame has been validated.
  *
  *   skb->csum_level indicates the number of consecutive checksums found in
  *   the packet minus one that have been verified as CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY.
@@ -126,8 +127,10 @@
  *   packet as seen by netif_rx() and fills out in skb->csum. Meaning, the
  *   hardware doesn't need to parse L3/L4 headers to implement this.
  *
- *   Note: Even if device supports only some protocols, but is able to produce
- *   skb->csum, it MUST use CHECKSUM_COMPLETE, not CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY.
+ *   Notes:
+ *   - Even if device supports only some protocols, but is able to produce
+ *     skb->csum, it MUST use CHECKSUM_COMPLETE, not CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY.
+ *   - CHECKSUM_COMPLETE is not applicable to SCTP and FCoE protocols.
  *
  * CHECKSUM_PARTIAL:
  *
-- 
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