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Date:	Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:00:19 -0800
From:	Roland Dreier <roland@...nel.org>
To:	Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com>
Cc:	Shlomo Pongratz <shlomop@...lanox.com>,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	linux-rdma <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] IB/ipoib: fix GRO merge failure for IPoIB originated
 TCP streams

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com> wrote:
>> Realistically if we add this hack to ipoib then we'll have that ugly
>> memset in our fast path forever.
>
> forever, why? once a clever fix is found, we can revert that memset, etc.

Because no one is ever going to work on the right fix if we add a
bandaid to ipoib now.
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