From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] gro: more generic L2 header check Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:26:29 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20120208.182629.1816927738607872730.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20120208.180917.586628615268005115.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: eric.dumazet-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, ogerlitz-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, sean.hefty-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org, herbert-F6s6mLieUQo7FNHlEwC/lvQIK84fMopw@public.gmane.org, linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, shlomop-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, roland-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org, netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: or.gerlitz-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-rdma-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Or Gerlitz Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 01:20:46 +0200 > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 1:09 AM, David Miller wrote: >> I don't think this is an appropriate bug fix at all. > > I'm not sure to understand > >> Apparently this problem has existed since day one and the world has >> kept on spinning meanwhile. > > Dave, the bug was introduced on 2.6.38 when LRO was removed from IPoIB > and GRO added, so users who run distributions containing pre 2.6.38 > kernels don't hit the bug. This I didn't know, Ok I'll apply this stuff to the net tree and add it to my -stable queue as well. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html