netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net 2/2] tg3: Fix data corruption on 5725 with TSO

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Date:	Mon, 13 May 2013 15:10:10 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Nithin Nayak Sujir <nsujir@...adcom.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net 2/2] tg3: Fix data corruption on 5725 with TSO

On Mon, 2013-05-13 at 14:47 -0700, Nithin Nayak Sujir wrote:

> For the bug to occur, the fragment does not have to span a 4G boundary. If it is 
> within MSS bytes (9.6k) of a 4G boundary, it triggers the failure.
> 

Ah, that indeed can happen.

Thanks


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