>you are absolutely right that the code was correct at the time
>it was committed -- i think i tried to mention this.
>
>The question is where to move it now. Because it seems to be only
>necessary when we have fragmentation, perhaps the correct place is
>somewhere near the place where fragments are created (around line
>830 in 4.2):
>
> len = (ifp->if_mtu - hlen) &~ 7;
> if (len < 8) {
> error = EMSGSIZE;
> goto bad;
> }
>---> move check here <----
> /*
> * if the interface will not calculate checksums on
> * fragmented packets, then do it here.
> */
>
>so we get as much error reports as possible -- what do you think ?
If it works there, then that's fine by me.
-DG
David Greenman
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President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com
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