[ovs-dev] [PATCH] datapath:backport: openvswitch: use flow protocol when recalculating ipv6 checksums

[Jesse Gross]

On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Pravin B Shelar <pshelar at ovn.org> wrote:
> Upstream commit:
>     commit b4f70527f052b0c00be4d7cac562baa75b212df5
>     Author: Simon Horman <simon.horman at netronome.com>
>     Date:   Thu Apr 21 11:49:15 2016 +1000
>
>     openvswitch: use flow protocol when recalculating ipv6 checksums
>
>     When using masked actions the ipv6_proto field of an action
>     to set IPv6 fields may be zero rather than the prevailing protocol
>     which will result in skipping checksum recalculation.
>
>     This patch resolves the problem by relying on the protocol
>     in the flow key rather than that in the set field action.
>
>     Fixes: 83d2b9ba1abc ("net: openvswitch: Support masked set actions.")
>     Cc: Jarno Rajahalme <jrajahalme at nicira.com>
>     Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman at netronome.com>
>     Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
>
> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar at ovn.org>

Acked-by: Jesse Gross <jesse at kernel.org>