netdev - Re: Why do we prefer skb->priority to tc filters?

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Message-ID: <CAHA+R7MTjFWbi=Fex6GhZVfjHNHhSH6DV7ov2UOfxYmo6QCH2g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:25:56 -0700
From:	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: Why do we prefer skb->priority to tc filters?

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 5:00 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> If you use mavclan or ipvlan, not all paths will use __dev_forward_skb()
>>
>
> That is intentional, because I am not sure about stacked device
> like macvlan or tunnel, it might make some sense to keep that value.
>
>> So I am guessing you use veth maybe. Who knows.
>>
>
>
> Exactly, otherwise I would probably just change skb_scrub_packet(). ;)

Ok, in some mode macvlan forwards the packets to Rx path too, interesting...
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