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-rw-r--r--include/linux/skbuff.h7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 43d7ca07b2ff..1713e4b7ea9f 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
* may perform further validation in this case.
* GRE: only if the checksum is present in the header.
* SCTP: indicates the CRC in SCTP header has been validated.
+ * FCOE: indicates the CRC in FC frame has been validated.
*
* skb->csum_level indicates the number of consecutive checksums found in
* the packet minus one that have been verified as CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY.
@@ -126,8 +127,10 @@
* packet as seen by netif_rx() and fills out in skb->csum. Meaning, the
* hardware doesn't need to parse L3/L4 headers to implement this.
*
- * Note: Even if device supports only some protocols, but is able to produce
- * skb->csum, it MUST use CHECKSUM_COMPLETE, not CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY.
+ * Notes:
+ * - Even if device supports only some protocols, but is able to produce
+ * skb->csum, it MUST use CHECKSUM_COMPLETE, not CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY.
+ * - CHECKSUM_COMPLETE is not applicable to SCTP and FCoE protocols.
*
* CHECKSUM_PARTIAL:
*