netdev - Re: [PATCH,net-next,2/2] tun: enable napi_gro

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Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2017 20:16:13 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Petar Penkov <peterpenkov96@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>,
        Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
        ppenkov@...nford.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH,net-next,2/2] tun: enable napi_gro_frags() for TUN/TAP
 driver

On Tue, 2017-09-19 at 00:34 -0700, Petar Penkov wrote:
> Add a TUN/TAP receive mode that exercises the napi_gro_frags()
> interface. This mode is available only in TAP mode, as the interface
> expects packets with Ethernet headers.
> 
> Furthermore, packets follow the layout of the iovec_iter that was
> received. The first iovec is the linear data, and every one after the
> first is a fragment. If there are more fragments than the max number,
> drop the packet. Additionally, invoke eth_get_headlen() to exercise flow
> dissector code and to verify that the header resides in the linear data.
> 
> The napi_gro_frags() mode requires setting the IFF_NAPI_FRAGS option.
> This is imposed because this mode is intended for testing via tools like
> syzkaller and packetdrill, and the increased flexibility it provides can
> introduce security vulnerabilities.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Petar Penkov <peterpenkov96@...il.com>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
> Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
> Cc: davem@...emloft.net
> Cc: ppenkov@...nford.edu
> ---

Again, very nice, thanks a lot Petar.

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>