netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sched, bpf: let stack handle !IFF_UP devs on bpf_clone

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Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 2015 13:55:45 -0700
From:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
To:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sched, bpf: let stack handle !IFF_UP devs on
 bpf_clone_redirect

On 9/23/15 1:20 PM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> Similarly as already the case in bpf_redirect()/skb_do_redirect()
> pair, let the stack deal with devs that are !IFF_UP.
>
> dev_forward_skb() as well as dev_queue_xmit() will free the skb
> and increment drop counter internally in such cases, so we can
> spare the condition in bpf_clone_redirect().
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann<daniel@...earbox.net>

thanks. was about to send the same fix.
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>

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