From: Al Viro > Sent: 21 July 2020 21:26 > Preparation for the change of calling conventions; right now all > callers pass 0 as initial sum. Passing 0xffffffff instead yields > the values comparable mod 0xffff and guarantees that 0 will not > be returned on success. > > Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > lib/iov_iter.c | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c > index 7405922caaec..d5b7e204fea6 100644 > --- a/lib/iov_iter.c > +++ b/lib/iov_iter.c > @@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ size_t csum_and_copy_from_iter(void *addr, size_t bytes, __wsum *csum, > int err = 0; > next = csum_and_copy_from_user(v.iov_base, > (to += v.iov_len) - v.iov_len, > - v.iov_len, 0, &err); > + v.iov_len, ~0U, &err); > if (!err) { > sum = csum_block_add(sum, next, off); > off += v.iov_len; Can't you remove the csum_block_add() by passing the old 'sum' in instead of the ~0U ? You'll need to keep track of whether the buffer fragment is odd/even aligned. After an odd length fragment a bswap32() or 8 bit rotate will fix things (and maybe one right at the end). David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)