netdev - Re: [PATCH net] netvsc: reduce maximum GSO size

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Date:   Wed, 07 Dec 2016 13:14:03 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, sthemmin@...rosoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] netvsc: reduce maximum GSO size

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Date: Tue,  6 Dec 2016 13:43:54 -0800

> Hyper-V (and Azure) support using NVGRE which requires some extra space
> for encapsulation headers. Because of this the largest allowed TSO
> packet is reduced.
> 
> For older releases, hard code a fixed reduced value.  For next release,
> there is a better solution which uses result of host offload
> negotiation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
> ---
> Please queue this for stable as well.

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.