netdev - Re: [PATCH] Disable TSO for non standard qdiscs

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Date:	Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:59:53 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	andi@...stfloor.org (Andi Kleen)
Cc:	rick.jones2@...com, andi@...stfloor.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Disable TSO for non standard qdiscs

Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
> 
> Hmm, that would probably be possible for TBF, but I'm not sure this can be
> really done in a useful way for the more complicated qdiscs. Especially
> since they would likely need to turn on/off GSO regularly when dynamic
> circumstances change and there is not really a good way to affect a socket 
> after it was created.

You don't need to change the socket if you just call skb_gso_segment
when necessary.

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