netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: introduce IFF_NO_RX

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Date:   Fri, 09 Mar 2018 13:00:22 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     pabeni@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, maheshb@...gle.com, jbenc@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: introduce IFF_NO_RX_HANDLER

From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Date: Fri,  9 Mar 2018 10:39:24 +0100

> Some network devices - notably ipvlan slave - are not compatible with
> any kind of rx_handler. Currently the hook can be installed but any
> configuration (bridge, bond, macsec, ...) is nonfunctional.
> 
> This change allocates a priv_flag bit to mark such devices and explicitly
> forbid installing a rx_handler if such bit is set. The new bit is used
> by ipvlan slave device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>

This looks fine, applied, thank you.