Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] vrf: Add ethernet header for pass through VRF device

From: David Ahern <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 15:37:55 -0700

On 8/25/15 2:02 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Ahern <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 12:41:00 -0600
>
>> @@ -250,6 +253,17 @@ static netdev_tx_t vrf_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
>>
>>   static netdev_tx_t vrf_finish(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
>>   {
>> +	int err;
>> +
>> +	__skb_pull(skb, skb_network_offset(skb));
>> +	err = dev_hard_header(skb, skb->dev, ntohs(skb->protocol),
>> +			      NULL, NULL, skb->len);
>> +
>> +	if (err < 0) {
>> +		vrf_tx_error(skb->dev, skb);
>> +		return -EINVAL;
>> +	}
>> +
>>   	return dev_queue_xmit(skb);
>
> This is expensive and rediculous to do for every TX frame.
>
> You'll need to find another way.
>

The packet is directed here from the IP layer via the custom dst, so 
there is no L2 header on the skb. So while the push and pop of the 
header seems silly it is part and parcel of the feature to run tcpdump 
on the VRF device. I don't see how it could be done any other way.

David