netdev - Re: GSO and IPv4 forwarding

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Message-Id: <20101026.131928.193719487.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:19:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	wkevils@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GSO and IPv4 forwarding

From: Kevin Wilson <wkevils@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:02:26 +0200

> My question is:
> dev_disable_lro(dev) disable the LRO feature (NETIF_F_LRO) of the
> device. But suppose I have a device where GRO is enabled (and LRO is
> not). And let's say I set forwarding on this device.

GRO is completely different from LRO, and can remain enabled
when forwarding is turned on.
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