From: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:08:20 +0800
> [NET]: Eliminate duplicate copies of dst_discard > > We have a number of copies of dst_discard scattered around the place which > all do the same thing, namely free a packet on the input or output paths. > > This patch deletes all of them except dst_discard and points all the users > to it. > > The only non-trivial bit is decnet where it returns an error. However, > conceptually this is identical to the blackhole functions used in IPv4 > and IPv6 which do not return errors. So they should either all return > errors or all return zero. For now I've stuck with the majority and > picked zero as the return value. > > It doesn't really matter in practice since few if any driver would react > differently depending on a zero return value or NET_RX_DROP. > > Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Applied to net-2.6.25 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
