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authorHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>2008-12-15 23:27:47 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-12-15 23:27:47 -0800
commit1a881f27c50b4fbd6858a8696a189263621136b0 (patch)
treeca0327e3543a0535cfd855beedb1b171f6aebf06 /include/linux
parent89319d3801d1d3ac29c7df1f067038986f267d29 (diff)
net: Add frag_list support to GSO
This patch allows GSO to handle frag_list in a limited way for the purposes of allowing packets merged by GRO to be refragmented on output. Most hardware won't (and aren't expected to) support handling GRO frag_list packets directly. Therefore we will perform GSO in software for those cases. However, for drivers that can support it (such as virtual NICs) we may not have to segment the packets at all. Whether the added overhead of GRO/GSO is worthwhile for bridges and routers when weighed against the benefit of potentially increasing the MTU within the host is still an open question. However, for the case of host nodes this is undoubtedly a win. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index b60c26b7d31..bdf5465deb9 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1858,6 +1858,8 @@ static inline int netif_needs_gso(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
{
return skb_is_gso(skb) &&
(!skb_gso_ok(skb, dev->features) ||
+ (skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list &&
+ !(dev->features & NETIF_F_FRAGLIST)) ||
unlikely(skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL));
}