From 1a881f27c50b4fbd6858a8696a189263621136b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Herbert Xu Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:27:47 -0800 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') 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)); } -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2