Re: [PATCH v3] net: dccp: Checksum verification enhancement

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From: <Markus.Amend@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:11:07 +0000

> The current patch modifies the checksum verification of a received DCCP
> packet, by adding the function __skb_checksum_validate into the
> dccp_vX_rcv routine. The purpose of the modification is to allow the
> verification of the skb->ip_summed flags during the checksum validation
> process (for checksum offload purposes). As __skb_checksum_validate
> covers the functionalities of skb_checksum and dccp_vX_csum_finish they
> are needless and therefore removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nathalie Romo Moreno <natha.ro.moreno@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Amend <markus.amend@xxxxxxxxxx>

I don't see how this can be correct as you're not taking the csum
coverage value into consideration at all.



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