netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Disable forwarding of LRO skbs

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Message-Id: <20080430.145820.50450486.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:58:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	kmansley@...arflare.com, shemminger@...tta.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Disable forwarding of LRO skbs

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:48:46 +0100

> Large Receive Offload (LRO) destroys packet headers that should be
> preserved when forwarding.  Currently it also triggers a BUG() or WARN()
> in skb_gso_segment().  We should disable it wherever forwarding is
> enabled, and discard LRO skbs with a warning if it is turned back on.

Thanks for reposting your work, I'll take a closer look at these
two patches later today.
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