netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: reuse ip6_frag_id from ip6_ufo_append

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Date:	Sat, 22 Feb 2014 06:52:31 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: reuse ip6_frag_id from ip6_ufo_append_data

Hi David!

On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 12:28:55AM -0500, David Miller wrote:
> From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 02:55:35 +0100
> 
> > Currently we generate a new fragmentation id on UFO segmentation. It
> > is pretty hairy to identify the correct net namespace and dst there.
> > Especially tunnels use IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE and thus have no skb_dst
> > available at all.
> > 
> > This causes unreliable or very predictable ipv6 fragmentation id
> > generation while segmentation.
> > 
> > Luckily we already have pregenerated the ip6_frag_id in
> > ip6_ufo_append_data and can use it here.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
> 
> Applied, thanks Hannes.

Could you also get this at least into 3.13, as sit tunnels enable gso
by default there?

Thank you,

  Hannes

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