netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] macvtap: Correctly set tap features when IFF_VNET

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Date:	Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:09:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vyasevic@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, mst@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] macvtap: Correctly set tap features when
 IFF_VNET_HDR is disabled.

From: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:25:01 -0400

> When the user turns off IFF_VNET_HDR flag, attempts to change
> offload features via TUNSETOFFLOAD do not work.  This could cause
> GSO packets to be delivered to the user when the user is
> not prepared to handle them.
> 
> To solve, allow processing of TUNSETOFFLOAD when IFF_VNET_HDR is
> disabled.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>

Applied.
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