On 28 Oct 2021, at 17:45, John Baldwin wrote: > On 10/28/21 1:50 AM, Kristof Provost wrote: >> The branch main has been updated by kp: >> >> URL: >> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=62d2dcafb7f33fe8f47e9d5dd519d665f7af140e >> >> commit 62d2dcafb7f33fe8f47e9d5dd519d665f7af140e >> Author: Kristof Provost <k...@freebsd.org> >> AuthorDate: 2021-10-26 07:57:56 +0000 >> Commit: Kristof Provost <k...@freebsd.org> >> CommitDate: 2021-10-28 08:41:16 +0000 >> >> if_epair: delete mbuf tags >> Remove all (non-persistent) tags when we transmit a packet. Real >> network >> interfaces do not carry any tags either, and leaving tags attached can >> produce unexpected results. >> Reviewed by: bz, glebius >> MFC after: 3 weeks >> Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate") >> Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D32663 > > Wireguard has similar functionality FWIW, so it might be worth exposing a > generic > "mb_free_tags". Wireguard also tries to reset some other state like the > status > of checksum offload since it is moving mbufs between an ifnet and a socket. > Not > sure if epair also needs to clear all the same things? > Something like https://reviews.freebsd.org/D32710 ?
I stuck with the ‘clear’ terminology to distinguish it from the existing free functions, and because the use case is slightly different. Kristof
