netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: veth: Set features for MPLS

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Date:	Wed, 17 Aug 2016 15:41:20 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	buytenh@...tstofly.org, simon.horman@...ronome.com,
	ebiederm@...ssion.com, rshearma@...cade.com, tom@...bertland.com,
	tgraf@...g.ch, olivier.dugeon@...nge.com,
	alexander.duyck@...il.com, Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] net: veth: Set features for MPLS

On Wed, 2016-08-17 at 14:49 -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> veth does not really transmit packets only moves the skb from one
> netdev to another so gso and checksum is not really needed. Add
> the features to mpls_features to get the same benefit and performance
> with MPLS as without it.

It seems mpls_features should also be managed by bonding and team
drivers ...