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net: l3mdev: Add hook in ip and ipv6

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Currently the VRF driver uses the rx_handler to switch the skb device
to the VRF device. Switching the dev prior to the ip / ipv6 layer
means the VRF driver has to duplicate IP/IPv6 processing which adds
overhead and makes features such as retaining the ingress device index
more complicated than necessary.

This patch moves the hook to the L3 layer just after the first NF_HOOK
for PRE_ROUTING. This location makes exposing the original ingress device
trivial (next patch) and allows adding other NF_HOOKs to the VRF driver
in the future.

dev_queue_xmit_nit is exported so that the VRF driver can cycle the skb
with the switched device through the packet taps to maintain current
behavior (tcpdump can be used on either the vrf device or the enslaved
devices).

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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David Ahern
2016-05-10 11:19:50 -07:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent ca4aa976f0
commit 74b20582ac
8 changed files with 170 additions and 101 deletions
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net/core/dev.c
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@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ static inline bool skb_loop_sk(struct packet_type *ptype, struct sk_buff *skb)
* taps currently in use.
*/
static void dev_queue_xmit_nit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
void dev_queue_xmit_nit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
{
struct packet_type *ptype;
struct sk_buff *skb2 = NULL;
@ -1907,6 +1907,7 @@ out_unlock:
pt_prev->func(skb2, skb->dev, pt_prev, skb->dev);
rcu_read_unlock();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_queue_xmit_nit);
/**
* netif_setup_tc - Handle tc mappings on real_num_tx_queues change