Re: [PATCH net-next,v2] hv_netvsc: Add support to set MTU reservation from guest side

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Jul 08 2015 - 19:01:45 EST


From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 14:11:37 -0700

> When packet encapsulation is in use, the MTU needs to be reduced for
> headroom reservation.
> The existing code takes the updated MTU value only from the host side.
> But vSwitch extensions, such as Open vSwitch, require the flexibility
> to change the MTU to different values from within a guest during the
> lifecycle of a vNIC, when the encapsulation protocol is changed. The
> patch supports this kind of MTU changes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.
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