netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: l3mdev: Add hook in ip and ipv6

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Date:	Sun, 8 May 2016 08:44:40 +0300
From:	Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>
To:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: l3mdev: Add hook in ip and ipv6

Hi,

On Sat, 7 May 2016 20:25:40 -0600 David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com> wrote:
> >   - On which circumstances we end up entering
> >     l3mdev_ip_rcv/l3mdev_ip6_rcv where skb->dev is the master?
> >     If I got it right, we enter 'ip_rcv_finish' on a slave device,
> >     the callback is invoked and eventually sets skb->dev and skb->skb_iif
> >     to the VRF device; then ip_rcv_finish continues processing the
> >     altered skb (with the changed skb->dev).
> >     So on which cicumstances do we enter 'ip_rcv_finish' where the
> >     skb->dev is ALREADY a master device?  
> 
> If you look at the full patchset I posted on 5/4 the patch after PKTINFO 
> allows local traffic. That change needs the netif_is_l3_master().

I see. Thanks David.