netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v12 1/9] openvswitch: use hard_header_len instead of hardcoded ETH

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Message-ID: <CAOrHB_C1LuA=pPm7CoVk6Hrkvi-0V54DP2vx9ADV6gx9qUWntg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2016 22:13:53 -0700
From:   Pravin Shelar <pshelar@....org>
To:     Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        ovs dev <dev@...nvswitch.org>,
        Lorand Jakab <lojakab@...co.com>,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v12 1/9] openvswitch: use hard_header_len instead
 of hardcoded ETH_HLEN

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 6:02 AM, Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com> wrote:
> On tx, use hard_header_len while deciding whether to refragment or drop the
> packet. That way, all combinations are calculated correctly:
>
> * L2 packet going to L2 interface (the L2 header len is subtracted),
> * L2 packet going to L3 interface (the L2 header is included in the packet
>   lenght),
> * L3 packet going to L3 interface.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@....org>