netdev - Re: ip fragments sent in reverse order?

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Date:	Fri, 27 May 2011 08:20:02 +0800
From:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
To:	Chris Friesen <chris.friesen@...band.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ip fragments sent in reverse order?

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Chris Friesen
<chris.friesen@...band.com> wrote:
>
> I read that Linux intentionally sends IP fragments in reverse order to allow
> for some optimization on the receive side.  I'm trying to find this code,
> but what I see in ip_fragment() seems to be creating/sending the fragments
> in order.  Has this changed over the years?
>

Yes. Now the fragments are sent in order.


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Regards,
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@...il.com)
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