netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] gro: more generic L2 header check

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Message-Id: <20120208.182629.1816927738607872730.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:26:29 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	or.gerlitz@...il.com
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, ogerlitz@...lanox.com,
	sean.hefty@...el.com, herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au,
	linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, shlomop@...lanox.com,
	roland@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] gro: more generic L2 header check

From: Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 01:20:46 +0200

> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:09 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>> I don't think this is an appropriate bug fix at all.
> 
> I'm not sure to understand
> 
>> Apparently this problem has existed since day one and the world has
>> kept on spinning meanwhile.
> 
> Dave, the bug was introduced on 2.6.38 when LRO was removed from IPoIB
> and GRO added, so users who run distributions containing pre 2.6.38
> kernels don't hit the bug.

This I didn't know, Ok I'll apply this stuff to the net tree and add it
to my -stable queue as well.
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