[PATCH] net/iavf: fix segmentation offload buffer size

Nicolau, Radu radu.nicolau at intel.com
Tue Feb 15 16:52:44 CET 2022


On 2/15/2022 12:48 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 2/15/2022 12:44 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>> On 2/15/2022 12:30 PM, Nicolau, Radu wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2/15/2022 11:19 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>>>> On 2/15/2022 10:47 AM, Nicolau, Radu wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2/15/2022 10:06 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>>>>>> On 2/10/2022 1:09 PM, Radu Nicolau wrote:
>>>>>>> This reverts commit ff8b8bcd2ebe, which resulted in incorrect 
>>>>>>> buffer size
>>>>>>> being computed for TSO packets.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fixes: ff8b8bcd2ebe ("net/iavf: fix segmentation offload 
>>>>>>> condition")
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Commit 'ff8b8bcd2ebe' was already fixing segmentation offload,
>>>>>> are we having the initial issue back when this patch reverted?
>>>>>> Is there a fix for that initial issue?
>>>>> The initial issue was around a very specific usecase - IPsec 
>>>>> transport mode TSO and it is very likely back with this revert. 
>>>>> But it's a much less severe impact than general traffic TSO.
>>>>
>>>> Got it, so this revert brings back an issue, should
>>>> we document this in the commit log of this patch?
>>>> Plus should we create a Bugzilla etc to record the
>>>> introduced issue?
>>>
>>> I plan to follow up with a fix shortly.
>>>
>
> Or does it make sense to combine that fix with this patch?
>
I sent a v2 that does this. Sorry all for the mess :(


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