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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Clear IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE for teql interfaces
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Le mercredi 16 juin 2010 à 09:25 -0400, jamal a écrit :
> On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 09:24 +0100, Tom Hughes wrote:
> > The sch_teql module, which can be used to load balance over a set of
> > underlying interfaces, stopped working after 2.6.30 and has been
> > broken in all kernels since then for any underlying interface which
> > requires the addition of link level headers.
> >
> > The problem is that the transmit routine relies on being able to
> > access the destination address in the skb in order to do address
> > resolution once it has decided which underlying interface it is going
> > to transmit through.
> >
> > In 2.6.31 the IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE flag was introduced, and set by
> > default for all interfaces, which causes the destination address to be
> > released before the transmit routine for the interface is called.
> >
> > The solution is to clear that flag for teql interfaces.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu>
>
> Sounds reasonable. Lets CC Eric and get his ACK.
>
> cheers,
> jamal
>

Sure, I already Acked in on a previous message 5 days ago (although not
a formal patch, Stephen forwarded a bugzilla entry)

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network/163688

Please David, could you add bugzilla entry in commit ?

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16183

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>

Thanks !


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