netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: introduce skb_transport_header_was

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Message-Id: <20130108.175209.183446498109754610.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:52:09 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	jhs@...atatu.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: introduce skb_transport_header_was_set()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:28:21 -0800

> [PATCH net-next] net: introduce skb_transport_header_was_set()
> 
> We have skb_mac_header_was_set() helper to tell if mac_header
> was set on a skb. We would like the same for transport_header.
> 
> __netif_receive_skb() doesn't reset the transport header if already
> set by GRO layer.
> 
> Note that network stacks usually reset the transport header anyway,
> after pulling the network header, so this change only allows
> a followup patch to have more precise qdisc pkt_len computation
> for GSO packets at ingress side.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied.
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