netdev - RE: [PATCH v4 net-next 06/14] ipv6/gro: insert temporary HBH/jumbo header

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Date:   Tue, 15 Mar 2022 16:04:54 +0000
From:   Alexander Duyck <alexanderduyck@...com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Alexander H Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
CC:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Coco Li <lixiaoyan@...gle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v4 net-next 06/14] ipv6/gro: insert temporary HBH/jumbo
 header



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 9:02 AM
> To: Alexander H Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>; David S . Miller
> <davem@...emloft.net>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>; netdev
> <netdev@...r.kernel.org>; Alexander Duyck <alexanderduyck@...com>;
> Coco Li <lixiaoyan@...gle.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 06/14] ipv6/gro: insert temporary
> HBH/jumbo header
> 
> On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 8:24 AM Alexander H Duyck
> <alexander.duyck@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 2022-03-09 at 21:46 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > > From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> > >
> > > Following patch will add GRO_IPV6_MAX_SIZE, allowing gro to build
> > > BIG TCP ipv6 packets (bigger than 64K).
> > >
> >
> > This looks like it belongs in the next patch, not this one. This patch
> > is adding the HBH header.
> 
> What do you mean by "it belongs" ?
> 
> Do you want me to squash the patches, or remove the first sentence ?
> 
> I am confused.

It is about the sentence. Your next patch essentially has that as the title and actually does add GRO_IPV6_MAX_SIZE. I wasn't sure if you reordered the patches or split them. However as I recall I didn't see anything in this patch that added GRO_IPV6_MAX_SIZE.