netdev - Re: [TCP]: Fix TCP header misalignment

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Message-Id: <E1ItvR4-00007i-00@gondolin.me.apana.org.au>
Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:28:26 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	davem@...emloft.net (David Miller)
Cc:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [TCP]: Fix TCP header misalignment

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
> I'm getting this without IPSEC FWIW.  I believe it occurs when I talk
> to sites with sub-1500 MTUs.

It is possible to get this with any MTU that's not a multiple
of 4.  I was basing my comment above on the fact that such MTUs
are usually rare.  However, perhaps that is no longer the case
on today's Internet :)

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