netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 4/4] net/sched: act

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Date:   Mon, 03 Oct 2016 21:45:36 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     shmulik.ladkani@...il.com
Cc:     jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        daniel@...earbox.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 4/4] net/sched: act_mirred: Implement
 ingress actions

From: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:03:32 +0300

>  	skb2->skb_iif = skb->dev->ifindex;
>  	skb2->dev = dev;
> -	err = dev_queue_xmit(skb2);
> +	if (tcf_mirred_act_direction(m_eaction) & AT_EGRESS)
> +		err = dev_queue_xmit(skb2);
> +	else
> +		netif_receive_skb(skb2);

Can you address the feedback about lack of checking the return
value of netif_receive_skb()?  It seems like a legitimate issue,
thanks.