Re: [PATCH] net: do not pretend FRAGLIST support

From: David Miller
Date: Mon Dec 02 2013 - 17:17:18 EST


From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 08:51:13 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Few network drivers really supports frag_list : virtual drivers.
>
> Some drivers wrongly advertise NETIF_F_FRAGLIST feature.
>
> If skb with a frag_list is given to them, packet on the wire will be
> corrupt.
>
> Remove this flag, as core networking stack will make sure to
> provide packets that can be sent without corruption.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>

Good catch, applied and queued up for -stable.
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