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net: set flag when packets are truncated

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
57/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
c
Domain
networking, operating-systems

Research direction

Start with the related TODO at kernel-src/io/net/udp.c:288. Read the surrounding UDP packet handling to identify where truncation is detected and which flag the TODO refers to. Done means the flag is set when a packet is truncated; the issue does not name a test to run.

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Description

enhancement good first issue

Related TODO

Dominant language
C
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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