Re: [PATCH net-next v4 4/4] net: gro: move L3 flush checks to tcp_gro_receive

From: Richard Gobert
Date: Tue Mar 26 2024 - 11:26:28 EST


Willem de Bruijn wrote:> One issue: if the do this move in net/next, then a later fix that
> relies on it cannot be backporter to older stable kernels.
>

I understand. I can either add a first commit to this series which fixes
the bug by checking ->flush and ->flush_id in udp_gro_receive_segment,
or directly fix the bug in the 4th commit of this series in addition to
the optimization - which can be backported as a whole.

What do you think?