netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] Support MPLS features in bonding and vlan net devices

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Message-Id: <20190604.144952.1353373326253870063.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 04 Jun 2019 14:49:52 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     lariel@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] Support MPLS features in bonding and vlan
 net devices

From: Ariel Levkovich <lariel@...lanox.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 22:36:45 +0000

> Netdevice HW MPLS features are not passed from device driver's netdevice to
> upper netdevice, specifically VLAN and bonding netdevice which are created
> by the kernel when needed.
> 
> This prevents enablement and usage of HW offloads, such as TSO and checksumming
> for MPLS tagged traffic when running via VLAN or bonding interface.
> 
> The patches introduce changes to the initialization steps of the VLAN and bonding
> netdevices to inherit the MPLS features from lower netdevices to allow the HW
> offloads.

Series applied, thanks.