Re: [PATCH v6 0/2] lib: checksum: Fix issues with checksum tests

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:22:49 -0800 Charlie Jenkins <charlie@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The ip_fast_csum and csum_ipv6_magic tests did not have the data
> types properly casted, and improperly misaligned data.

Neither this nor the two patch's changelogs describe *why* these changes
are needed.  They merely assert that we need to do this.

IOW, when fixing a bug please always describe the user-visible effects
of that bug.