netdev - Re: [PATCH] Make IP 'forwarding' doc more precise

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Date:   Sun, 12 Mar 2017 23:29:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     neil@...era.io
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make IP 'forwarding' doc more precise

From: Neil Jerram <neil@...era.io>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 12:24:57 +0000

> It wasn't clear if the 'forwarding' setting needs to be enabled on the
> interface that packets are received from, or on the interface that
> packets are forwarded to, or both.
> 
> In fact (according to my code reading) the setting is relevant on the
> interface that packets are received from, so this change updates the doc
> to say that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Neil Jerram <neil@...era.io>

Applied.