> These changes maybe surprising and need some documentation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
> ---
> doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst
> b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst
> index 4ca0a9ac77..4918cb59ed 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_07.rst
> @@ -241,6 +241,16 @@ API Changes
> - ``rte_pmd_mlx5_enable_steering``
> - ``rte_pmd_mlx5_disable_steering``
>
> +* **ip_frag: changed handling of malformed fragments.**
> +
> + - Duplicate fragments are tolerated instead of failing reassembly.
> + - Overlapping fragments are rejected on arrival rather than during
> reassembly.
> + - Oversized fragments (reassembled length over 65535) are rejected.
> + - For IPv6, fragments with per-fragment extension headers are rejected.
> +
> + Overlap and oversize are now detected on arrival, which adds a scan of the
> + already received fragments per fragment and may affect throughput.
> +
>
> ABI Changes
> -----------
> --
Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <[email protected]>
> 2.53.0
