Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:06:03 +0200 | | From | Patrick McHardy <> | | Subject | Re: [netfilter-core] Re: [PATCH] Avoid unncessary checksum validation in TCP/UDP netfilter |
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Keir Fraser wrote: > On 27 May 2005, at 12:20, Phil Oester wrote: >> On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 12:03:08PM +0100, Keir Fraser wrote: >> >>> The TCP/UDP connection-tracking code in netfilter validates the >>> checksum of incoming packets, to prevent nastier errors further down >>> the road. This check is unnecessary if the skb is marked as >>> CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY. >> >> It seems at least part of this has already been merged in 2.6.12-rc > > It would be great if the UDP code also would observe > CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY. I'll wait for 2.6.12 to appear and then submit a > new patch if UDP has been missed.
TCP was changed to fix a regression with loopback packets. I've added the UDP part of your patch to my 2.6.13 tree.
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