netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next (V2)] ipv6: Queue fragments per interface for multicast/link-local addresses.

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Date:	Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:39:29 +0900
From:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>,
	Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>,
	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next (V2)] ipv6: Queue fragments per interface
 for multicast/link-local addresses.

Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-02-16 at 14:49 +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki wrote:
>> We should queue fragments for the same link-local address on
>> different interfaces (e.g. fe80::1%eth0 and fe80::1%eth1) to the
>> different queue, because of nature of addressing architecture.
>>
>> Similarly, we should queue fragments for multicast on different
>> interface to the different queue.  This is okay because
>> application joins group on speicific interface, and multicast
>> traffic is expected only on that interface.
>>
>> CC: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
>> CC: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
>> CC: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
>> Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
>> ---
> 
> I would definitely ask advice from Patrick & Pablo on this patch.
> 
> If a router uses several links in aggregation (but no bonding dev), we
> might break fragmentation/reassembly.

Could you elaborate, please?

The patch does not compare incoming interface if address is
non-link-local unicast address.

--yoshfuji
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