netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Fix GRO for multiple page fragments

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Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:24:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:	bhutchings@...arflare.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Fix GRO for multiple page fragments

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:48:12 +0800

> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 03:03:30PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>>
>> The loop is iterating forward, not backward, so why initialise frag to
>> point to the last fragment?
> 
> Ah yes, that's completely bogus.  I suppose it only works because
> the current users only supply one frag under normal circumstanses.
> 
> Yes we should integrate your patch for 2.6.30.  For net-next the
> loop no longer exists so it should be fine.

I've applied Ben's patch.
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