netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove netdevice gso_min

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Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:37:48 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: remove netdevice gso_min_segs

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2016 11:29:58 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> After introduction of ndo_features_check(), we believe that very
> specific checks for rare features should not be done in core
> networking stack.
> 
> No driver uses gso_min_segs yet, so we revert this feature and save
> few instructions per tx packet in fast path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.