netdev - Re: [RFC] GSO: Questions for IPVS and GSO for IPv6

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.11.1407310034030.1826@ja.home.ssi.bg>
Date:	Thu, 31 Jul 2014 00:39:28 +0300 (EEST)
From:	Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
To:	Alex Gartrell <agartrell@...com>
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team <Kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] GSO: Questions for IPVS and GSO for IPv6


	Hello,

On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, Alex Gartrell wrote:

> > +	skb_clear_hash(skb);
> 
> We need this in ipv4 but not in ipv6?

	I got it from iptunnel_xmit(), I don't see it
for IPv6 and I was not very sure about it. We can also
leave it for another patch.

> It sounds like this is going to take a fair amount of work.  Can we set
> gso_type_mask to 0 with a scary comment and push it as a fix and then do the
> right thing as a feature for a future release?

	Yes, 0 or SIT with some comment can be enough
for a bugfix change.

Regards

--
Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
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