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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] net: Add frag_list support to skb_segment
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From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:35:19 +1100

> net: Add frag_list support to skb_segment
> 
> This patch adds limited support for handling frag_list packets in
> skb_segment.  The intention is to support GRO (Generic Receive Offload)
> packets which will be constructed by chaining normal packets using
> frag_list.
> 
> As such we require all frag_list members terminate on exact MSS
> boundaries.  This is checked using BUG_ON.
> 
> As there should only be one producer in the kernel of such packets,
> namely GRO, this requirement should not be difficult to maintain.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>

Applied.