Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:07:11 +0300 | From | "Michael S. Tsirkin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/2] fix kernel crash with macvtap on top of LRO |
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On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 01:14:20PM -0500, David Miller wrote: > From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 16:20:46 +0000 > > > If the consensus is still that we must preserve packets exactly (aside > > from the usual modifications by IP routers) then LRO should be disabled > > on all devices for which forwarding is enabled. > > I believe this is still undoubtedly the consensus.
With virtio we are getting packets from a linux host, so we could thinkably preserve packets exactly even with LRO. I am guessing other hardware could be doing this as well.
I am not sure what information would need to be preserved - could someone help clarify please?
-- MST
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