From: Daniel Axtens
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 14:20:58 +1100
> OK, so how about:
>
> - first, a series that introduces skb_gso_validate_mac_len and uses it
>in bnx2x. This should be backportable without difficulty.
>
> - then, a series that wires skb_gso_validate_mac_len into the core -
>
Eric Dumazet writes:
> On Fri, 2018-01-26 at 00:44 +1100, Daniel Axtens wrote:
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> > May I ask which tree are you targeting ?
>> >
>> > ( Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt )
>>
>> I have been targeting net-next, but I haven't pulled for about two
>> weeks. I will rebase and
On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 03:31:05PM +1100, Daniel Axtens wrote:
> There are a few ways we can send packets that are too large to a
> network driver.
>
> When non-GSO packets are forwarded, we validate their size, based on
> the MTU of the destination device. However, when GSO packets are
> forwarde
On Fri, 2018-01-26 at 00:44 +1100, Daniel Axtens wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> > May I ask which tree are you targeting ?
> >
> > ( Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt )
>
> I have been targeting net-next, but I haven't pulled for about two
> weeks. I will rebase and if there are conflicts I will re
Hi Eric,
> May I ask which tree are you targeting ?
>
> ( Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt )
I have been targeting net-next, but I haven't pulled for about two
weeks. I will rebase and if there are conflicts I will resend early next
week.
> Anything touching GSO is very risky and should t
On Thu, 2018-01-25 at 15:31 +1100, Daniel Axtens wrote:
> There are a few ways we can send packets that are too large to a
> network driver.
>
> When non-GSO packets are forwarded, we validate their size, based on
> the MTU of the destination device. However, when GSO packets are
> forwarded, we d
There are a few ways we can send packets that are too large to a
network driver.
When non-GSO packets are forwarded, we validate their size, based on
the MTU of the destination device. However, when GSO packets are
forwarded, we do not validate their size. We implicitly assume that
when they are s
