netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] inet: restore gso for vxlan

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Date:	Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:25:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	ast@...mgrid.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] inet: restore gso for vxlan

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 18:18:16 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Alexei reported a performance regression on vxlan, caused
> by commit 3347c9602955 "ipv4: gso: make inet_gso_segment() stackable"
> 
> GSO vxlan packets were not properly segmented, adding IP fragments
> while they were not expected.
> 
> Rename 'bool tunnel' to 'bool encap', and add a new boolean
> to express the fact that UDP should be fragmented.
> This fragmentation is triggered by skb->encapsulation being set.
> 
> Remove a "skb->encapsulation = 1" added in above commit,
> as its not needed, as frags inherit skb->frag from original
> GSO skb.
>  
> Reported-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>

Applied, thanks!
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