* ip fragments sent in reverse order?
@ 2011-05-26 13:56 Chris Friesen
2011-05-27 0:20 ` Changli Gao
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From: Chris Friesen @ 2011-05-26 13:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev
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
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Chris Friesen
Software Developer
GENBAND
chris.friesen@genband.com
www.genband.com
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* Re: ip fragments sent in reverse order?
2011-05-26 13:56 ip fragments sent in reverse order? Chris Friesen
@ 2011-05-27 0:20 ` Changli Gao
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From: Changli Gao @ 2011-05-27 0:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chris Friesen; +Cc: netdev
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Chris Friesen
<chris.friesen@genband.com> wrote:
>
> 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?
>
Yes. Now the fragments are sent in order.
--
Regards,
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@gmail.com)
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