Re: [PATCH net-next] lwt: fix rx checksum setting for lwt devices tunneling over ipv6

From: Tom Herbert <redacted>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:31:34 -0800

On Feb 16, 2016 12:53 PM, "David Miller" [off-list ref] wrote:

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And practically speaking we disappear from the internet for VXLAN tunnel
endpoints implementing the VXLAN spec properly.

That's not going to help anyone at all.

A lot of effort has gone into defining the constraints for using zero udp6
csum (look at Rfc6935 and rfc6936). Just because Cisco unilaterally decided
the csum is a nuisance, doesn't mean it can be ignored. No udp6 csum
increases chance of misdelivery, which in multitenant nv is really bad.

People who review RFCs had ample opportunity to review the VXLAN RFC and
find this issue and fix it.

It slipped through and now we are stuck with it, just like we are stuck
with bad user facing kernel APIs.

Objecting now and voicing our objection by breaking interoperability
serves no useful purpose whatsoever.