netdev - Re: [PATCH -next 0/3] net: cap size to original frag size when refragmenting

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Date:	Thu, 16 Apr 2015 22:56:46 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, fw@...len.de,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next 0/3] net: cap size to original frag size when
 refragmenting

On 17.04, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 06:13:25PM +0200, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
> >
> > So currently we have one fast path, that is: we are not fragmented, we
> > get out non-fragmented, none of this code is ever touched and no
> > problem.
> > 
> > We don't want to mak this more complex, but
> 
> You should read Dave's other email where he gives you an obvious
> solution.  If you have to modify the skb then you don't have to
> worry about the original fragments.
> 
> But if you only read the skb then don't linearise it completely
> and keep the original fragments.

Yes, I was just responding to that. We need an additional member
in the skb, but then this part is quite simple.
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