netdev - Re: [PATCH net] gve: Secure enough bytes in the first TX desc for all TCP pkts

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Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2023 21:29:24 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Shailend Chand <shailend@...gle.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] gve: Secure enough bytes in the first TX desc for
 all TCP pkts

On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:09:39 -0700 Shailend Chand wrote:
> +	/* If the skb is gso, then we want the tcp header alone in the first segment
> +	 * otherwise we want the spec-stipulated minimum of 182B.
>  	 */
>  	hlen = is_gso ? l4_hdr_offset + tcp_hdrlen(skb) :
> -			skb_headlen(skb);
> +			min_t(int, 182, skb->len);

What spec are we talking about here?
Please add a define for the magic number.