From: Christophe Devriese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:58:59 +0200

> On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 03:08:49PM -0700, Ben Greear wrote:
> > Christophe Devriese wrote:
> > >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.
> > 
> > Ok, I don't know much about the bonding logic.  Looks OK to me.
> 
> Will you sign-off on it then ? Or how do I get this applied ?

I'll apply this over the weekend unless I spot some problem
with it, thanks.

A sign off from Ben would be nice too :)
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