netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 3/4] vxlan: Enforce IP ID verification on outer headers

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Date:	Mon, 7 Mar 2016 20:05:20 +0200
From:	Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
To:	Alexander Duyck <aduyck@...antis.com>
Cc:	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 3/4] vxlan: Enforce IP ID verification on outer headers

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 7:22 PM, Alexander Duyck <aduyck@...antis.com> wrote:
> This change enforces the IP ID verification on outer headers.  As a result
> if the DF flag is not set on the outer header we will force the flow to be
> flushed in the event that the IP ID is out of sequence with the existing
> flow.

Can you please state the precise requirement for aggregation w.r.t IP
IDs here? and point to where/how this is enforced, e.g for
non-tunneled TCP GRO-ing?

Or.