Du Fan <fengyuleidian0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry for resend this mail, because my company email is rejected by netdev.
>
>
> Hi Florian
>
> 214 static int ip_finish_output_gso(struct sk_buff *skb)
> 215 {
> 216 netdev_features_t features;
> 217 struct sk_buff *segs;
> 218 int ret = 0;
> 219
> 220 /* common case: locally created skb or seglen is <= mtu */
> 221 if (((IPCB(skb)->flags & IPSKB_FORWARDED) == 0) ||
> 222 skb_gso_network_seglen(skb) <= ip_skb_dst_mtu(skb))
> 223 return ip_finish_output2(skb);
>
> Could you please state _concrete_ reason why locally created skb
> length is ＿always＿ fitting into MTU size? or why we needs this
> checking.
We don't "need" this checking. Its just to avoid skb_gso_network_seglen()
computation for the common (local-out) case.
Locally generated GSO packet is not supposed to exceed dst_mtu, as that
is the PMTU discovery start point in absence of lower/learned value.
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