netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: tls: avoid discarding data on record close

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Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2023 07:40:20 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, borisp@...dia.com, john.fastabend@...il.com,
 dirk.vandermerwe@...ronome.com, tariqt@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: tls: avoid discarding data on record close

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Fri,  4 Aug 2023 15:59:51 -0700 you wrote:
> TLS records end with a 16B tag. For TLS device offload we only
> need to make space for this tag in the stream, the device will
> generate and replace it with the actual calculated tag.
> 
> Long time ago the code would just re-reference the head frag
> which mostly worked but was suboptimal because it prevented TCP
> from combining the record into a single skb frag. I'm not sure
> if it was correct as the first frag may be shorter than the tag.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: tls: avoid discarding data on record close
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/6b47808f223c

You are awesome, thank you!
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