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| author | Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> | 2009-11-26 06:07:08 +0000 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-11-26 15:52:58 -0800 |
| commit | 445409602c09219767c06497c0dc2285eac244ed (patch) | |
| tree | 5cfbd6d94f737107f3e6356fca2457ab3a66bb44 /net/core | |
| parent | 1bda8aa86b89d4c9b668000127ff87172f2daa10 (diff) | |
veth: move loopback logic to common location
The veth driver contains code to forward an skb
from the start_xmit function of one network
device into the receive path of another device.
Moving that code into a common location lets us
reuse the code for direct forwarding of data
between macvlan ports, and possibly in other
drivers.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 40 |
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index e65af604141..7775e8b48de 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ #include <net/dst.h> #include <net/pkt_sched.h> #include <net/checksum.h> +#include <net/xfrm.h> #include <linux/highmem.h> #include <linux/init.h> #include <linux/kmod.h> @@ -1419,6 +1420,45 @@ static inline void net_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb) skb->tstamp.tv64 = 0; } +/** + * dev_forward_skb - loopback an skb to another netif + * + * @dev: destination network device + * @skb: buffer to forward + * + * return values: + * NET_RX_SUCCESS (no congestion) + * NET_RX_DROP (packet was dropped) + * + * dev_forward_skb can be used for injecting an skb from the + * start_xmit function of one device into the receive queue + * of another device. + * + * The receiving device may be in another namespace, so + * we have to clear all information in the skb that could + * impact namespace isolation. + */ +int dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb) +{ + skb_orphan(skb); + + if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)) + return NET_RX_DROP; + + if (skb->len > (dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len)) + return NET_RX_DROP; + + skb_dst_drop(skb); + skb->tstamp.tv64 = 0; + skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST; + skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev); + skb->mark = 0; + secpath_reset(skb); + nf_reset(skb); + return netif_rx(skb); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_forward_skb); + /* * Support routine. Sends outgoing frames to any network * taps currently in use. |