netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] openvswitch: Do not set skb ignore

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Message-ID: <CAEP_g=-dmtKbC+GkOsr1Z+gUB6Q0noFP_O5PhXmhs_w3j0BV0Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 2 Jan 2015 15:03:04 -0500
From:	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
To:	Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"dev@...nvswitch.org" <dev@...nvswitch.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] openvswitch: Do not set skb ignore_df

On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 1:27 PM, Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com> wrote:
> Tunnel transmit code clear this bit, so setting ignore_df has
> no effect.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>

Is it actually right for the bit to be cleared though? As discussed in
the previous thread on tunnel MTU handling, I think that fragmentation
should be done as a very last resort.
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