netdev - Re: [PATCH] loopback: set pkt_type to PACKET

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Date:	Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:29:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	yamahata@...inux.co.jp
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	murphy.mccauley@...il.com, pshelar@...ira.com, jesse@...ira.com,
	dev@...nvswitch.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] loopback: set pkt_type to PACKET_HOST explicitly

From: Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@...inux.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:37:51 +0900

> veth does. vethb-peer in the above example.
> (veth_xmit() -> dev_forward_skb() -> eth_type_trans())
> The destination mac address of arp reply is set to the one of
> vetha (!= vethb-peer). So vethb-peer sets pkt_type to OTHERHOST.
> bridge and gretap doesn't touch skb->pkt_type.

I think the dev_forward_skb() assignment of pkt_type should be done
after the call to eth_type_trans().

That's the whole point, we know we're looping the packet back to a
local device on this host.

I'm not applying this loopback patch, sorry.
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