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

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Date:   Thu, 6 Oct 2016 20:17:05 -0400
From:   Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 4/4] net/sched: act_mirred: Implement ingress
 actions

On 16-10-06 01:30 PM, Cong Wang wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 6:30 AM, Shmulik Ladkani
> <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 12:45 PM, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 4:03 AM, Shmulik Ladkani
>>> <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com> wrote:
>>>>         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);
>>>
>>> Any reason why not check the return value here?
>>
>> Rationale: netif_receive_skb returns err if there was no protocol
>> handler to deliver the skb to.
>> If skb is not caught by any protocol handler, this should not be
>> considered an "ingress redirect" error. The redirect action should be
>> considered successful.
>

I dont believe we need to bother with the return code in  this case.
The core netif_receive_skb() code already increments any necessary
stats.

cheers,
jamal