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charset=\"US-ASCII\"", "Subject": "[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/4] Offload flags fixes", "X-BeenThere": "dev@dpdk.org", "X-Mailman-Version": "2.1.29", "Precedence": "list", "List-Id": "DPDK patches and discussions <dev.dpdk.org>", "List-Unsubscribe": "<https://mails.dpdk.org/options/dev>,\n <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=unsubscribe>", "List-Archive": "<http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/>", "List-Post": "<mailto:dev@dpdk.org>", "List-Help": "<mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=help>", "List-Subscribe": "<https://mails.dpdk.org/listinfo/dev>,\n <mailto:dev-request@dpdk.org?subject=subscribe>", "Errors-To": "dev-bounces@dpdk.org", "Sender": "\"dev\" <dev-bounces@dpdk.org>" }, "content": "The important part is the last patch on vhost handling of offloading\nrequests coming from a virtio guest interface.\n\nThe rest are small fixes that I accumulated while reviewing the mbuf\noffload flags.\n\nOn this last patch, it has the potential of breaking existing\napplications using the vhost library (OVS being impacted).\nI did not mark it for backport.\n\nChanges since v2:\n- kept behavior untouched (to avoid breaking ABI) and introduced a new\n flag to select the new behavior,\n\nChanges since v1:\n- dropped patch on net/tap,\n- added missing bits in example/vhost,\n- relaxed checks on VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_ECN and VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_UDP," }