netdev - Re: [PATCH net] vlan: Set hard_header_len according to available acceleration

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Message-Id: <20140327.150107.987417092647041729.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 27 Mar 2014 15:01:07 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vyasevic@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] vlan: Set hard_header_len according to available
 acceleration

From: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:47:56 -0400

> Currently, if the card supports CTAG acceleration we do not
> account for the vlan header even if we are configuring an
> 8021AD vlan.  This may not be best since we'll do software
> tagging for 8021AD which will cause data copy on skb head expansion
> Configure the length based on available hw offload capabilities and
> vlan protocol.
> 
> CC: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevic@...hat.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Vlad.
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