[ovs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] datapath: Assert IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING on internal devices.

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Tue Oct 18 16:13:47 UTC 2011


On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:10:53PM -0700, Jesse Gross wrote:
> Linux 3.1 adds a flag to check whether it's OK for shared skbs to
> be transmitted on devices.  This generally isn't a problem for
> hardware devices but software devices such as OVS that hold state
> in the skb need to clear the flag, which is enabled by default.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com>

Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>



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