netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: core: Remove redundant call to 'nf_reset' in 'dev_forward

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Date:	Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:11:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shmulik.ladkani@...il.com
Cc:	greearb@...delatech.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, rgohita@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: core: Remove redundant call to 'nf_reset' in
 'dev_forward_skb'

From: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:13:26 +0200

> 'nf_reset' is called just prior calling 'netif_rx'.
> No need to call it twice.
> 
> Reported-by: Igor Michailov <rgohita@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>

I do not see this happening in the:

	macvlan_start_xmit()

		 --> macvlan_queue_xmit()

code path.

I'm not applying this patch.  There seems to be no real agreement
that the caller of dev_forward_skb() takes care of the nf_reset().

And wouldn't it be better to consolidate the nf_reset() calls
into one place instead of several, increasing the audit burdon.


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