netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] openvswitch: Add STT support.

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Message-Id: <20150123.010421.413293636634640915.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 23 Jan 2015 01:04:21 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	vincent.jardin@...nd.com
Cc:	therbert@...gle.com, jesse@...ira.com, pshelar@...ira.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] openvswitch: Add STT support.

From: Vincent JARDIN <vincent.jardin@...nd.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:51:55 +0100

> Same: LRO/GRO is is bad features: it breaks many times networking
> (most IP forwarders must disable it), but it helps for servers. Same
> for STT in fact, it has its narrow set of use-cases which are valid.

False, GRO helps for forwarders too, because it decreases the number
of IP route lookups, one of the most expensive operations during
formwarding.

Please do not spread misinformation, and especially do not try to show
that GRO is in _ANY_ way something like STT.  That's completely wrong.
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