netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/4] packet: Add pre-defragmentation support for ipv4 fanouts.

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Message-ID: <4E12DAED.3070408@inliniac.net>
Date:	Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:35:41 +0200
From:	Victor Julien <victor@...iniac.net>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] packet: Add pre-defragmentation support for ipv4
 fanouts.

On 07/05/2011 11:04 AM, David Miller wrote:
> 
> The skb->rxhash cannot be properly computed if the
> packet is a fragment.  To alleviate this, allow the
> AF_PACKET client to ask for defragmentation to be
> done at demux time.

Does the same limitation exist for IPv6 packets? If I read the patch
correctly the defrag is only done for IPv4.

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