Hello, On 18.05.2016 18:06, Tom Herbert wrote: > In several gso_segment functions there are checks of gso_type against > a seemingly arbitrary list of SKB_GSO_* flags. This seems like an > attempt to identify unsupported GSO types, but since the stack is > the one that set these GSO types in the first place this seems > unnecessary to do. If a combination isn't valid in the first > place that stack should not allow setting it. > > This is a code simplication especially for add new GSO types.
I couldn't still wrap my head around this. I wonder if this is safe in case of if the packet is generated from an untrusted virtual machine over virtio_net? Bye, Hannes
