netdev - Re: [PATCH] pkt_sched: act_xt support new Xtables interface

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Date:	Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:42:18 -0500
From:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <erdnetdev@...il.com>
CC:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>,
	Yury Stankevich <urykhy@...il.com>,
	Hasan Chowdhury <shemonc@...il.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	pablo@...filter.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pkt_sched: act_xt support new Xtables interface

On 12-12-21 10:45 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-12-21 at 15:35 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>

> This reminds me this might be the reason we have
> skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
> in __netif_receive_skb(), while its not very logical.
>

You seem to have nailed the egress part finally. That has
been a constant battle. At one point the standard answer
was "turn off TSO" ;->

> (Yes, sorry for being off topic, but I am referring to
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg214662.html )


I think the skb_reset_transport_header() when Acme made
a major overhaul to replace direct pointer access.
For this reason i think your second option seems preferable.

cheers,
jamal

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