From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Friesen Subject: ip fragments sent in reverse order? Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 07:56:09 -0600 Message-ID: <4DDE5BF9.6090508@genband.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from exprod7og124.obsmtp.com ([64.18.2.26]:42262 "EHLO exprod7og124.obsmtp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755301Ab1EZXXr (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 May 2011 19:23:47 -0400 Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I read that Linux intentionally sends IP fragments in reverse order to allow for some optimization on the receive side. I'm trying to find this code, but what I see in ip_fragment() seems to be creating/sending the fragments in order. Has this changed over the years? Thanks, Chris -- Chris Friesen Software Developer GENBAND chris.friesen@genband.com www.genband.com