Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753481AbaKLUIc (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:08:32 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:46119 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753190AbaKLUIb (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:08:31 -0500 Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:08:28 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20141112.150828.421966825872572028.davem@davemloft.net> To: mkubecek@suse.cz Cc: vfalico@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, j.vosburgh@gmail.com, andy@greyhouse.net, jiri@resnulli.us Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] dev_disable_lro() improvements for stacked devices From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20141112131546.GA8745@unicorn.suse.cz> References: <20141111093457.GA30178@unicorn.suse.cz> <20141111.214752.266800170368088905.davem@davemloft.net> <20141112131546.GA8745@unicorn.suse.cz> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.5 on Emacs 24.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.7 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:08:30 -0800 (PST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Michal Kubecek Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:15:46 +0100 > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 09:47:52PM -0500, David Miller wrote: >> >> Please do it generically. >> >> Having a special stanza for each layered device type in >> dev_disable_lro() is beyond stupid. Especially when it >> can in fact be done cleanly. > > I gave it some thought and I would like ask one question first: > > Does the upper-lower relationship always mean that upper device receives > packets through its lower device(s) so that LRO should always be > disabled for lower devices whenever there are some? Or should it be > limited only to an explicit list of device types (vlan, macvlan, bond, > team)? This should be the case, anyone else? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/