Hi,
  
|  if (!sk->sk_filter && skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY) {
|  
|  IPv6 doesn't do this, so I think delete condition 'sk->sk_filter' is better. 
|  Do you think so?
I think the sk->sk_filter is there for a good reason. If you delete it, that 
routine
is forced to always compute UDP checksums, even if the only receiving 
application is 
a tcpdump process. I may be wrong here, but I think that deleting the sk_filter 
statement
is not at a good idea. 

The other alternatives discussed (afaik) so far were:

1) Move the increment of UDP_MIB_INDATAGRAMS from udp_queue_rcv_skb() to 
udp_recvmsg()
   (first patch uploaded to  http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6660). 
This
   was discussed: not a good idea, since in-kernel applications may use the 
data_ready
   handler rather than udp_recvmsg().

2) Decrement UDP_MIB_INDATAGRAMS in udp_recvmsg() when the checksum turns out 
to be
   wrong (second patch uploaded to above address). This would be a fix to the 
problem 
   you are stating, it also solves the problem of missing out the data_ready 
handlers in
   (1), and was suggested earlier on this mailing list.
  
-- Gerrit
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