netdev - Re: [patch net-next 2/2] netfilter: push reasm skb through instead of original frag skbs

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.03.1311070010300.1931@ssi.bg>
Date:	Thu, 7 Nov 2013 00:17:48 +0200 (EET)
From:	Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next 2/2] netfilter: push reasm skb through instead
 of original frag skbs


	Hello,

On Wed, 6 Nov 2013, Jiri Pirko wrote:

...

> As was discussed previously, the only correct solution seems to be to use
> reassembled skb instead of separete frags. Doing this has positive side
> effects in reducing sk_buff by one pointer (nfct_reasm) and also the reams
> dances in ipvs and conntrack can be removed.
> 
> Future plan is to remove net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
> entirely and use code in net/ipv6/reassembly.c instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>

	No obvious problems with the IPVS changes.

Acked-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
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