netdev - Re: [PATCH next 3/3] net: Use l3_dev instead of skb->dev for L3 processing

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Date:	Wed, 9 Mar 2016 16:09:39 -0800
From:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
Cc:	Mahesh Bandewar <mahesh@...dewar.net>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Tim Hockin <thockin@...gle.com>,
	Alex Pollitt <alex.pollitt@...aswitch.com>,
	Matthew Dupre <matthew.dupre@...aswitch.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH next 3/3] net: Use l3_dev instead of skb->dev for L3 processing

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com> wrote:
>> The more subsystems involves, the more struct net pointers you
>> potentially need to touch, the less likely you can make it correct
>> by just switching skb->dev.
>
> Please drop that prejudice and read the patch-set carefully. I'm
> neither changing
> any *net* pointers nor changing the skb->dev pointers anywhere. All I'm saying
> is dev->l3_dev is what we'll use for *all* L3 processing and no need to change
> skb->dev or net-ns of any device(s) involved.

Please don't misinterpret me.

I said _switching_, not overwriting or changing, you use dev->l3_dev to _switch_
skb->dev and/or net, this is exactly what I am complaining about. This is not
how netns works.