netdev - Re: ip_gre headroom allocation

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Date:	Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:56:38 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Timo Teräs <timo.teras@....fi>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru
Subject: Re: ip_gre headroom allocation

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 01:17:14PM +0300, Timo Teräs wrote:
>
>> Otherwise we'd need a similar hack in ipip.c too.
>
> I was under the impression that as we need to do the route lookup anyway
> we could take advantage of the information available from there fully.
>
> But yes, your explanation makes perfect sense.

I think you're both right :)

We should include the IPsec head room here, but also in the
dev->needed_headroom calculation so that most packets don't
get reallocated in the first place.

And yes all tunnels are deficient in this regard.

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