netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/5] net/core: Allow receive on active slaves.

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Date:	Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:12:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jgarzik@...ox.com
Cc:	fubar@...ibm.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jre@...vasystems.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] net/core: Allow receive on active slaves.

From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:45:52 -0400

> Jay Vosburgh wrote:
> > @@ -2104,7 +2104,8 @@ int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
> >  #endif
> >  
> >  	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ptype, &ptype_all, list) {
> > -		if (ptype->dev == null_or_orig || ptype->dev == skb->dev) {
> > +		if (ptype->dev == null_or_orig || ptype->dev == skb->dev ||
> > +		    ptype->dev == orig_dev) {
> >  			if (pt_prev)
> >  				ret = deliver_skb(skb, pt_prev, orig_dev);
> >  			pt_prev = ptype;
> > @@ -2129,7 +2130,8 @@ ncls:
> >  	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ptype,
> >  			&ptype_base[ntohs(type) & PTYPE_HASH_MASK], list) {
> >  		if (ptype->type == type &&
> > -		    (ptype->dev == null_or_orig || ptype->dev == skb->dev)) {
> > +		    (ptype->dev == null_or_orig || ptype->dev == skb->dev ||
> > +		     ptype->dev == orig_dev)) {
> >  			if (pt_prev)
> 
> This needs a review&ack from David, then OK...

I fear this bit of the changes will break AF_PACKET device binding.
So for example, if a tap registers it wants to hear eth0, it will now
hear bond0 as well as eth0 if eth0 is a part of bond0.
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