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    net: Clarification of CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY · 77cffe23
    Tom Herbert authored
    
    
    This patch:
     - Clarifies the specific requirements of devices returning
       CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY (comments in skbuff.h).
     - Adds csum_level field to skbuff. This is used to express how
       many checksums are covered by CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY (stores n - 1).
       This replaces the overloading of skb->encapsulation, that field is
       is now only used to indicate inner headers are valid.
     - Change __skb_checksum_validate_needed to "consume" each checksum
       as indicated by csum_level as layers of the the packet are parsed.
     - Remove skb_pop_rcv_encapsulation, no longer needed in the new
       csum_level model.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTom Herbert <therbert@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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