netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] macvlan: Reflect macvlan packets meant for other macvlan devices

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Message-ID: <25e057c00911180200w6d732e29q3aba5f1b9d005cbd@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:57 +0100
From:	roel kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Patrick Mullaney <pmullaney@...ell.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Edge Virtual Bridging <evb@...oogroups.com>,
	Anna Fischer <anna.fischer@...com>,
	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	virtualization@...ux-foundation.com,
	Jens Osterkamp <jens@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Gerhard Stenzel <gerhard.stenzel@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] macvlan: Reflect macvlan packets meant for other 
	macvlan devices

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> From: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
>
> Switch ports do not send packets back out the same port they came
> in on.  This causes problems when using a macvlan device inside
> of a network namespace as it becomes impossible to talk to
> other macvlan devices.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

I found a problem:

> @@ -140,20 +145,45 @@ static void macvlan_broadcast(struct sk_buff *skb,
>        }
>  }
>
> +static int macvlan_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct macvlan_dev *dest)
> +{
> +       struct net_device *dev = dest->dev;
> +
> +       if (unlikely(!dev->flags & IFF_UP)) {

parentheses are missing:

if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))) {

> +               kfree_skb(skb);
> +               return NET_XMIT_DROP;
> +       }
> +
> +       skb = skb_share_check(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
> +       if (!skb) {
> +               dev->stats.rx_errors++;
> +               dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
> +               return NET_XMIT_DROP;
> +       }
> +
> +       dev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len + ETH_HLEN;
> +       dev->stats.rx_packets++;
> +
> +       skb->dev = dev;
> +       skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
> +       netif_rx(skb);
> +       return NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
> +}
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