netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 12/14] gtp: Configuration for zero UDP checksum

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Date:   Wed, 20 Sep 2017 11:09:29 -0700
From:   Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     Tom Herbert <tom@...ntonium.net>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org>,
        Rohit Seth <rohit@...ntonium.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 12/14] gtp: Configuration for zero UDP checksum

On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 9:24 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Tom Herbert <tom@...ntonium.net>
> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 17:39:02 -0700
>
>> Add configuration to control use of zero checksums on transmit for both
>> IPv4 and IPv6, and control over accepting zero IPv6 checksums on
>> receive.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <tom@...ntonium.net>
>
> I thought we were trying to move away from this special case of allowing
> zero UDP checksums with tunnels, especially for ipv6.

I don't have a strong preference either way. I like consistency with
VXLAN and foo/UDP, but I guess it's not required. Interestingly, since
GTP only carries IP, IPv6 zero checksums are actually safer here than
VXLAN or GRE/UDP.

Tom