On Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:50:47 +0100
James Chapman <jchap...@katalix.com> wrote:
> Yes, that looks like the problem.
>
> The comments in l2tp.h which indicate that the csum attributes are u8
> values are wrong. Code in net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c accesses these
> attributes using nla_get_flag().
>
> Please submit a patch to fix l2tp_tunnel_sock_create(). Include good
> change notes and your signed-off-by tag so that it gets reviewed. See
> Documentation/SubmittingPatches if you haven't submitted a kernel
> patch here before.
Thank you for fixing this. James is is correct.
Please format the patch according to the submission guidelines.
For example, checkpatch complains about current patch.
ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible
#156: FILE: net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1379:
+ ! cfg->udp6_zero_tx_checksums;$
WARNING: please, no spaces at the start of a line
#156: FILE: net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1379:
+ ! cfg->udp6_zero_tx_checksums;$
ERROR: space prohibited after that '!' (ctx:ExW)
#156: FILE: net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1379:
+ ! cfg->udp6_zero_tx_checksums;
^
ERROR: code indent should use tabs where possible
#159: FILE: net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1381:
+ ! cfg->udp6_zero_rx_checksums;$
WARNING: please, no spaces at the start of a line
#159: FILE: net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1381:
+ ! cfg->udp6_zero_rx_checksums;$
ERROR: space prohibited after that '!' (ctx:ExW)
#159: FILE: net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c:1381:
+ ! cfg->udp6_zero_rx_checksums;
^
ERROR: Missing Signed-off-by: line(s)
I am sorry that maintainers may seem like picky teachers in school
always putting redline around spelling errors, but this is how we work to teach
others how to follow the process.
