Re: [PATCH net-next 06/14] ipvlan: Support GSO for port -> ipvlan

[Eric Dumazet]

On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 7:41 AM Dmitry Skorodumov
<skorodumov.dmitry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 05.11.2025 19:58, Dmitry Skorodumov wrote:
> > On 05.11.2025 19:29, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> >> On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM Dmitry Skorodumov
> >> <skorodumov.dmitry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>> If main port interface supports GSO, we need manually segment
> >>> the skb before forwarding it to ipvlan interface.
> >> Why ?
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> Hm, really, this patch is not needed at all. tap_handle_frame() already does everything needed. Looks like I had another trouble and this patch was an attempt to fix it.
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> >> Also I do not see any tests, for the whole series ?
> > Ok, If modules like this have some kind of unit-tests, I should study it and provide it. I haven't seen this as a common practice for most of the modules here. So far all testing is made manually (likely this should be described anyway)
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> I see that currently there is no any tests for this ipvlan module (may be I missed something).. Do you have any ideas about tests? I'm a bit  confused at the moment: designing tests from scratch - this might be a bit tricky.
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> Or it is enough just describe test-cases I checked manually (in some of the patches of the series)?

I have some hard time to figure out why you are changing ipvlan, with
some features that seem quite unrelated.

ipvlan is heavily used by Google, I am quite reluctant to see a huge
chunk of changes that I do not understand, without spending hours on
it.

The MAC-NAT keyword seems more related to a bridge.