netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] TX throttling bug-fixing patch of AX88179

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Message-ID: <CANEJEGv9G0SSUQOPqbqb_Fpcth7Qz2nkT_zOUQG=U2FH=g1_XA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:32:08 -0700
From:	Grant Grundler <grundler@...gle.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>, oliver@...kum.org,
	Freddy Xin <freddy@...x.com.tw>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	ASIX Louis [蘇威陸] <louis@...x.com.tw>,
	Allan Chou <allan@...x.com.tw>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] TX throttling bug-fixing patch of AX88179_178A

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Grant Grundler <grundler@...gle.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 4:46 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> ...
>> A quick scan shows that smsc75xx, smsc95xx, and ax88179_178a all have
>> this problem.
>>
>> Instead of the patch starting this thread, I'd like to see one that
>> hits all three drivers and removes all SG and TSO features bits from
>> both the ->features _and_ ->hw_features settings.
>
> Since you are asking to remove TSO, do you also want skb_linearize()
> calls in ax88179_178a.c and smsc75xx.c removed as well?

Nevermind...Eric already removed skb_linearize calls in his patch.

cheers,
grant

>
> Not part of the original patch - but based on this thread, Eric seems
> to think calling skb_linearize isn't necessary or helpful either.
>
> cheers,
> grant
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