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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:53:50 -0500 (EST) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: jasowang@...hat.com Cc: rusty@...tcorp.com.au, mst@...hat.com, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V2] virtio-net: don't do header check for dodgy gso packets From: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com> Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 11:03:52 +0800 > There's no need to do header check for virtio-net since: > > - Host sets dodgy for all gso packets from guest and check the header. > - Host should be prepared for all kinds of evil packets from guest, since > malicious guest can send any kinds of packet. > > So this patch sets NETIF_F_GSO_ROBUST for virtio-net to skip the check. > > Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au> > Cc: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> > Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com> > Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com> > --- > Changes from V1: > - typo fixes Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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