Re: BUG: warning at net/core/dev.c:1171/skb_checksum_help() 2.6.18-rc3

From: Patrick McHardy
Date: Mon Jul 31 2006 - 01:05:23 EST


David Miller wrote:
> From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:24:31 +0200
>
>
>>This is a known problem with NAT and HW checksum and will probably get
>>fixed in 2.6.19.
>
>
> I would like to see this fixed for 2.6.18, no later.
>
> Either that or disable the bug trap, but taking this route
> is severely discouraged. :)


I'm actually updateing my patch for this on top of Herbert's
CHECKSUM_PARTIAL patch right now. Unfortunately I targeted 2.6.19,
so the fixes are on top of a few cleanups (which unconvered a few
unrelated bugs as well). I'll post it when I'm done so we can
decide how to proceed.

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