netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: do not pretend FRAGLIST support

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Date:	Mon, 02 Dec 2013 17:17:08 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	David.Laight@...LAB.COM, puzman@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cascardo@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	anirudh@...inx.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: do not pretend FRAGLIST support

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 08:51:13 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Few network drivers really supports frag_list : virtual drivers.
> 
> Some drivers wrongly advertise NETIF_F_FRAGLIST feature.
> 
> If skb with a frag_list is given to them, packet on the wire will be
> corrupt.
> 
> Remove this flag, as core networking stack will make sure to
> provide packets that can be sent without corruption.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Good catch, applied and queued up for -stable.
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