Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:59:33 +0100
From: Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>
To: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/checksum.c: Fix another endianess bug
Message-ID: <20091024115933.GA6999@console-pimps.org>
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On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 04:39:38PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> 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

Ping?

Andrew, Arnd, could one of you pick this up?
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