netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx4_en: Advertize encapsulation offloads features only when VXLAN tunnel is set

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Date:	Tue, 11 Nov 2014 13:25:07 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ogerlitz@...lanox.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, fw@...len.de, amirv@...lanox.com,
	saeedm@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/mlx4_en: Advertize encapsulation offloads
 features only when VXLAN tunnel is set

From: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
Date: Sun,  9 Nov 2014 14:25:39 +0200

> Currenly we only support Large-Send and TX checksum offloads for
> encapsulated traffic of type VXLAN. We must make sure to advertize
> these offloads up to the stack only when VXLAN tunnel is set.
> 
> Failing to do so, would mislead the the networking stack to assume
> that the driver can offload the internal TX checksum for GRE packets
> and other buggy schemes.
> 
> Reported-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
> Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>

Applied, thanks.
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