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authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>2016-11-07 22:12:27 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-11-10 02:48:54 +0300
commitd61d072e87c8ee4938b2517818e7b6498923d6a4 (patch)
tree5d14f74159121ee2474fae0f1f22c9438ed94065 /include
parent8e6e596b06db164ece4c0f0225b72ba661d53d6c (diff)
downloadlinux-d61d072e87c8ee4938b2517818e7b6498923d6a4.tar.xz
net-gro: avoid reorders
Receiving a GSO packet in dev_gro_receive() is not uncommon in stacked devices, or devices partially implementing LRO/GRO like bnx2x. GRO is implementing the aggregation the device was not able to do itself. Current code causes reorders, like in following case : For a given flow where sender sent 3 packets P1,P2,P3,P4 Receiver might receive P1 as a single packet, stored in GRO engine. Then P2-P4 are received as a single GSO packet, immediately given to upper stack, while P1 is held in GRO engine. This patch will make sure P1 is given to upper stack, then P2-P4 immediately after. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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