Re: [PATCH net-next] net/bridge: add drop reasons for bridge forwarding

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Tue Apr 11 2023 - 21:50:02 EST


On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:33:10 +0800 xu xin wrote:
> >You can return the reason from this function. That's the whole point of
> >SKB_NOT_DROPPED_YET existing and being equal to 0.
>
> If returning the reasons, then the funtion will have to be renamed because
> 'should_deliever()' is expected to return a non-zero value when it's ok to
> deliever. I don't want to change the name here, and it's better to keep its
> name and use the pointer to store the reasons.

Sure. You have to touch all callers, anyway, you can as well adjust
the name.