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

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Message-Id: <20080501.033414.132094744.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 01 May 2008 03:34:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:	bhutchings@...arflare.com, kmansley@...arflare.com,
	shemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Disable forwarding of LRO skbs

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 18:19:54 +0800

> This patch completely breaks forwarding of GSO packets in a
> virtualised environment where we explicitly want to forward
> them as is to reduce per-packet overhead.  So if LRO is causing
> problems then I suggest we find a better way around that that
> does not penalise all forms of GSO.

I assume you mean forwarding via a bridge?

I think we'll need to add a device attribute for what
you want.

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