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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com>
To: Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/checksum.c: Fix another endianess bug
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:39:38 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0909281339p1abe6ff0h1ef4e05887a2413d@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090928080729.GB6793@console-pimps.org>

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 04:07, Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 01:00:25PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:20, Matt Fleming wrote:
>> > From: Matt Fleming <matthew.fleming@imgtec.com>
>> >
>> > This fix allows the generic checksum code to work on my little endian
>> > system. The previous fix was not enough, as "buff" is a big-endian
>> > value. Without this patch I see malformed TCP packets.
>>
>> can you try this one ?
>> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/23/597
>
> Yep, that one works fine also. Thanks, Mike. Who's going to pick this
> up? I'm guessing this commit is also applicable for stable? Though, I
> don't know if there are any little-endian users of this code in stable.

i'm converting Blackfin to it now that the LE issues should be fixed,
but i'm going to hold off on pushing the change until it can be tested

as for picking up the fix, let's ask Andrew ...
-mike

  reply	other threads:[~2009-09-28 20:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-25 14:20 Matt Fleming
2009-09-25 17:00 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-09-28  8:07   ` Matt Fleming
2009-09-28 20:39     ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2009-10-24 11:59       ` Matt Fleming
2009-10-24 22:51         ` Mike Frysinger
2009-10-25 10:03           ` [PATCH] lib/checksum.c: lib/checksum: fix one more thinko Arnd Bergmann

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