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authorPravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com>2013-02-14 14:02:41 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2013-02-15 15:17:11 -0500
commit68c331631143f5f039baac99a650e0b9e1ea02b6 (patch)
treec69d73c5599aab5e92a8c99bc5343c9fc9ffbbd8 /net/core/dev.c
parent05e8ef4ab2d8087d360e814d14da20b9f7fb2283 (diff)
downloadlinux-68c331631143f5f039baac99a650e0b9e1ea02b6.tar.bz2
v4 GRE: Add TCP segmentation offload for GRE
Following patch adds GRE protocol offload handler so that skb_gso_segment() can segment GRE packets. SKB GSO CB is added to keep track of total header length so that skb_segment can push entire header. e.g. in case of GRE, skb_segment need to push inner and outer headers to every segment. New NETIF_F_GRE_GSO feature is added for devices which support HW GRE TSO offload. Currently none of devices support it therefore GRE GSO always fall backs to software GSO. [ Compute pkt_len before ip_local_out() invocation. -DaveM ] Signed-off-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@nicira.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 67deae60214c..1cd6297fd34b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2413,6 +2413,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__skb_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
return ERR_PTR(err);
}
+ SKB_GSO_CB(skb)->mac_offset = skb_headroom(skb);
skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
skb_reset_mac_len(skb);