On Thu, 27 May 2010 15:49:36 +0200
Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> wrote:

quoted text
> What this patch does is it removes two receive frame hooks (for bridge and for
> macvlan) from __netif_receive_skb. These are replaced them with a general
> list of rx_handlers which is iterated thru instead.
> 
> Then a network driver (of virtual netdev like macvlan or bridge) can register
> an rx_handler for needed net device to be called from __netif_receive_skb.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>

This is almost identical to my previous RFC but it is per device.

Why bother with a rx handler lock, why not just use RTNL since the
hook should only be changed from control operations.

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