[ovs-dev] [PATCH] datapath: Fix checksum calculation when modifying ICMPv6 packets.

Pravin Shelar pshelar at nicira.com
Fri Aug 29 16:42:26 UTC 2014


On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com> wrote:
>> The checksum of ICMPv6 packets uses the IP pseudoheader as part of
>> the calculation, unlike ICMP in IPv4. This was not implemented,
>> which means that modifying the IP addresses of an ICMPv6 packet
>> would cause the checksum to no longer be correct as the psuedoheader
>> did not match.
>>
>> Reported-by: Neal Shrader <icosahedral at gmail.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com>
>
> This one is still waiting for a review.

I was waiting for some feedback from Neal. But it is pending for long
enough so I will review it soon.



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