netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net/sched: act_mirred: fix fragment the packet after defrag in act

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Message-ID: <CAM_iQpVFN3f8OCy-zWWV+ZmKomdn8Cm3dFtbux0figRCDsU9tw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 30 Jun 2020 12:02:39 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     wenxu <wenxu@...oud.cn>
Cc:     Paul Blakey <paulb@...lanox.com>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/sched: act_mirred: fix fragment the packet after
 defrag in act_ct

On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 7:55 PM <wenxu@...oud.cn> wrote:
>
> From: wenxu <wenxu@...oud.cn>
>
> The fragment packets do defrag in act_ct module. The reassembled packet
> over the mtu in the act_mirred. This big packet should be fragmented
> to send out.

This is too brief. Why act_mirred should handle the burden introduced by
act_ct? And why is this 158-line change targeting -net not -net-next?

Thanks.