#define IP_DEFTTL  64   /* from RFC 1340. */
 
-/* Use this type to inform GCC that ip_sum violates aliasing rules. */
-typedef unaligned_uint16_t alias_int16_t __attribute__((__may_alias__));
-
-static inline uint16_t
-ip_sum(const alias_int16_t *hdr, int hdr_len)
-{
-       uint32_t sum = 0;
-
-       while (hdr_len > 1)
-       {
-               sum += *hdr++;
-               if (sum & 0x80000000)
-                       sum = (sum & 0xFFFF) + (sum >> 16);
-               hdr_len -= 2;
-       }
-
-       while (sum >> 16)
-               sum = (sum & 0xFFFF) + (sum >> 16);
-
-       return ~sum;
-}
-
 /*
  * Multi-flow generation mode.
  *
                                                                   next_flow);
                        ip_hdr->total_length    = RTE_CPU_TO_BE_16(pkt_size -
                                                                   sizeof(*eth_hdr));
-                       ip_hdr->hdr_checksum    = ip_sum((const alias_int16_t *)ip_hdr,
-                                                        sizeof(*ip_hdr));
+                       ip_hdr->hdr_checksum    = rte_ipv4_cksum(ip_hdr);
 
                        /* Initialize UDP header. */
                        udp_hdr = (struct rte_udp_hdr *)(ip_hdr + 1);