netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: reset transport header if it was not set before transmission

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Message-ID: <51482F55.8020900@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:26:45 +0800
From:	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mst@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: reset transport header if it was not
 set before transmission

On 03/18/2013 12:13 AM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:10:51 -0700
>
>> Any way we can avoid adding this to fast path, for people not using
>> macvtap and ixgbe ?
> Likewise I'd rather see macvtap be responsible for fixing this up by
> setting the transport header properly, and therfore sending well
> formed packets to the rest of the stack.

Ok, haven't checked all other possibility but looks like packet needs to
be fixed also.
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