Re: [PATCH 1/4] veth: move loopback logic to common location

[Patrick McHardy]

Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> +int dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
> +{
> +	skb_orphan(skb);
> +
> +	if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))
> +		return NET_RX_DROP;
> +
> +	if (skb->len > (dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len))
> +		return NET_RX_DROP;
> +
> +	skb_dst_drop(skb);
> +	skb->tstamp.tv64 = 0;
> +	skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
> +	skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
> +	skb->mark = 0;

skb->mark clearing should stay private to veth since its usually
supposed to stay intact. The only exception is packets crossing
namespaces, where they should appear like a freshly received skbs.

> +	secpath_reset(skb);
> +	nf_reset(skb);
> +	return netif_rx(skb);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_forward_skb);
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