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SubjectRe: NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE vs NETIF_F_GSO
On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 02:31:59AM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
>
> So far implementing (3) is failing miserably. Is there anything wrong
> with my general idea that might make this a priori impossible? For
> example, will udp_tunnel_xmit_skb not accept super-packets? Or, am I
> just not making use of whatever nice convenience functions are
> available for constructing super-packets, and thus am doing something
> wrong?

I don't see anything fundamentally wrong with your idea. After
all what you're describing is the basis of GSO, i.e., letting
data stay in the form of super-packets for as long as we can.

Of course there's going to be a lot of niggly bits that you'll
have to sort out to get it to work.

Good luck,
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