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To: Muli Ben-Yehuda <mulix@mulix.org>
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Subject: Re: skb fragmentation
From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:10:02 +0100
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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