RE: Why is packet socket checked before bridge in netif_receive_skb?

Ah - OK, so I guess it is an artifact of the reuse of the protocol
handler structures that means that some packet sockets see frames before
the bridge and others after. I guess this doesn't cause any problems.

Simon


-----Original Message-----
From: David S. Miller [mailto:davem@davemloft.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 12:59 PM
To: Simon Barber
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: Why is packet socket checked before bridge in
netif_receive_skb?

From: "Simon Barber" <redacted>
Subject: Why is packet socket checked before bridge in
netif_receive_skb?
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 11:03:17 -0700

The protocol handlers are also used to implement packet sockets. - Why
is the all handler checked before the bridge hook?

Because we want packet sniffers to see the packet before the
bridging layer decapsulates it.