On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 02:55:17PM -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
> Christophe Devriese wrote:
> >I basically move the skb_bond method into if_bonding.h, include that file
> >in if_vlan ( and call it from the vlan forwarding path, and the netif_rx
> >routine ). 
> >
> >Somehow this patch is very incomplete. Let me try again.
> 
> The patch looks sane this time.
> 
> The skb_bond method assigns skb->dev when it does the 'keep',
> but the VLAN code immediately over-writes the skb->dev when
> searching for the vlan device.
> 
> What is the purpose of assinging skb->dev to the master device?

I don't know. The method was only moved by this patch, not changed. The
contents of the method are exactly what they are in
linux-2.6.17.7/net/core/dev.c 

I assume it has something to do with the other bonding methods.

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