netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v6] gso: Support partial splitting at the frag

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Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2016 20:59:51 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     alexander.duyck@...il.com
Cc:     steffen.klassert@...unet.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        marcelo.leitner@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6] gso: Support partial splitting at the
 frag_list pointer

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 08:12:15 -0700

> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 3:58 AM, Steffen Klassert
> <steffen.klassert@...unet.com> wrote:
>> Since commit 8a29111c7 ("net: gro: allow to build full sized skb")
>> gro may build buffers with a frag_list. This can hurt forwarding
>> because most NICs can't offload such packets, they need to be
>> segmented in software. This patch splits buffers with a frag_list
>> at the frag_list pointer into buffers that can be TSO offloaded.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
 ...
> 
> Looks good.
> 
> Acked-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>

Applied, thanks everyone.