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Message-ID: <20110420231503.GA20775@rere.qmqm.pl>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:15:03 +0200
From: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: tun: convert to hw_features
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:52:24PM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:13:10 +0200 (CEST), Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl> wrote:
> > This changes offload setting behaviour to what I think is correct:
> > - offloads set via ethtool mean what admin wants to use (by default
> > he wants 'em all)
> > - offloads set via ioctl() mean what userspace is expecting to get
> > (this limits which admin wishes are granted)
> > - TUN_NOCHECKSUM is ignored, as it might cause broken packets when
> > forwarded (ip_summed == CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY means that checksum
> > was verified, not that it can be ignored)
> >
> > If TUN_NOCHECKSUM is implemented, it should set skb->csum_* and
> > skb->ip_summed (= CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) for known protocols and let others
> > be verified by kernel when necessary.
> >
> > TUN_NOCHECKSUM handling was introduced by commit
> > f43798c27684ab925adde7d8acc34c78c6e50df8:
> >
> > tun: Allow GSO using virtio_net_hdr
> Err, not in my git tree! It predates git in fact.
Ah! Sorry! Your patch just moved the buggy line around.
> Since tap requires privs, I wouldn't worry about invalid packets too
> much.
I prefer correctness over uncertainty. ;)
Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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