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SubjectRe: [PATCH] firewire net: Ensure checksumming in upper layer.
Stefan Richter wrote:
> On Jan 20 YOSHIFUJI Hideaki wrote:
>> It is wrong to set skb->ip_summed to CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY unless
>> the device has already checked it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
>> ---
>> drivers/firewire/net.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/firewire/net.c b/drivers/firewire/net.c
>> index e7a711f5..df6a1ca 100644
>> --- a/drivers/firewire/net.c
>> +++ b/drivers/firewire/net.c
>> @@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static int fwnet_finish_incoming_packet(struct net_device *net,
>> dev = netdev_priv(net);
>> /* Write metadata, and then pass to the receive level */
>> skb->dev = net;
>> - skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY; /* don't check it */
>> + skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_NONE;
>>
>> /*
>> * Parse the encapsulation header. This actually does the job of
>
> Indeed neither the device nor the lower drivers check protocol checksums.
> But the CRCs of the encapsulating 1394 packets are checked in hardware.
> Shall protocol checksums be verified regardless?

Yes, because packets may come from off-link source.

--yoshfuji


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