Re: [PATCH 0/2] fix kernel crash with macvtap on top of LRO

[Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>]

On Wed, 2013-02-06 at 19:18 -0800, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-02-06 at 23:34 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 
> > If we want to allow forwarding from LRO then net/ipv4/inet_lro.c also
> > needs to set gso_type.
> 
> Then, what is dev_disable_lro() purpose ?

The purpose was to disable LRO when forwarding because they weren't
compatible.

If the consensus now is that the modifications made by LRO+TSO are
acceptable in a bridge/router, then we should get rid of
dev_disable_lro() and set both gso_size & gso_type on all LRO receive
paths.

If the consensus is still that we must preserve packets exactly (aside
from the usual modifications by IP routers) then LRO should be disabled
on all devices for which forwarding is enabled.  (Also, we really ought
to keep a count of the number of forwarders and use that in
netdev_fix_features(), rather than doing a one-time disable.)

Ben.

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