From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: Muli Ben-Yehuda <mulix@mulix.org>
Cc: demiurg@ti.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: skb fragmentation
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:10:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3ptdotb0l.fsf@averell.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1dtvl-1w4-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (Muli Ben-Yehuda's message of "Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:00:19 +0100")
Muli Ben-Yehuda <mulix@mulix.org> writes:
> How? build a fragmented skb on the receive path and send it
> upwards. Last I looked at the relevant code (2.4.something), however,
> the tcp/ip stack called skb_linearize() on the skb on its way up, so
Actually the main protocols (TCP,UDP,RAW) work with fragmented skbs. The
skb_linearize() users are mostly netfilter modules and some obscure
older protocols. Most of that has been fixed in 2.6.
-Andi
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2004-01-13 10:10 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2004-01-13 8:49 skb fragmentation Sirotkin, Alexander
2004-01-13 9:48 ` Muli Ben-Yehuda
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