netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2] sctp: Add GSO support

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Message-Id: <20160503.120915.2184693151751282220.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 03 May 2016 12:09:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	marcelo.leitner@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, vyasevich@...il.com, nhorman@...driver.com,
	linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org, David.Laight@...LAB.COM,
	alexander.duyck@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] sctp: Add GSO support

From: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 08:49:18 -0300

> So this is just for pure tx path, no forwarding involved.

And if that GSO segment is looped back into the stack via the
loopback interface, the packet classifier mirror action, or
netfilter?

You cannot just GSO things and then not handle such packets
properly on receive.