netdev - Re: [PATCH net v1 1/1] net: selftests: initialize TCP header and skb payload with zero

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Message-ID: <20250421132908.GF2789685@horms.kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:29:08 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v1 1/1] net: selftests: initialize TCP header and skb
 payload with zero

On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 06:01:25PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> Zero-initialize TCP header via memset() to avoid garbage values that
> may affect checksum or behavior during test transmission.
> 
> Also zero-fill allocated payload and padding regions using memset()
> after skb_put(), ensuring deterministic content for all outgoing
> test packets.
> 
> Fixes: 3e1e58d64c3d ("net: add generic selftest support")
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>