netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] macvlan: allow setting LRO independently of lower device

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Date:	Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:00:48 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mkubecek@...e.cz
Cc:	kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] macvlan: allow setting LRO independently of
 lower device

From: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 17:05:49 +0100

> Since commit fbe168ba91f7 ("net: generic dev_disable_lro() stacked
> device handling"), dev_disable_lro() zeroes NETIF_F_LRO feature flag
> first for a macvlan device and then for its lower device. As an attempt
> to set NETIF_F_LRO to zero is ignored, dev_disable_lro() issues a
> warning and taints kernel.
> 
> Allowing NETIF_F_LRO to be set independently of the lower device
> consists of three parts:
> 
>   - add the flag to hw_features to allow toggling it
>   - allow setting it to 0 even if lower device has the flag set
>   - add the flag to MACVLAN_FEATURES to restore copying from lower
>     device on macvlan creation
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>

Applied, thanks.
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