---

yaml
---
r: 243559
b: refs/heads/master
c: 79b569f
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  243557: f050c90
  243555: 3a9f555
  243551: 640cefb
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7a635ea989991d7f12d57a12f2ba7cb6d211e083
+refs/heads/master: 79b569f0ec53a14c4d71e79d93a8676d9a0fda6d

trunk/net/core/dev.c

@@ -1454,6 +1454,27 @@ static inline void net_timestamp_check(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		__net_timestamp(skb);
 }
 
+static inline bool is_skb_forwardable(struct net_device *dev,
+				      struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	unsigned int len;
+
+	if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))
+		return false;
+
+	len = dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len + VLAN_HLEN;
+	if (skb->len <= len)
+		return true;
+
+	/* if TSO is enabled, we don't care about the length as the packet
+	 * could be forwarded without being segmented before
+	 */
+	if (skb_is_gso(skb))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * dev_forward_skb - loopback an skb to another netif
  *
@@ -1477,8 +1498,7 @@ int dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	skb_orphan(skb);
 	nf_reset(skb);
 
-	if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & IFF_UP) ||
-		     (skb->len > (dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len + VLAN_HLEN)))) {
+	if (unlikely(!is_skb_forwardable(dev, skb))) {
 		atomic_long_inc(&dev->rx_dropped);
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return NET_RX_DROP;