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Diffstat (limited to 'net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c index e158235ada06..d78c560852d7 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c @@ -381,6 +381,24 @@ end: return NETDEV_TX_OK; } +/** + * batadv_interface_rx - receive ethernet frame on local batman-adv interface + * @soft_iface: local interface which will receive the ethernet frame + * @skb: ethernet frame for @soft_iface + * @recv_if: interface on which the batman-adv packet was received + * @hdr_size: size of already parsed batman-adv header + * @orig_node: originator from which the batman-adv packet was sent + * + * Sends a ethernet frame to the receive path of the local @soft_iface. + * skb->data has still point to the batman-adv header with the size @hdr_size. + * The caller has to have parsed this header already and made sure that at least + * @hdr_size bytes are still available for pull in @skb. + * + * The packet may still get dropped. This can happen when the encapsulated + * ethernet frame is invalid or contains again an batman-adv packet. Also + * unicast packets will be dropped directly when it was sent between two + * isolated clients. + */ void batadv_interface_rx(struct net_device *soft_iface, struct sk_buff *skb, struct batadv_hard_iface *recv_if, int hdr_size, struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node) |