linux-stable/net
Herbert Xu 1a881f27c5 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>
2008-12-15 23:27:47 -08:00
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9p net: remove redundant argument comments 2008-11-21 17:15:03 -08:00
802 hippi: convert driver to net_device_ops 2008-11-20 20:32:15 -08:00
8021q vlan: convert to net_device_ops 2008-11-19 22:42:41 -08:00
appletalk netdevice: safe convert to netdev_priv() #part-4 2008-11-12 23:39:10 -08:00
atm netdevice: Kill netdev->priv 2008-12-08 01:14:16 -08:00
ax25 ax25: join the return paths that free skb 2008-12-14 23:17:26 -08:00
bluetooth bt/rfcomm/tty: join error paths 2008-12-14 23:18:00 -08:00
bridge Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kaber/nf-next-2.6 2008-11-28 02:19:15 -08:00
can can: merge error paths 2008-12-14 23:16:58 -08:00
core net: Add frag_list support to GSO 2008-12-15 23:27:47 -08:00
dcb net: fix dcbnl_setnumtcs operation check 2008-12-15 01:06:23 -08:00
dccp dccp ccid-2: Phase out the use of boolean Ack Vector sysctl 2008-12-08 01:19:06 -08:00
decnet net: Make static 2008-12-10 15:18:31 -08:00
dsa net: Make static 2008-12-10 15:18:31 -08:00
econet
ethernet eth: Declare an optimized compare_ether_addr_64bits() function 2008-11-23 23:24:32 -08:00
ipv4 Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-12-15 20:03:50 -08:00
ipv6 Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-12-15 20:03:50 -08:00
ipx net: '&' redux 2008-11-03 18:21:05 -08:00
irda irda: merge exit paths 2008-12-14 23:18:30 -08:00
iucv iucv: Fix mismerge again. 2008-09-30 03:03:35 -07:00
key netns PF_KEY: per-netns /proc/pfkey 2008-11-25 17:59:00 -08:00
lapb
llc net: remove redundant argument comments 2008-11-21 17:15:03 -08:00
mac80211 mac80211: misc cleanups 2008-12-12 14:45:27 -05:00
netfilter Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-12-15 20:03:50 -08:00
netlabel Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-12-15 20:03:50 -08:00
netlink netlink: allow empty nested attributes 2008-11-28 03:05:19 -08:00
netrom net: '&' redux 2008-11-03 18:21:05 -08:00
packet net: Make sure BHs are disabled in sock_prot_inuse_add() 2008-11-24 00:09:29 -08:00
phonet Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-12-15 20:03:50 -08:00
rfkill rfkill: strip pointless notifier chain 2008-12-12 14:45:25 -05:00
rose Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-11-26 23:48:40 -08:00
rxrpc net: Make static 2008-12-10 15:18:31 -08:00
sched Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-12-15 20:03:50 -08:00
sctp sctp: fix missing label when PROC_FS=n 2008-11-27 15:30:53 -08:00
sunrpc Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-12-15 20:03:50 -08:00
tipc tipc: trivial endian annotation in debug statement 2008-11-07 23:37:50 -08:00
unix Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-12-02 19:50:27 -08:00
wanrouter netdevice wanrouter: Convert directly reference of netdev->priv 2008-11-20 04:26:21 -08:00
wireless mac80211/cfg80211: check endianness in sparse runs 2008-12-12 14:01:35 -05:00
x25 net: '&' redux 2008-11-03 18:21:05 -08:00
xfrm xfrm: join error paths 2008-12-14 23:16:22 -08:00
compat.c reintroduce accept4 2008-11-19 18:49:57 -08:00
Kconfig net/ieee80211 -> drivers/net/ipw2x00/libipw_* rename 2008-11-21 11:08:18 -05:00
Makefile DCB: fix kconfig option 2008-11-25 01:02:08 -08:00
nonet.c
socket.c Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2008-11-20 16:44:00 -08:00
sysctl_net.c
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