netdev - Re: [PATCH net] vlan: propagate gso_max

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Date:	Thu, 17 Mar 2016 08:26:47 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] vlan: propagate gso_max_segs

On Wed, 2016-03-16 at 21:59 -0700, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> vlan drivers lack proper propagation of gso_max_segs from
> lower device.
> 

BTW, I suspect bridge code needs an update too.

This might be the time to add IFLA_MAX_GSO_SEGS and IFLA_MAX_GSO_SIZE to
help debugging these issues with "ip link show"