On Tuesday 17 June 2008 05:38:45 Greg KH wrote: > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 02:41:41PM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote: > > From: Mark McLoughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > hdr->csum_start is the offset from the start of the ethernet > > header to the transport layer checksum field. skb->csum_start > > is the offset from skb->head. > > > > skb_partial_csum_set() assumes that skb->data points to the > > ethernet header - i.e. it computes skb->csum_start by adding > > the headroom to hdr->csum_start. > > > > Since eth_type_trans() skb_pull()s the ethernet header, > > skb_partial_csum_set() should be called before > > eth_type_trans(). > > > > (Without this patch, GSO packets from a guest to the world outside the > > host are corrupted). > > Is this in Linus's tree already? If so, what is the commit id.
Sure: 23cde76d801246a702e7a84c3fe3d655b35c89a1 "virtio_net: Fix skb->csum_start computation" > (note that 2.6.24 isn't being maintained anymore...) OK, wasn't sure. Thanks, Rusty. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
