# Re: \[PATCH V2 2/2\] af\_packet: pass checksum validation status to the user

- From: David Miller \<davem@davemloft.net\>
- Date: 2015-03-24 02:01:50 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2015/03/4457447
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2015/03/4454598/t.md

```text
From: Alexander Drozdov <redacted>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:11:13 +0300

> Introduce TP_STATUS_CSUM_VALID tp_status flag to tell the
> af_packet user that at least the transport header checksum
> has been already validated.
> 
> For now, the flag may be set for incoming packets only.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Drozdov <redacted>

Applied to net-next
```