Re: [PATCH net-next] macvlan: delay the header check for dodgy packets into lower device

From: David Miller
Date: Sat Nov 29 2014 - 23:40:56 EST


From: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:21:14 +0800

> We do header check twice for a dodgy packet. One is done before
> macvlan_start_xmit(), another is done before lower device's
> ndo_start_xmit(). The first one seems redundant so this patch tries to
> delay header check until a packet reaches its lower device (or macvtap)
> through always enabling NETIF_F_GSO_ROBUST for macvlan device.
>
> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.
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