netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2] do not disable sg when packet requires no checksum

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Message-Id: <20120920.223237.770883586764737313.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:32:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ecashin@...aid.com
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, bhutchings@...arflare.com,
	jesse@...ira.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] do not disable sg when packet requires no checksum

From: Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:46:07 -0700

> This two-part patchset replaces an earlier net-only patch that
> added an explicit check for the AoE protocol to harmonize_features
> in net/core/dev.c.
> 
> Following the suggestions of Ben Hutchings, this patchset makes
> the decision in the network layer protocol agnostic instead of
> using ETH_P_AOE as a special case.  It relies on fresh skbs being
> CHECKSUM_NONE but makes that explicit with an assertion.
> 
> Ed L. Cashin (2):
>   aoe: assert AoE packets marked as requiring no checksum
>   net: do not disable sg for packets requiring no checksum

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Ed.
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