DEV_FORWARD_SKB

Section: Network device support (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

dev_forward_skb - loopback an skb to another netif  

SYNOPSIS

int dev_forward_skb(struct net_device * dev, struct sk_buff * skb);
 

ARGUMENTS

dev

destination network device

skb

buffer to forward
 

RETURN VALUES

NET_RX_SUCCESS (no congestion) NET_RX_DROP (packet was dropped, but freed)

dev_forward_skb can be used for injecting an skb from the start_xmit function of one device into the receive queue of another device.

The receiving device may be in another namespace, so we have to clear all information in the skb that could impact namespace isolation.  

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