netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/13] net: core: add helper tcp_v6_gso_csum

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Message-Id: <20200219.112202.41545263500542131.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:22:02 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/13] net: core: add helper
 tcp_v6_gso_csum_prep

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 20:55:18 +0100

> Several network drivers for chips that support TSO6 share the same code
> for preparing the TCP header, so let's factor it out to a helper.
> A difference is that some drivers reset the payload_len whilst others
> don't do this. This value is overwritten by TSO anyway, therefore
> the new helper resets it in general.

Series applied, thanks Heiner.