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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/2] do not disable sg when packet requires no checksum
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From: Ed Cashin <ecashin@coraid.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:46:07 -0700

> This two-part patchset replaces an earlier net-only patch that
> added an explicit check for the AoE protocol to harmonize_features
> in net/core/dev.c.
>
> Following the suggestions of Ben Hutchings, this patchset makes
> the decision in the network layer protocol agnostic instead of
> using ETH_P_AOE as a special case. It relies on fresh skbs being
> CHECKSUM_NONE but makes that explicit with an assertion.
>
> Ed L. Cashin (2):
> aoe: assert AoE packets marked as requiring no checksum
> net: do not disable sg for packets requiring no checksum

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Ed.


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