netdev - Re: [PATCH] lro: IP fragment checking

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Message-Id: <20081201.131810.158631503.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:18:10 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gallatin@...i.com
Cc:	ossthema@...ibm.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tklein@...ibm.com, raisch@...ibm.com,
	jb.billaud@...il.com, hering2@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lro: IP fragment checking

From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@...i.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:50:15 -0500

> As to whether or not to do it in the drivers/hardware or in the
> LRO code, I favor doing it in the LRO code just so that it is not
> missed in some driver.

Then there is no point in the hardware doing the check, if
we're going to check it anyways.

That's part of my point about why this check doesn't belong
here.
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