netdev - Re: [PATCH V9 net-next 03/14] net: Add Software fallback infrastructure for socket dependent offloads

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Date:   Sun, 29 Apr 2018 11:33:20 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Boris Pismenny <borisp@...lanox.com>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, saeedm@...lanox.com, davejwatson@...com,
        ktkhai@...tuozzo.com, Ilya Lesokhin <ilyal@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V9 net-next 03/14] net: Add Software fallback
 infrastructure for socket dependent offloads

Hello!

On 4/29/2018 11:06 AM, Boris Pismenny wrote:

> From: Ilya Lesokhin <ilyal@...lanox.com>
> 
> With socket dependent offloads we rely on the netdev to transform
> the transmitted packets before sending them to the wire.
> When a packet from an offloaded socket is rerouted to a different
> device we need to detect it and do the transformation in software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ilya Lesokhin <ilyal@...lanox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Boris Pismenny <borisp@...lanox.com>
[...]
> diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
> index 6fa1a44..c6a3f14 100644
> --- a/net/Kconfig
> +++ b/net/Kconfig
> @@ -407,6 +407,10 @@ config GRO_CELLS
>   	bool
>   	default n
>   
> +config SOCK_VALIDATE_XMIT
> +	bool
> +	default n

    No need -- n is the default default. :-)

[...]

MBR, Sergei