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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: david.ward@ll.mit.edu
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, kaber@trash.net
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/2] net: Export dev_queue_xmit_nit for use by macvlan driver
Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 10:50:19 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110505.105019.112577258.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1304036552-1589-2-git-send-email-david.ward@ll.mit.edu>

From: David Ward <david.ward@ll.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:22:31 -0400

> @@ -1521,11 +1521,13 @@ static inline int deliver_skb(struct sk_buff *skb,
>  }
>  
>  /*
> - *	Support routine. Sends outgoing frames to any network
> - *	taps currently in use.
> + * dev_queue_xmit_nit - send outgoing frame to AF_PACKET sockets
> + *
> + * @skb: buffer to send
> + * @dev: network device that AF_PACKET sockets are attached to (if any)
>   */

Your change to this comment is inaccurate.

AF_PACKET is only one of several types of entities that register these
kinds of taps.

Also, I really don't like exposing these kinds of internals for what is
largely a macvlan internal issue.  Please find a less intrustive way
to solve this problem.

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-05-05 17:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-04-29  0:22 [PATCHv2 0/2] Resolve packet capturing on macvlan lowerdev David Ward
2011-04-29  0:22 ` [PATCHv2 1/2] net: Export dev_queue_xmit_nit for use by macvlan driver David Ward
2011-05-05 17:50   ` David Miller [this message]
2011-05-07 16:47     ` Ward, David - 0663 - MITLL
2011-04-29  0:22 ` [PATCHv2 2/2] macvlan: Send frames to AF_PACKET sockets attached to lowerdev David Ward

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