netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: skip virtio_net_hdr_set

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Date:   Tue, 21 Dec 2021 03:10:10 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        jianfeng.tan@...ux.alibaba.com, willemb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: skip virtio_net_hdr_set_proto if protocol already
 set

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 09:50:27 -0500 you wrote:
> From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
> 
> virtio_net_hdr_set_proto infers skb->protocol from the virtio_net_hdr
> gso_type, to avoid packets getting dropped for lack of a proto type.
> 
> Its protocol choice is a guess, especially in the case of UFO, where
> the single VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_UDP label covers both UFOv4 and UFOv6.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: skip virtio_net_hdr_set_proto if protocol already set
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/1ed1d5921139

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