netdev - Question on code in __netif_receive

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Date:	Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:37:00 -0700
From:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
To:	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Question on code in __netif_receive_skb

While poking at the VLAN crash, I noticed this code in dev.c, in
the __netif_receive_skb method.

	if (vlan_tx_tag_present(skb) && vlan_hwaccel_do_receive(skb))
		return NET_RX_SUCCESS;

As far as I can tell, this return can never happen because vlan_hwaccel_do_receive
always returns 0.

Maybe it should instead check for return-value == 0 and return success in that case?

Thanks,
Ben

-- 
Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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