netdev - netif_receive_skb return value in bridging scenario

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Date:	Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:57:12 +0000
From:	Bercaru Cristian-B43982 <B43982@...escale.com>
To:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: netif_receive_skb return value in bridging scenario

Hello!

I noticed that the return value of __netif_receive_skb is initialized to NET_RX_DROP.

If the bridging code handles the packet and successfully returns RX_HANDLER_CONSUMED, __netif_receive_skb returns the default value, NET_RX_DROP. I don't think it is fair to consider the packet dropped, since it is received successfully.

I thought the return value of __netif_receive_skb was used by Ethernet NIC drivers for updating their RX_DROP and RX_OX counters, but I studied the source code of various drivers and they seem to ignore whatever the return value. It seems strange. Then shouldn't the function header look like      " void netif_receive_skb(... "  ?

Thank you,
Cristian Bercaru

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