From: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 15:22:54 +1000
> Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> 05/10: [PATCH] Update truesize with the length of the packet for > >> packet split > > > > These 10 patches look OK, but since the current kernel version is > > 2.6.17-rc1, that means we are in "bug fix only" mode right now. > > > > Should I (a) apply these all to netdev2-.6.git#upstream, queueing them > > for 2.6.18, or (b) let you split the submission into two parts, bug > > fixes only and everything else? > > It turns out that the truesize patch is pretty important as otherwise > most of TCP receive socket buffer accounting falls apart. So it should > probably go into 2.6.17 and even 2.6.16-stable. I totally agree. Jeff please try to get at least this skb->truesize fix queued to both -stable and current 2.6.x, it's really needed and important for proper socket memory accounting on receive with e1000. Thanks. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
