netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: Discard and warn about LRO'd skbs received for forwarding

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Message-ID: <20080619145015.3ec2307c@extreme>
Date:	Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:50:15 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com,
	Kieran Mansley <kmansley@...arflare.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: Discard and warn about LRO'd skbs received for
 forwarding

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:08:34 +0100
Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com> wrote:

> Add skb_warn_if_lro() to test whether an skb was received with LRO and
> warn if so.
> 
> Change br_forward(), ip_forward() and ip6_forward() to call it) and
> discard the skb if it returns true.

Actually shouldn't ip forwarding work because of refragmentation?
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