@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ extern struct sctp_globals {
/* Flag to idicate if SCTP-AUTH is enabled */
int auth_enable;
+
+ /* Flag to indicate whether computing and verifying checksum
+ * is disabled. */
+ int checksum_disable;
} sctp_globals;
#define sctp_rto_initial (sctp_globals.rto_initial)
@@ -252,6 +256,7 @@ extern struct sctp_globals {
#define sctp_addip_noauth (sctp_globals.addip_noauth_enable)
#define sctp_prsctp_enable (sctp_globals.prsctp_enable)
#define sctp_auth_enable (sctp_globals.auth_enable)
+#define sctp_checksum_disable (sctp_globals.checksum_disable)
/* SCTP Socket type: UDP or TCP style. */
typedef enum {
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ int sctp_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
__skb_pull(skb, skb_transport_offset(skb));
if (skb->len < sizeof(struct sctphdr))
goto discard_it;
- if (!skb_csum_unnecessary(skb) && sctp_rcv_checksum(skb) < 0)
+ if (!sctp_checksum_disable && !skb_csum_unnecessary(skb) &&
+ sctp_rcv_checksum(skb) < 0)
goto discard_it;
skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct sctphdr));
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ int sctp_packet_transmit(struct sctp_packet *packet)
* Note: Adler-32 is no longer applicable, as has been replaced
* by CRC32-C as described in <draft-ietf-tsvwg-sctpcsum-02.txt>.
*/
- if (!(dst->dev->features & NETIF_F_NO_CSUM)) {
+ if (!sctp_checksum_disable && !(dst->dev->features & NETIF_F_NO_CSUM)) {
crc32 = sctp_start_cksum((__u8 *)sh, cksum_buf_len);
crc32 = sctp_end_cksum(crc32);
} else
@@ -1411,4 +1411,6 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET) "-proto-132");
MODULE_ALIAS("net-pf-" __stringify(PF_INET6) "-proto-132");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Linux Kernel SCTP developers <lksctp-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Support for the SCTP protocol (RFC2960)");
+module_param_named(no_checksums, sctp_checksum_disable, bool, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(no_checksums, "Disable checksums computing and verification");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");