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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/skbuff.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/skbuff.h | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h index 1bb36edb66b9..da6028a50687 100644 --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h @@ -83,11 +83,15 @@ * * CHECKSUM_PARTIAL: * - * This is identical to the case for output below. This may occur on a packet + * A checksum is set up to be offloaded to a device as described in the + * output description for CHECKSUM_PARTIAL. This may occur on a packet * received directly from another Linux OS, e.g., a virtualized Linux kernel - * on the same host. The packet can be treated in the same way as - * CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY, except that on output (i.e., forwarding) the - * checksum must be filled in by the OS or the hardware. + * on the same host, or it may be set in the input path in GRO or remote + * checksum offload. For the purposes of checksum verification, the checksum + * referred to by skb->csum_start + skb->csum_offset and any preceding + * checksums in the packet are considered verified. Any checksums in the + * packet that are after the checksum being offloaded are not considered to + * be verified. * * B. Checksumming on output. * @@ -2915,7 +2919,10 @@ __sum16 __skb_checksum_complete(struct sk_buff *skb); static inline int skb_csum_unnecessary(const struct sk_buff *skb) { - return ((skb->ip_summed & CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY) || skb->csum_valid); + return ((skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY) || + skb->csum_valid || + (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL && + skb_checksum_start_offset(skb) >= 0)); } /** |