netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next v2 4/5] xen-netback: handle IPv6 TCP GSO packets from the guest

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Message-ID: <9AAE0902D5BC7E449B7C8E4E778ABCD012F306@AMSPEX01CL01.citrite.net>
Date:	Tue, 8 Oct 2013 13:42:05 +0000
From:	Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@...rix.com>
To:	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>
CC:	"xen-devel@...ts.xen.org" <xen-devel@...ts.xen.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Wei Liu <wei.liu2@...rix.com>,
	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next v2 4/5] xen-netback: handle IPv6 TCP GSO
 packets from the guest

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wei Liu [mailto:wei.liu2@...rix.com]
> Sent: 08 October 2013 14:32
> To: Paul Durrant
> Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xen.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Wei Liu; David Vrabel;
> Ian Campbell
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/5] xen-netback: handle IPv6 TCP GSO
> packets from the guest
> 
> On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 11:58:15AM +0100, Paul Durrant wrote:
> > This patch a xenstore flag, festure-gso-tcpv6, to adevrtise netback can
>             ^ adds            feature               advertise
> 
> > handle IPv6 TCP GSO packets and creates SKB_GSO_TCPV6 skbs if the
> frontend
> > passes an extra segment with the new type XEN_NETIF_GSO_TYPE_TCPV6
> added to
> > netif.h.
> 
> Note the new type should be synced to Xen's netif.h tree with separate
> patch for Xen.
> 

Ok. Do you think it is reasonable to make incremental changes to netif.h in this series and then submit a patch to xen-devel with the complete set once this series is accepted?

  Paul
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