Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> Based on the TCP sequence numbers, it seems that the length of the
> broken packet is correct but its IP header is wrong.
> 
> My understanding is that the length of the TCP payload in a GSO skb must
> always be a multiple of the gso_size, so that hardware is not required
> to adjust length fields.  So I see several possible explanations:

No, there is no such requirement.  The trailer skb can be of any
size less than or equal to gso_size.

However, if the hardware assumed this then yes it would explain
the problem.

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