From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "John W. Linville" Subject: Re: Why is packet socket checked before bridge in netif_receive_skb? Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:18:52 -0400 Message-ID: <20050726181850.GA9881@tuxdriver.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: Simon Barber Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 11:03:17AM -0700, Simon Barber wrote: > The protocol handlers are also used to implement packet sockets. - Why > is the all handler checked before the bridge hook? Perhaps so that one can look at frames entering on a specific interface rather than the bridge as a whole? John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com