Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] udp: Fix kernel panic in UDP GSO path

From: Eric Dumazet <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 16:10:45 -0700

On 05/14/2018 03:45 PM, [email-masked] wrote:
> On 2018-05-11 17:16, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> 
>>> Hmm, no, we absolutely need to fix GSO instead.
>>>
>>> Think of a bonding device (or any virtual devices), your patch wont avoid the crash.
> 
> Hi Eric. Can you clarify what you mean by "fix GSO?" Is that just having the GSO path work
> regardless of whether or not SG is enabled for the device?
>

Yes. GSO is a fallback, and must work all the time, not panic.