netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC v2 ipsec-next 0/6] IPsec GRO layer decapsulation

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Message-ID: <20170215122529.GV30338@gauss.secunet.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:25:29 +0100
From:   Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Ilan Tayari <ilant@...lanox.com>,
        Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 ipsec-next 0/6] IPsec GRO layer decapsulation

On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 10:57:55AM +0100, Steffen Klassert wrote:
> This patchset adds a software GRO codepath for IPsec ESP.
> The ESP gro_receive callback functions decapsulate the
> ESP packets at the GRO layer and reinject them back with
> gro_cells_receive(). This saves a complete round through
> the stack for IPsec ESP packets.
> 
> We also need this for ESP HW offload, because HW decrypt but
> does not decapsulate the packet. We need to decapsulate before
> the inbound policy check, otherwise this check will fail.
> 
> Patches 2 an 3 prepare the generic code for packet consuming
> gro callbacks.
> 
> Changes from v1:
> 
> - Add the 'xfrm: Extend the sec_path for IPsec offloading'
>   patch and use the secpath to encode GRO calls.
> 
> - Coding style fixes.

I have not got any further feedback, so I applied this
series to ipsec-next.