netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] gro: relax ID check in inet_gro

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Message-Id: <20130321.105639.2282437815036262862.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:56:39 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	maze@...gle.com
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	dmitry@...adcom.com, eilong@...adcom.com, pshelar@...ira.com,
	hkchu@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] gro: relax ID check in inet_gro_receive()

From: Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 02:59:49 -0700

> TCP packets are DF.
> AFAICT, the IP identifier field does not really serve a useful purpose
> for non-fragment-ed/able packets.

Not incrementing it by one each frame breaks serial line TCP header
compression.
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