From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] do not disable sg when packet requires no checksum Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:32:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20120920.223237.770883586764737313.davem@davemloft.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, bhutchings@solarflare.com, jesse@nicira.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: ecashin@coraid.com Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Ed Cashin Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:46:07 -0700 > This two-part patchset replaces an earlier net-only patch that > added an explicit check for the AoE protocol to harmonize_features > in net/core/dev.c. > > Following the suggestions of Ben Hutchings, this patchset makes > the decision in the network layer protocol agnostic instead of > using ETH_P_AOE as a special case. It relies on fresh skbs being > CHECKSUM_NONE but makes that explicit with an assertion. > > Ed L. Cashin (2): > aoe: assert AoE packets marked as requiring no checksum > net: do not disable sg for packets requiring no checksum Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Ed.