netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: make urg+gso work for real this time

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Date:	Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:31:05 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, ptesarik@...e.cz, ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: make urg+gso work for real this time

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 03:21:18PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:15:43 +1100
> 
> > +		if (between(tp->snd_up, tcb->seq + 1, tcb->seq + 0xFFFF)) {
> > +			th->urg_ptr = htons(tp->snd_up - tcb->seq);
> > +			th->urg = 1;
> > +		} else if (after(tcb->seq + 0xFFFF, tp->snd_nxt)) {
> > +			th->urg_ptr = 0xFFFF;
> > +			th->urg = 1;
> > +		}
> 
> What does this make happen for a jumbo frame where the urgent pointer
> is within this packet, yet is beyond the 0xffff offset limit?

Just how on earth can we build such a packet when our skb is designed
to carry 64K maximum?

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