netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/8] net: Add skb_gro

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Message-Id: <20081215.234242.98704610.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:42:42 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, johnpol@....mipt.ru,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] net: Add skb_gro_receive

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:52:46 +1100

> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:35:23PM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote:
> > net: Add skb_gro_receive
> > 
> > This patch adds the helper skb_gro_receive to merge packets for
> > GRO.  The current method is to allocate a new header skb and then
> > chain the original packets to its frag_list.  This is done to
> > make it easier to integrate into the existing GSO framework.
> > 
> > In future as GSO is moved into the drivers, we can undo this and
> > simply chain the original packets together.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> 
> Looks like I forgot to stop the merging at 64K.  Here is an update
> with the check added.

Applied.
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