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 14:26:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	daniel@...earbox.net
Cc:	ast@...mgrid.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sched, bpf: let stack handle !IFF_UP devs on
 bpf_clone_redirect

From: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 22:20:15 +0200

> 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>

Applied, thanks Daniel.
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