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diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 2b53a1f..38673d2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
it is infeasible task. The most general solutions would be
to keep skb->encapsulation counter (sort of local ttl),
and silently drop packet when it expires. It is a good
- solution, but it supposes maintaing new variable in ALL
+ solution, but it supposes maintaining new variable in ALL
skb, even if no tunneling is used.
Current solution: xmit_recursion breaks dead loops. This is a percpu
@@ -91,14 +91,14 @@
One of them is to parse packet trying to detect inner encapsulation
made by our node. It is difficult or even impossible, especially,
- taking into account fragmentation. TO be short, tt is not solution at all.
+ taking into account fragmentation. TO be short, ttl is not solution at all.
Current solution: The solution was UNEXPECTEDLY SIMPLE.
We force DF flag on tunnels with preconfigured hop limit,
that is ALL. :-) Well, it does not remove the problem completely,
but exponential growth of network traffic is changed to linear
(branches, that exceed pmtu are pruned) and tunnel mtu
- fastly degrades to value <68, where looping stops.
+ rapidly degrades to value <68, where looping stops.
Yes, it is not good if there exists a router in the loop,
which does not force DF, even when encapsulating packets have DF set.
But it is not our problem! Nobody could accuse us, we made
@@ -422,6 +422,10 @@ static struct ip_tunnel *ipgre_tunnel_locate(struct net *net,
if (register_netdevice(dev) < 0)
goto failed_free;
+ /* Can use a lockless transmit, unless we generate output sequences */
+ if (!(nt->parms.o_flags & GRE_SEQ))
+ dev->features |= NETIF_F_LLTX;
+
dev_hold(dev);
ipgre_tunnel_link(ign, nt);
return nt;
@@ -453,8 +457,8 @@ static void ipgre_err(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 info)
GRE tunnels with enabled checksum. Tell them "thank you".
Well, I wonder, rfc1812 was written by Cisco employee,
- what the hell these idiots break standrads established
- by themself???
+ what the hell these idiots break standards established
+ by themselves???
*/
const struct iphdr *iph = (const struct iphdr *)skb->data;