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Date:   Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:26:39 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Limin Wang <lwang.nbl@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: LRO: creating vlan subports affects parent port's LRO settings

On Thu, 19 Nov 2020 20:37:27 -0500 Limin Wang wrote:
> Under relatively recent kernels (v4.4+), creating a vlan subport on a
> LRO supported parent NIC may turn LRO off on the parent port and
> further render its LRO feature practically unchangeable.

That does sound like an oversight in commit fd867d51f889 ("net/core:
generic support for disabling netdev features down stack").

Are you able to create a patch to fix this?

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