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Date:	Tue, 05 Jul 2011 03:06:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	victor@...iniac.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] packet: Add pre-defragmentation support for ipv4
 fanouts.

From: Victor Julien <victor@...iniac.net>
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:35:41 +0200

> 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?

Yes.

> If I read the patch correctly the defrag is only done for IPv4.

Right, one thing at a time :-)
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