netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] macvtap: Ignore tap features when VNET

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Date:	Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:09:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vyasevic@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, mst@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] macvtap: Ignore tap features when VNET_HDR is
 off

From: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:25:02 -0400

> When the user turns off VNET_HDR support on the
> macvtap device, there is no way to provide any
> offload information to the user.  So, it's safer
> to ignore offload setting then depend on the user
> setting them correctly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>

Applied.
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