Re: [patch net-next-2.6 7/8] net: introduce rx_handler results and logic around that

[Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>]

On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 11:29 +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> This patch allows rx_handlers to better signalize what to do next to
> it's caller. That makes skb->deliver_no_wcard no longer needed.
[...]
> --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> @@ -390,7 +390,14 @@ enum gro_result {
>  };
>  typedef enum gro_result gro_result_t;
>  
> -typedef struct sk_buff *rx_handler_func_t(struct sk_buff *skb);
> +enum rx_handler_result {
> +	RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED,
> +	RX_HANDLER_ANOTHER,
> +	RX_HANDLER_EXACT,
> +	RX_HANDLER_PASS,
> +};
[...]

This should have a comment (preferably kernel-doc) clearly specifying
the meaning of each code, as the differences between ANOTHER/EXACT/PASS
are fairly subtle.

Ben,

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