netdev - Re: [PATCH RESEND] net: convert xen-netfront to hw

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Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:37:27 +0200
From:	Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To:	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...citrix.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <Jeremy.Fitzhardinge@...rix.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	"virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
	<virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] net: convert xen-netfront to hw_features

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:13:30PM +0100, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-03-31 at 12:01 +0100, Michał Mirosław wrote:
> > Not tested in any way. The original code for offload setting seems broken
> > as it resets the features on every netback reconnect.
> Thanks, I've got a pending TODO item to test this and propagate similar
> changes to netback. I hope to get to it soon...
> 
> Is this urgent (for 2.6.39) IYHO? I think it's been broken this way for
> a long time now...

This probably affects only people who are using suspending VM's to disk or
[live] migration. The bug is hard to notice if you're not looking for it.
I only noticed it after trying to change the code.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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