linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: reset transport header if it was not set before transmission

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Message-Id: <20130317.121318.1869489921021513474.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 17 Mar 2013 12:13:18 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	jasowang@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mst@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: reset transport header if it was not
 set before transmission

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:10:51 -0700

> Any way we can avoid adding this to fast path, for people not using
> macvtap and ixgbe ?

Likewise I'd rather see macvtap be responsible for fixing this up by
setting the transport header properly, and therfore sending well
formed packets to the rest of the stack.
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