News [Phoronix] Linux 7.1 To Retire UDP-Lite - Allows For Better Performance With Cleansed Code

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The upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel cycle is set to retire UDP-Lite support. The UDP-Lite protocol allowed for partial checksums where potentially damaged/corrupted packets are still delivered to the application. Since the Linux 2.6.20 days there has been UDP-Lite support but the kernel is now set to retire it given breakage that has persisted for years and cleaning up the networking code can yield a performance advantage for non-UDP-Lite users...

Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-Retiring-UDP-Lite

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