[ovs-dev] [PATCH net] gso: do GSO for local skb with size bigger than MTU

Thomas Graf tgraf at suug.ch
Wed Dec 3 23:05:51 UTC 2014


On 12/03/14 at 02:51pm, Jesse Gross wrote:
> My proposal would be something like this:
>  * For L2, reduce the VM MTU to the lowest common denominator on the segment.
>  * For L3, use path MTU discovery or fragment inner packet (i.e.
> normal routing behavior).
>  * As a last resort (such as if using an old version of virtio in the
> guest), fragment the tunnel packet.

That's what I had in mind as well although using a differentiator bit
which indicates to the output path whether the packet is to be
considered switched or routed and thus send ICMPs. The bit would be set
per flow, thus allowing arbitary granularity of behaviour.

I haven't fully thought this through yet though.



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