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    SubjectRe: skb fragmentation
    FromAndi Kleen <>
    DateTue, 13 Jan 2004 11:10:02 +0100
    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
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