From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: [PATCH] expose simplified skb_checksum_recalc Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 12:52:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20060512.125204.51641088.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20060510152244.44fb3db7@localhost.localdomain> <200605111924.33125.netdev@axxeo.de> <20060511112843.6532bddd@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@axxeo.de, ioe-lkml@rameria.de, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:65253 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751363AbWELTwY (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 May 2006 15:52:24 -0400 To: shemminger@osdl.org In-Reply-To: <20060511112843.6532bddd@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 11:28:43 -0700 > Many users of skb_checksum_help() are just using it to recalculate > outbound checksum, so why not expose the interface in a more useful > way. Suggested by Ingo Oeser. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Since you will be adding the first users of skb_checksum_recalc(), feel free to push this change in via your net driver tree whenever you feel it is appropriate Stephen. Thanks.