netdev - Re: [patch net-next-2.6 v2] net: vlan: make non-hw-accel rx path similar to hw-accel

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Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:16:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jpirko@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, shemminger@...ux-foundation.org,
	kaber@...sh.net, fubar@...ibm.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	nicolas.2p.debian@...il.com, andy@...yhouse.net, xiaosuo@...il.com,
	jesse@...ira.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next-2.6 v2] net: vlan: make non-hw-accel rx path
 similar to hw-accel

From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Date: Fri,  8 Apr 2011 07:48:33 +0200

> Now there are 2 paths for rx vlan frames. When rx-vlan-hw-accel is
> enabled, skb is untagged by NIC, vlan_tci is set and the skb gets into
> vlan code in __netif_receive_skb - vlan_hwaccel_do_receive.
> 
> For non-rx-vlan-hw-accel however, tagged skb goes thru whole
> __netif_receive_skb, it's untagged in ptype_base hander and reinjected
> 
> This incosistency is fixed by this patch. Vlan untagging happens early in
> __netif_receive_skb so the rest of code (ptype_all handlers, rx_handlers)
> see the skb like it was untagged by hw.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
> 
> v1->v2:
> 	remove "inline" from vlan_core.c functions

Ok, I've applied this, let's see what happens :-)

Thanks!
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