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| author | Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> | 2008-12-16 08:27:47 +0100 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2008-12-16 08:27:47 +0100 |
| commit | 1a881f27c50b4fbd6858a8696a189263621136b0 (patch) | |
| tree | ca0327e3543a0535cfd855beedb1b171f6aebf06 /net | |
| parent | net: Add frag_list support to skb_segment (diff) | |
| download | linux-1a881f27c50b4fbd6858a8696a189263621136b0.tar.xz linux-1a881f27c50b4fbd6858a8696a189263621136b0.zip | |
net: Add frag_list support to GSO
This patch allows GSO to handle frag_list in a limited way for the
purposes of allowing packets merged by GRO to be refragmented on
output.
Most hardware won't (and aren't expected to) support handling GRO
frag_list packets directly. Therefore we will perform GSO in
software for those cases.
However, for drivers that can support it (such as virtual NICs) we
may not have to segment the packets at all.
Whether the added overhead of GRO/GSO is worthwhile for bridges
and routers when weighed against the benefit of potentially
increasing the MTU within the host is still an open question.
However, for the case of host nodes this is undoubtedly a win.
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index f54cac76438a..e415f0b0d0d0 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1533,8 +1533,6 @@ struct sk_buff *skb_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb, int features) __be16 type = skb->protocol; int err; - BUG_ON(skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list); - skb_reset_mac_header(skb); skb->mac_len = skb->network_header - skb->mac_header; __skb_pull(skb, skb->mac_len); |